The Crickets are a rock & roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer/songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s. Their first hit record was "That'll Be the Day," released in 1957. Holly had been making demo recordings with local musician friends since 1954. Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison, and Larry Welborn participated in these sessions.

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  • The Crickets are a rock & roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer/songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s. Their first hit record was "That'll Be the Day," released in 1957. Holly had been making demo recordings with local musician friends since 1954. Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison, and Larry Welborn participated in these sessions. In 1956 Holly's band (then known informally as The Three Tunes) recorded an album's worth of rockabilly numbers in Nashville, Tennessee; the records were no more than mildly successful, and the band didn't hit pay dirt until 1957, when producer and recording engineer Norman Petty hosted Holly's sessions in Clovis, New Mexico. Holly had already recorded for another label under his own name, so to avoid legal problems he needed a new name for his group. As the Crickets recalled in John Goldrosen's book The Buddy Holly Story, they were inspired by other groups named after birds, and then they thought of insects. It is worth noting that they almost chose the name "Beetles". Years later, The Beatles chose their band name partly in homage to The Crickets. The Crickets were lead guitarist and vocalist Buddy Holly, drummer Jerry Allison, bassist Joe B. Mauldin, and rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan. Sullivan dropped out after a little more than one year to resume his education. The Crickets, now a trio, continued to make stage and TV appearances, and recorded more songs, many composed by the band members themselves. During 1957 Norman Petty arranged for The Crickets' recordings to be marketed under two separate names. The solo vocals went out as "Buddy Holly" and the songs with dubbed backing vocals were issued as "The Crickets. " Petty reasoned, correctly, that disc jockeys might be reluctant to program a single artist too heavily, but would have no problem playing records by two seemingly different groups. Some disc jockeys referred to the band as "Buddy Holly and The Crickets," but the record labels never used this wording until after Holly's death. In 1958, Holly broke with Petty and moved to New York to be more involved with the publishing and recording businesses. Allison and Mauldin chose not to move and returned to Lubbock. Holly now recorded under his own name with studio musicians Tommy Allsup and Carl Bunch. Waylon Jennings toured with him shortly after The Crickets folded. Allison and Mauldin looked forward to rejoining Holly after he returned from a winter tour through the northern Midwest. It was on that tour that Holly was killed in a plane crash. The Crickets went on performing after Holly's death. In 1962 the Crickets' version of the Gerry Goffin–Carole King song Don't Ever Change reached the top 5 in the British single charts . Allison and Mauldin are still touring with Sonny Curtis on vocals and guitar. On October 28, 2008, The Crickets were inducted into the Musicians' Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. They performed "Peggy Sue", "Not Fade Away" and "That'll Be the Day" at the ceremony, accompanied by guest guitarist Keith Richards.
  • The Crickets waren die Begleitband von Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly ist zweigleisig aufgetreten, einige seiner Hits sind unter seinem Namen, andere unter dem Namen der Crickets bekannt geworden.
  • The Crickets foi uma banda estado-unidense. O nome da banda surgiu por causa de um grilo que insistia em “acompanhar” os ensaios de Buddy Holly e seus colegas. De tanto ouvirem o grilo, eles não tiveram dúvida: batizaram a banda de The Crickets ou Os Grilos, em inglês. Mais tarde, inspirado pela escolha de Buddy Holly, surgia em Liverpool um quarteto que também tinha um inseto como nome: The Beatles ou Os Besouros. Aqui vale um adendo: a palavra correta é “beetles”, mas John Lennon quis fazer um trocadilho com a palavra “beat” tanto por significar “ritmo” em inglês quanto por batizar a Geração Beat, que reunia, entre outros, poetas como Jack Kerouac, autor do clássico “On The Road”.
  • The Crickets, rockband, bildat 1957 som kompgrupp åt sångaren Buddy Holly. Ursprungligen bestod gruppen, förutom av Buddy Holly, av Joe B. Mauldin, bas, Niki Sullivan, gitarr, och Jerry Allison, trummor. Sullivan lämnade gruppen något år efter bildandet och ersattes senare av Sonny Curtis, som spelat med Buddy Holly tidigare på 50-talet. I februari 1957 spelade Buddy Holly and The Crickets in "That’ll Be the Day". Den gavs ut på skivetiketten Brunswick i juni samma år och nådde i augusti förstaplatsen på Billboardslistan. Buddy Hollys inspelningar gavs växelvis ut på skivetiketterna Brunswick och Coral, vilka båda tillhörde skivbolaget Decca. Av kontraktsskäl gavs samtliga Brunswickutgåvor ut under namnet The Crickets, medan Coralutgåvorna utgavs under namnet Buddy Holly. Ytterligare tre låtar nådde Billboardslistan under namnet The Crickets: "Oh, Boy!", "Maybe Baby" och "Think It Over". 1959 flyttade Buddy Holly till New York och bröt med The Crickets. Bandet återvände till sin hemstad Lubbock i Texas, där de snart skaffade en ny sångare: Earl Sinks. The Crickets existerar än i dag och har gjort såväl egna inspelningar som samarbetat med andra artister, bland dem Waylon Jennings och Nanci Griffith. År 2004 släpptes albumet The Crickets & Their Buddies där bandet framför bland annat Buddy Holly-låtar tillsammans med artister som Jennings, Griffith, Eric Clapton, Graham Nash, Albert Lee och John Prine.
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  • The Crickets are a rock & roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer/songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s. Their first hit record was "That'll Be the Day," released in 1957. Holly had been making demo recordings with local musician friends since 1954. Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison, and Larry Welborn participated in these sessions.
  • The Crickets waren die Begleitband von Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly ist zweigleisig aufgetreten, einige seiner Hits sind unter seinem Namen, andere unter dem Namen der Crickets bekannt geworden.
  • The Crickets foi uma banda estado-unidense. O nome da banda surgiu por causa de um grilo que insistia em “acompanhar” os ensaios de Buddy Holly e seus colegas. De tanto ouvirem o grilo, eles não tiveram dúvida: batizaram a banda de The Crickets ou Os Grilos, em inglês. Mais tarde, inspirado pela escolha de Buddy Holly, surgia em Liverpool um quarteto que também tinha um inseto como nome: The Beatles ou Os Besouros.
  • The Crickets, rockband, bildat 1957 som kompgrupp åt sångaren Buddy Holly. Ursprungligen bestod gruppen, förutom av Buddy Holly, av Joe B. Mauldin, bas, Niki Sullivan, gitarr, och Jerry Allison, trummor. Sullivan lämnade gruppen något år efter bildandet och ersattes senare av Sonny Curtis, som spelat med Buddy Holly tidigare på 50-talet. I februari 1957 spelade Buddy Holly and The Crickets in "That’ll Be the Day".
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