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- Artist: Buddy Holly
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- Release Date: February 20, 1958
- Total Time: 24:06
- Genre: Rock
Review
When Buddy Holly & the Crickets broke through nationally in 1957, they were marketed by Decca Records as two different acts whose records were released on two different Decca subsidiaries -- Brunswick for Crickets records, Coral for Holly records. But there was no real musical distinction between the two, except perhaps that the "Crickets" sides had more prominent backup vocals. Nevertheless, coming three months after The "Chirping" Crickets, this was the debut album credited to Buddy Holly. It featured Holly's Top Ten single "Peggy Sue" plus several songs that have turned out to be standards: "I'm Gonna Love You Too," "Listen to Me," "Everyday," "Words of Love," and "Rave On." The rest of the 12 tracks weren't as distinctive, though Holly's takes on such rock & roll hits as "Ready Teddy" and "You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)" provide an interesting contrast with the more familiar versions byTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| I'm Gonna Love You Too (Lyrics) | Norman Petty, Joe Mauldin, Niki Sullivan | Buddy Holly | (2:12) |
| Peggy Sue (Lyrics) | Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty | Buddy Holly | (2:29) |
| Look at Me (Lyrics) | Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty | Buddy Holly | (2:04) |
| Listen to Me (Lyrics) | Buddy Holly | (2:19) | |
| Valley of Tears (Lyrics) | Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew | Buddy Holly | (2:06) |
| Ready Teddy | John Marascalco, Bumps Blackwell | Buddy Holly | (1:30) |
| Everyday (Lyrics) | Buddy Holly, Norman Petty | Buddy Holly | (2:06) |
| Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (Lyrics) | Buddy Holly | (2:10) | |
| Words of Love (Lyrics) | Buddy Holly | Buddy Holly | (1:54) |
| (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care | Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber | Buddy Holly | (1:34) |
| Rave On (Lyrics) | Buddy Holly | (1:48) | |
| Little Baby (Lyrics) | Norman Petty, Buddy Holly, |
Buddy Holly | (1:54) |
