King considered the Impressions' song 'People Get Ready' the unofficial anthem of the civil rights movement. ISBN 8-3.Motown and civil rights: The Temptations Otis Williams reflects on life in the most successful singing group In The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll. ^ a b c 'Song artist 254 - Buddy Holly'.^ 'Beach Boys - Hip Christmas Music (Hip Christmas.Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: The Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. ^ 'Cover versions of Peggy Sue written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty'.Whatever Happened to Peggy Sue? A Memoir by Buddy Holly's Peggy Sue. ^ Gerron, Peggy Sue Cameron, Glenda (2008).^ ' 'Peggy Sue Got Married': The Record That Buddy Holly Never Heard'.^ 'Stories of Rock - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame'.'Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham, Who Inspired a Hit Song, Dies at 78'. ^ a b 'Buddy Holly - The Complete Works - 1957-1'.^ a b Buddy Holly: Peggy Sue at Discogs (list of releases).This song has been covered many times, including by John Lennon, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Beach Boys, The Hollies, and Waylon Jennings (who worked with Holly).Īn adaptation of 'Peggy Sue' entitled 'Christmas Time Is Here Again' which made use of the backing track from The Beach Boys' cover version featured on their 1998 compilation album Ultimate Christmas. They followed the original arrangements, with David Box, a Holly soundalike, as the lead vocalist. Īfter Holly's death, the Crickets released their own version as a single in 1960. It was later played over the opening credits of the 1986 Kathleen Turner film Peggy Sue Got Married. The rarely heard original version was released on a vinyl collection, The Complete Buddy Holly. The tape was discovered after his death and was 'enhanced' for commercial release, with the addition of backing vocals and an electric guitar track that drowns out Holly's playing and almost drowns out his voice. Holly wrote a sequel, ' Peggy Sue Got Married', and recorded a demonstration version in his New York City apartment on December 5, 1958, accompanied only by himself on guitar. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum included the song on its list of the 'Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.' 'Peggy Sue Got Married' In 1999, National Public Radio (NPR) included the song on the NPR 100, a list of the '100 Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century.' The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. It is ranked number 194 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the ' 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.' It is ranked as the 173rd greatest song of all time and the fifth best song of 1957 by Acclaimed Music. 'Peggy Sue' went to number three on the Billboard Top 100 chart in 1957. At Allison's insistence, Holly was credited as a co-writer after his death. Initially, only Allison and Petty were listed as the song's authors.

Mauldin (string bass) also played on the recording. In her memoir, Whatever Happened to Peggy Sue?, Gerron stated that she first heard the song at a live performance at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium in 1957, and that she was 'so embarrassed, I could have died.' Īppropriately, Allison had a prominent role in the production of the song, playing paradiddles on the drums throughout the song, the drums' sound rhythmically fading in and out as a result of real-time engineering techniques by the producer, Norman Petty. The title was later changed to 'Peggy Sue' in reference to Peggy Sue Gerron (1940–2018 ), the girlfriend (and future wife) of Jerry Allison, the drummer for the Crickets, after the couple had temporarily broken up. The song was originally entitled 'Cindy Lou', after Holly's niece, the daughter of his sister Pat Holley Kaiter.

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