The Crickets
USA
Formed: 1957
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Early Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
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The "Crickets" started out as pure fiction -- the name a ruse used by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Joe B. Mauldin to avoid the provisions of a 1956 contract that Holly had signed with Decca Records, that would have prevented the release of their then-new recording of "That'll Be the Day" on the Brunswick label. The name stuck, and for the next 15 months, there were records by the Crickets and records by Buddy Holly -- which were virtually interchangeable -- and they were billed as Buddy Holly & the Crickets. By the end of 1958, however, the ...
Similar artists
- The Everly Brothers (15)
- Eddie Cochran (8)
- Rick Nelson (1)
Influenced by
- Buddy Holly (23)
Performed Songs By
- Paul McCartney (276)
- John Lennon (94)
- Carole King (42)
- Gerry Goffin (0)
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