Song artist 253 - Buddy Holly

This page lists the song chart entries of Buddy Holly.A list of the hit albums by Buddy Holly is also available. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.

Many of Buddy Holly's early hits were with The Crickets, as such they were often credited to different combinations of names in different markets. We have tried to assign songs to either "Buddy Holly" or "The Crickets" to match the usage at the time. It is, of course, impossible to do this in a way that is both globally consistent and keeps all the assignments for all markets.

If you think that some of the songs should be credited differently tell us why and we will consider changing them.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Buddy Holly	That'll Be the Day	1957	UK 1 - Sep 1957 (15 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 4 weeks - Oct 1957, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1957), ASCAP song of 1957, Library of Congress artifact added 2005 (1957), Canada 2 - Aug 1957 (11 weeks), D.Marsh 2 of 1957, US Billboard 3 - Aug 1957 (22 weeks), DDD 3 of 1957, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Dec 1969), US invalid BB 9 of 1957, POP 9 of 1957, nuTsie 10 of 1950s, Europe 13 of the 1950s (1957), US CashBox 25 of 1957, US BB 30 of 1957, Rolling Stone 39, Acclaimed 41 (1957), DMDB 46 (1957), Scrobulate 47 of oldies, 79 in 2FM list, UKMIX 276, RYM 2 of 1957, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
2	Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue	1957	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1957), US Billboard 3 - Nov 1957 (22 weeks), Canada 4 - Oct 1957 (8 weeks), Europe 4 of the 1950s (1957), D.Marsh 5 of 1957, UK 6 - Dec 1957 (17 weeks), DDD 8 of 1957, US invalid BB 19 of 1957, POP 19 of 1957, nuTsie 24 of 1950s, US BB 50 of 1958, Scrobulate 72 of rock & roll, Acclaimed 82 (1957), RIAA 111, Rolling Stone 194, UKMIX 431, RYM 4 of 1957, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
3	Buddy Holly	It Doesn't Matter Anymore	1959	UK 1 - Feb 1959 (21 weeks), Canada 1 - Feb 1959 (13 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1959, UK sales 10 of the 1950s (680 k in 1959), US Billboard 13 - Feb 1959 (14 weeks), South Africa 14 of 1959, D.Marsh 22 of 1959, DDD 51 of 1959, UKMIX 84, US Radio 120 of 1959 (peak 13 4 weeks), Acclaimed 2367 (1959), RYM 6 of 1959
4	Buddy Holly	Rave On	1958	D.Marsh 4 of 1958, UK 5 - Jun 1958 (14 weeks), Canada 12 - May 1958 (3 weeks), DDD 13 of 1958, Scrobulate 32 of rock & roll, US Billboard 37 - May 1958 (10 weeks), nuTsie 77 of 1950s, Rolling Stone 154, Acclaimed 412 (1958), UKMIX 531, RYM 8 of 1958, Guardian Rock 8
5	Buddy Holly	Oh Boy	1957	UK 3 - Dec 1957 (15 weeks), Canada 6 - Dec 1957 (12 weeks), US Billboard 10 - Nov 1957 (20 weeks), D.Marsh 13 of 1957, DDD 23 of 1957, US BB 71 of 1958, UKMIX 955, RYM 7 of 1957, Guardian Rock 7
6	Buddy Holly	Maybe Baby	1958	UK 4 - Mar 1958 (10 weeks), Canada 9 - Feb 1958 (10 weeks), D.Marsh 14 of 1958, US Billboard 18 - Feb 1958 (14 weeks), US invalid BB 21 of 1958, POP 21 of 1958, DDD 26 of 1957, RYM 9 of 1958
7	Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue Got Married	1959	Scrobulate 9 of rockabilly, UK 13 - Sep 1959 (10 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 85 - Mar 1996 (2 weeks), DDD 89 of 1959, RYM 59 of 1959
8	Buddy Holly	Not Fade Away	1957	DDD 30 of 1957, Scrobulate 33 of rock & roll, Rolling Stone 107, Acclaimed 506 (1957), WXPN 707, RYM 7 of 1957
9	Buddy Holly	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	1963	UK 3 - Mar 1963 (17 weeks), NZ Lever 6 - May 1963 (1 week), Germany 19 - Jul 1963 (1 month), RYM 45 of 1963
10	Buddy Holly	Think it Over	1958	UK 11 - Jul 1958 (7 weeks), US Billboard 27 - Jul 1958 (9 weeks), Canada 45 - Jun 1958 (2 weeks), RYM 71 of 1958
11	Buddy Holly	Early in the Morning	1958	UK 17 - Aug 1958 (4 weeks), Canada 18 - Aug 1958 (7 weeks), US Billboard 32 - Aug 1958 (7 weeks), RYM 153 of 1958
12	Buddy Holly	Everyday	1957	DDD 71 of 1957, Rolling Stone 236, Acclaimed 1363 (1957), RYM 4 of 1957
