Rave On!

Rave On!

Infobox Single
Name =Rave On!


Artist =Buddy Holly
from Album =
B-side = "Take Your Time"
Released = April 20, 1958
June 6, 1958 (UK)
Format = 7" single
Recorded = January 1958, Bell Sound Studios - New York City [ [http://perso.orange.fr/buddyholly/page3.htm Buddy Holly - The Complete Works - 1957-1 ] ]
Genre = Rock and Roll
Length =
Label = Coral C61985
Coral Q 72325 (UK)
Writer = West-Tilghman-Petty
Producer = Norman Petty
Certification =
Last single = "Maybe Baby"
(1958)
This single = "Rave On"
(1958)
Next single = "Think It Over"
(1958)"Rave On!" is a 1958 song written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty, first recorded by Sonny West (released February 1958, Atlantic 45-1174). [ [http://www.rockabillyhall.com/SonnyWest.html Rockabilly Hall of Fame] ] It was also recorded by Buddy Holly, and was one of his last hits.

Other versions

It has also been covered by Bruce Springsteen with the E Street Band, Commander Cody, Status Quo and folk-rock band Steeleye Span. It was a hit for The Delta Cross Band in Denmark in 1980.

In Australia in the early 1990s, the song was also used as comical background music for an Arnott's "Shapes" commercial. The song also partly features in the 1998 motion picture "Pleasantville".

Joe Meek produced a version with singer Michael Cox, released in 1964 (b/w "Just Say Hello" HMV POP1293 A).

John Mellencamp also recorded a version for the "Cocktail" soundtrack in 1988.

The Real Kids recorded a cover version on their 1977 self-titled album.

In an interview, the Danish rock band The Raveonettes stated that their name is "a complete direct reference to The Ronettes and Buddy Holly "Rave On"." [ [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/The_Raveonettes_on_love%2C_death%2C_desire_and_war#On_influences Interview with The Raveonettes] , David Shankbone, "Wikinews", October 16, 2007]

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