Album artist 488 - Buddy Holly

This page lists the album chart runs of Buddy Holly. A list of songs by Buddy Holly can be found here. The albums 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	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Buddy Holly	20 Golden Greats - Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1978	UK 1 - Mar 1978 (20 weeks), ODK Germany 1 - Mar 1978 (13 weeks) (4 weeks at number 1) (9 weeks in top 10), Germany 1 for 4 weeks - Apr 1978, UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Apr 1978), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Nov 1983), Austria 5 - Apr 1978 (3 months), Germany 9 - May 1978 (4 weeks), Billboard 55 - Aug 1978 (12 weeks), Rolling Stone 92
2	Buddy Holly	The Buddy Holly Story	1959	UK 2 - May 1959 (155 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Dec 1969), US BB 28 of 1959, US Longest Running Album 50 1959 (181 weeks), Billboard 67 - Aug 1963 (29 weeks), ODK Germany 93 - Jan 1995 (4 weeks)
3	Buddy Holly	Reminiscing	1963	UK 2 - Apr 1963 (31 weeks), D.Marsh 5 of 1963, RYM 198 of 1963
4	Buddy Holly	That'll Be The Day	1961	UK 5 - Oct 1961 (14 weeks), Australia Goset 9 - Jun 1974 (9 weeks), RYM 21 of 1958
5	Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly	1958	BEA 7 of 1958, Acclaimed 1121 (1958), RYM 16 of 1958
6	Buddy Holly	Words Of Love	1993	UK 1 - Feb 1993 (9 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Feb 1993)
7	Buddy Holly	True Love Ways	1989	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Mar 1989), UK 8 - Feb 1989 (11 weeks)
8	Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly Showcase	1964	UK 3 - Jun 1964 (16 weeks)
9	Buddy Holly	The Very Best Of Buddy Holly	1986	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jun 1990), UK 24 - Dec 1996 (8 weeks)
10	Buddy Holly	The Buddy Holly Story Volume II	1960	UK 7 - Oct 1960 (14 weeks)
11	Buddy Holly	Rave On	1961	UK EP 9 - Jul 1961
12	Buddy Holly	Listen To Me	1962	UK EP 12 - Mar 1962
13	Buddy Holly	Heartbeat	1961	UK EP 13 - Sep 1961
14	Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly No 1	1961	UK EP 18 - Aug 1961
15	Buddy Holly	Holly In The Hills	1965	UK 13 - Jun 1965 (6 weeks)
16	Buddy Holly	Not Fade Away	2008	Billboard 101 - Mar 2008 (4 weeks)
17	Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits	1967	UK 9 - Jul 1967 (49 weeks)
18	Buddy Holly	20 Love Songs	1982	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Nov 1986)
19	Buddy Holly	Giant	1969	UK EP 13 - Apr 1969
20	Buddy Holly	The Very Best Of	2009	UK 13 - Feb 2009 (9 weeks)
21	Buddy Holly	The Very Best Of Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1999	UK 25 - Aug 1999 (2 weeks)
22	Buddy Holly	The Best Of Buddy Holly: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection	2012	Billboard 157 - Feb 2012 (2 weeks)
23	Buddy Holly	Greatest Hits - Buddy Holly	1984	UK 100 - Sep 1984 (1 week)
24	Buddy Holly	14 Original Hits	1979	Sweden 39 - Mar 1979 (2 weeks)
25	Buddy Holly	For the First Time Anywhere	1983	Xgau rating B+ (1983)

Previous Comments

Previous Comments (newest first)

4 Mar 2018

Double Listing - 20 Golden Greats

#1 & #9 are the same.

Data fixed, thanks

12 Sep 2016

Double Listing - 20 Golden Greats

#1 & #19 are the same.

Data fixed, thanks

23 Jul 2015

Double Listing - Buddy Holly

I'm pretty sure #5 & #15 are the same (per Acclaimed Music and the timeframe). The album should be titled "Buddy Holly". I can find no record of an album titled "Buddy Holly No 1".

The album should be "Buddy Holly" as you suggest, there was a record called "Buddy Holly No 1" (Brunswick - OE 9456) but that is an EP issued in the UK

Data fixed, thanks

4 May 2015

(3) Listings - 20 Golden Greats

Would #2 (20 Golden Greats) & #9 (20 Greatest Hits) & #20 be the same? They all hit the charts within (1) month of each other and reference (20) greatest hits.

That looks reasonable, we have also assumed that "Seine 20 groossten Hits" and "Seine 20 grossten Hits" (both in the same year) are also the same album

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.