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QUESTION After Buddy Holly died, did the Crickets re-record Peggy Sue Got Married, using Holly's voice for their version?
Buddy Holly wrote and recorded this song with only his acoustic guitar in December 1958, in his apartment on 5th Avenue, New York City. It was a follow-up to his big hit Peggy Sue, making it one of the first sequels in rock music history. It was released on the Coral recording label in July 1959 with Crying, Waiting, Hoping on the B-side.
Towards the end of the decade, Buddy and the Crickets had gone their separate ways and Buddy had moved to New York.
The Crickets decided to remain in their home town of Lubbock, Texas, and recorded songs independently of each other. After Buddy's tragic death in February 1959, a local man named Earl Sinks became lead vocalist with the band. His tenure was short-lived; he was replaced by David Box — a neighbour of Crickets drummer Jerry Allison and an ardent Buddy Holly fan who could sing so much like Buddy, it was said that one could hardly discern the difference between their voices.
Towards the end of the decade, Buddy and the Crickets had gone their separate ways and Buddy had moved to New York.
Buddy's original recording of Peggy Sue Got Married can be found on an album known as The Apartment Tapes
Coral released a posthumous recording of Peggy Sue Got Married by Buddy Holly which reached No.13 in the UK charts in September 1959. The Crickets decided to record their own version of the song but with David as lead singer, sounding just like Buddy. David toured with the Crickets but eventually departed, hoping to pursue a career for himself. He had moderate success, collaborating with Roy Orbison and even appearing on stage with him. Sadly, his life reflected a parallel with Buddy Holly; on October 23, 1964, with two members of The Kings Band, he hired a Cessna light aircraft to fly to a gig in Harris County. Shortly after take-off, it crashed, tragically killing everyone on board.
Buddy's original recording of Peggy Sue Got Married can be found on an album known as The Apartment Tapes, acoustic home recordings of his songs that later became huge hits.
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