13	Buddy Holly	Bo Diddley	1963	UK 4 - Jun 1963 (12 weeks), Flanders 20 - Sep 1963 (2 months), RYM 171 of 1963
14	Buddy Holly	An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date)	1957	Peel list 1 of 1957
15	Buddy Holly	Listen to Me	1958	UK 16 - Mar 1958 (3 weeks), Canada 36 - Feb 1958 (10 weeks), RYM 40 of 1958
16	Buddy Holly	Heartbeat	1958	UK 30 - Jan 1959 (4 weeks), US Billboard 82 - Dec 1958 (4 weeks), RYM 22 of 1958
17	Buddy Holly	It's So Easy	1958	DDD 50 of 1958, Scrobulate 71 of rockabilly, RYM 23 of 1958
18	Buddy Holly	True Love Ways	1960	UK 25 - May 1960 (7 weeks), DDD 39 of 1960, RYM 18 of 1960
19	Buddy Holly	I'm Gonna Love You Too	1958	Scrobulate 77 of rockabilly, DDD 92 of 1958, RYM 40 of 1958
20	Buddy Holly	Words of Love	1957	Scrobulate 73 of rock & roll, DDD 91 of 1957, RYM 21 of 1957
21	Buddy Holly	Midnight Shift	1959	UK 26 - Aug 1959 (3 weeks), Scrobulate 78 of rockabilly
22	Buddy Holly	Love's Made a Fool of You	1959	UK 39 - Sep 1964 (6 weeks), DDD 96 of 1959
23	Buddy Holly	Rock Around With Ollie Vee	1957	Scrobulate 6 of rockabilly, RYM 113 of 1957
24	Buddy Holly	Well...All Right	1958	DDD 70 of 1958, RYM 22 of 1958
25	Buddy Holly	Raining in My Heart	1959	US Billboard 88 - Mar 1959 (2 weeks), RYM 6 of 1959
26	Buddy Holly	Learnin' the Game	1960	UK 36 - Oct 1960 (3 weeks), RYM 64 of 1960
27	Buddy Holly	Wishing	1963	UK 10 - Sep 1963 (11 weeks), RYM 45 of 1963
28	Buddy Holly	You Are Mine	1953	DDD 87 of 1953
29	Buddy Holly	Baby I Don't Care/Valley Of Tears	1961	UK 12 - Jul 1961 (14 weeks)
30	Buddy Holly	Reminiscing	1962	UK 17 - Sep 1962 (11 weeks)
31	Buddy Holly	What to Do	1961	UK 34 - Jan 1961 (6 weeks)
32	Buddy Holly	True Love Ways (1988)	1988	UK 65 - Dec 1988 (5 weeks)
33	Buddy Holly	What To Do (1963)	1963	UK 27 - Dec 1963 (8 weeks)
34	Buddy Holly	You've Got Love	1964	UK 40 - May 1964 (6 weeks)
35	Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue/Rave On	1968	UK 32 - Apr 1968 (9 weeks)
36	Buddy Holly	I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love	1957	RYM 2 of 1957
37	Buddy Holly	Take Your Time	1958	RYM 8 of 1958
38	Buddy Holly	Tell Me How	1958	RYM 9 of 1958
39	Buddy Holly	Lonesome Tears	1958	RYM 23 of 1958
40	Buddy Holly	Ting-A-ling	1958	RYM 48 of 1958
41	Buddy Holly	Girl On My Mind	1958	RYM 48 of 1958
42	Buddy Holly	Fool's Paradise	1958	RYM 71 of 1958
43	Buddy Holly	Now We're One	1958	RYM 153 of 1958
44	Buddy Holly	Modern Don Juan	1956	RYM 53 of 1956
45	Buddy Holly	You Are My One Desire	1956	RYM 53 of 1956
46	Buddy Holly	Love Me	1956	RYM 90 of 1956
47	Buddy Holly	Blue Days, Black Nights	1956	RYM 90 of 1956
48	Buddy Holly	Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues	1957	RYM 21 of 1957
49	Buddy Holly	Crying, Waiting, Hoping	1959	RYM 59 of 1959
50	Buddy Holly	That Makes It Tough	1960	RYM 18 of 1960
51	Buddy Holly	Look At Me	1961	RYM 76 of 1961
52	Buddy Holly	Because I Love You	1963	RYM 60 of 1963
53	Buddy Holly	It's Not My Fault	1963	RYM 171 of 1963

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6 Apr 2018

Think it over

I believe the song "Think it over" by the crickets Charted at #27 in 1958, buti'm not seeing it here. Also, "Oh, Boy!" Went to #10, but isn't listed here

Some charts have "Buddy Holly", some "The Crickets" and some "Buddy Holly & The Crickets".

We've tried to name them all consistently, we've fixed the issues you mention, thanks

7 Jun 2012

That'll Be The Day

Songs by Buddy Holly and the Crickets were on either the Coral or Brunswick label. Coral releases were by Buddy Holly, while Brunswick releases were by The Crickets. Up until late '58, when Buddy Holly went to New York to persue a solo career, any songs released by either label was by Buddy Holly and The Crickets One of the oddities about the recording industry, Decca, the parent company of both Coral and Brunswick, had rejected Buddy Holly.

That is an interesting short review of the situation in the US, of course the situation was different in the UK and Australia. He toured the UK in 1958 and had more success here than he had at at the time at home.