The "Chirping" Crickets

Infobox Album | Name = The "Chirping" Crickets
Type = Album
Artist = Buddy Holly


Released = November 27 1957
Recorded = February 25 - September 28, 1957
Genre = Rock and roll
Length = 28:27
Label = Brunswick
Producer = Norman Petty
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5yk9keft7q7n link]

Last album = " "
This album = "The "Chirping" Crickets"
(1957)
Next album = "Buddy Holly"
(1958)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = Studio Album


Lower caption = Original cover retitled and moved to Coral (label) in 1962

"The "Chirping" Crickets" is the debut album from the American rock and roll band The Crickets, led by Buddy Holly. RS500|421

Despite the album title, the Crickets do not sing on the album; choruses are provided by The Picks. The Beatles, who patterned themselves after the Crickets (including their name), believed the Crickets were singing, which led to the Beatles emphasizing their own group singingFact|date=June 2008.

Track listing

Side 1
#"Oh, Boy!" (Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West) – 2:07
#"Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Petty) – 2:21
#"You've Got Love" (Roy Orbison, Johnny Wilson, Petty) – 2:05
#"Maybe Baby" (Holly, Petty) – 2:01
#"It's Too Late" (Chuck Willis) – 2:22
#"Tell Me How" (Jerry Allison, Holly, Petty) – 1:58Side 2
#"That'll Be the Day" (Allison, Holly, Petty) – 2:14
#"I'm Looking for Someone to Love" (Holly, Petty) – 1:56
#"An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date)" (Orbison, Petty) – 2:11
#"Send Me Some Lovin'" (John Marascalco, Lloyd Price) – 2:33
#"Last Night" (Joe B. Mauldin, Petty) – 1:53
#"Rock Me My Baby" (Susan Heather, Shorty Long) – 1:47

Personnel

*Buddy Holly - lead vocals,lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals on 2
*Niki Sullivan - rhythm guitar on 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 10 12, backing vocals on 2 7
*Joe B. Mauldin - bass on 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12
*Jerry Allison - drums, backing vocals on 2

Additional personnel

*The Picks (Bill Pickering, John Pickering & Bob Lapham) - backing vocals on 1 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12
*Larry Welborn - bass guitar on 7 8
*Tommy Allsup – guitar on 7
*June Clark - backing vocals on 7
*Ramona Tollett - backing vocals on 7

Charts

Single