Buddy Holly and The Crickets performed " Peggy Sue " on a December 1957 telecast, also preserved on a kinescope.

On May 27, 1957, " That'll Be The Day " was released as a single, credited to the Crickets to try to bypass Decca's claimed legal rights.

Four singles were taken from it: " Free Me ", written by Hélène Muddiman " Maybe ", written by Yak Bondy " I'll Be There " written by Hélène Muddiman and " Crickets Sing For Anamaria ".

Four singles were taken from it: " Free Me ", " Maybe ", " I'll Be There " and " Crickets Sing For Anamaria ".

In the liner notes to Buddy Holly: The Definitive Collection, Billy Altman notes that " Peggy Sue " was originally written as " Cindy Lou " ( after Holly's niece ), but Holly changed it prior to recording as a tip of the hat to Crickets drummer Jerry Allison's girlfriend, Peggy Sue Gerron.

The title was later changed to " Peggy Sue " in reference to Crickets drummer Jerry Allison's girlfriend ( and future wife ), Peggy Sue Gerron, with whom he had recently had a temporary breakup.

Petty contacted music publishers and labels, and Brunswick Records, a subsidiary of Decca, signed the Crickets on March 19, 1957.

In August 1957, the Crickets were the only white performers on a national tour including black neighborhood theaters.

As Holly was signed both as a solo artist and a member of the Crickets, two debut albums were released: The " Chirping " Crickets on November 27, 1957 and Buddy Holly on February 20, 1958.

Ian Whitcomb said " Buddy Holly and the Crickets had the most influence on the Beatles.

The Center is located on Crickets Ave, one street over from Buddy Holly Ave, in what used to be the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot.

Buddy Holly and the Crickets had first appeared on the Sullivan show in 1957, singing two songs and making a favorable impression on Sullivan.

Sullivan said, " I guess The Crickets are not too excited to be on The Ed Sullivan Show ," to which Holly, still annoyed by Sullivan's attitude, replied, " I hope they're damn more excited than I am.

In February 1996, The Band with The Crickets recorded " Not Fade Away ", released on the tribute album Not Fade Away ( Remembering Buddy Holly ).

Buddy Holly terminated his association with The Crickets and his manager Norman Petty during a reunion in Lubbock, Texas, on November 3, 1958.

Allison, and Sonny Curtis ( a friend and collaborator with Buddy ) began recording new songs as The Crickets, with Earl Sinks on vocals.

The Crickets went on performing after Holly's death.

The Crickets would also release in 1962 their album entitled " Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets " with Bobby Vee singing on lead vocals.

On January 26, 1958, for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Buddy Holly and the Crickets were scheduled to perform two songs.

" Sullivan then turned to Holly and said " I guess The Crickets are not too excited to be on The Ed Sullivan Show " to which Holly caustically replied, " I hope they're damn more excited than I am.

With Powell reinstated, the group went on to release " Love's Made a Fool of You ," another Crickets cover ( written by Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery and recorded by Holly as a demo, reportedly intended for the Everly Brothers, though never recorded by that duo ).

Records by Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly and the Crickets were released on the co-owned Coral Records.

As a result Beat bands were heavily influenced by American groups of the era, such as Buddy Holly and the Crickets ( from which group The Beatles gained the model for their name, combining it with a pun on the beat in their music ), and to a lesser extent by British rock and roll groups such as The Shadows.

Buddy Holly was one of the pioneers of the Stratocaster and used the instrument on virtually all of his songs with the Crickets.

Holly formed his own band, later to be called The Crickets, consisting of Holly ( lead guitar and vocals ), Niki Sullivan ( guitar ), Joe B. Mauldin ( bass ), and Jerry Allison ( drums ).

The Crickets were lead guitarist and vocalist Buddy Holly, drummer Jerry Allison, bassist Joe B. Mauldin, and rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan.

Mauldin became the bassist in the group The Crickets, which included Buddy Holly and drummer Jerry Allison and guitarist Niki Sullivan.

American-born entrepreneur Lee Gordon, who arrived in Australia in 1953, played a key role in establishing the popularity of rock & roll with his famous " Big Show " tours, which brought to Australia many leading American rock ' n ' roll acts including Bill Haley & His Comets, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly & The Crickets and Jerry Lee Lewis.

He established himself with a record-breaking tour by American singer Johnnie Ray and Gordon's now-legendary " Big Show " promotions brought to Australia — in many cases for the first or only time — dozens of the biggest American jazz, rock and popular stars of the era, including Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Artie Shaw, Nat King Cole, Johnnie Ray, Frank Sinatra, Bill Haley & The Comets, Little Richard, Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and many others.

Holly helped win over an all-black audience to rock and roll / rockabilly when the Crickets were booked at New York's Apollo Theater for August 16 – 22, 1957.

Buddy Holly and the Crickets toured Australia in January 1958 and the UK in March.

He assembled a backing band consisting of Tommy Allsup ( guitar ), Waylon Jennings ( bass ) and Carl Bunch ( drums ), and billed them as The Crickets.

From listening to their recordings, one had difficulty determining if the Crickets, the name of Buddy's band, were white or black singers.

The Crickets were only the second white rock group to tour Great Britain.

( Their bug-themed band's name, The Beatles, was chosen partly in homage to Holly's Crickets.

* Buddy Holly And The Crickets. com

He cut the Crickets ' act from two songs to one, and when introducing them mispronounced Holly's name, so it came out vaguely as " Buddy Hollett.

* 1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( The Crickets ) ( d. 1959 )

After terminating his partnership with The Crickets, Buddy Holly assembled a new band consisting of Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup and Carl Bunch to be a part of the " Winter Dance Party " tour.

The Crickets are now recognized in Lubbock, Texas, with a downtown avenue named in their honor.

They performed " Peggy Sue ", " Not Fade Away " and " That'll Be the Day " at the ceremony, accompanied by guest guitarist Keith Richards.