Buddy Holly Songs Ranked
Buddy Holly is the debut studio album by Buddy Holly. It was released by Coral Records on February 20, 1958. The album collects Holly’s four hit singles released on the Coral label; “Words of Love”, “Peggy Sue”, “I’m Gonna Love You Too”, and “Rave On!”. The backing group was Buddy Holly’s band, the Crickets. Some re-releases include the tracks from Holly’s next single, “Early in the Morning” backed with “Now We’re One”, and “Take Your Time”, the B-side of the single “Rave On”. It was re-released again with different cover art in 2015 by WaxTime Records on 180 Gram Vinyl. This edition included the original liner notes and two extra tracks: “Now We’re One” (issued as the B-side of Holly’s “Early in the Morning”) and “Ting-A-Ling”. It also included new liner notes written by Gary Blaylock in September 2014. Here are all of Buddy Holly’s songs ranked.
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12. Little Baby
“Buddy Holly’s 1958 self-titled album is perhaps my favourite rockabilly album of all time. It just stands out as one of the most unique and ahead of its time albums in the genre in my eyes and some of the sounds explored on this are like little else heard at the time.”
11. Ready Teddy
“One thing i´m liking about the 50´s scene is the covers especially “Ready Teddy” wich i lisen to Richard to loved it now Holly does his version witch is good and saw that second Elvis album has that song and i´m exited to see how he does it.”
10. Rave On
“I think that everybody should go through this Buddy Holly, at least the ones who care about a more gereneral history of Rock and music development as a whole. “
9. Listen to Me
“If you ever wondered from where all those early Beatles album got their inspiration then look no further. This is Rock’n’Roll of the best kind. Real simple, real short and relies mostly on its charisma which it has a plenty.”
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8. You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)
“Buddy Holly wrote nothing but perfect pop songs and his influence cannot be overstated, or maybe it’s more that his influence should be greater than it is.”
7. Valley of Tears
“Of all the Rock n Roll stars who sowed the seeds of the great Beat Music, and its Words of Love, of the early to mid 1960s, none has had the same impact on my own apreciation of music as buddy holly. His songwriting and delivery were key to the development of rock music. “
6. Words of Love
“The general quality of all his music was so high and prolific, that his very short span (1957-9), in time, at the top of the music business changed our lives forever. If there was only one space for a holly record in your collection, this would be as good as any.”
5. Look at Me
“This is a classic album by Buddy Holly, with the original cover and contains the twelve original songs plus three bonus tracks, and also the cd is accompanied by a booklet with interesting information.”
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4. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
“Pretty much some of the best rockabilly you ll hear, pretty much essencial if you want to find out how rock was developed. The music itself is pretty entertaining, with good passionate singing and nice playing. Makes for a pretty fun listen, but i cannot help but wondering that some touch of depth in missing in most of the songs.”
3. Peggy Sue
“What amazes me most about this album is how many different sounds Buddy tries out here. Your avereage 50’s rock and roller did their thing and did’nt stray too far from the formula.”
2. Everyday
“Here Buddy’s all over the place compared to his contempararies. The thing is he seems perfectly suited for whatever style he tries, the perfect pop songs don’t seeming a smidge out of place with some of Buddy’s most famous rockers.”
1. I’m Gonna Love You Too
“I can think offhand of one other American artist who emerged from similarly obscure roots into the pantheon of giants. God must have willed for the two to stand only feet apart on 31 January 1959 when Holly visited Duluth on tour. Historians should title it the day music DIDN’T die.”