Buddy Holly (album)

Buddy Holly is the debut studio album by Buddy Holly. It was released by Coral Records on February 20, 1958. The album, featuring a rare photo of Holly without his trademark glasses on the front cover, 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.

Buddy Holly
Studio album by
Buddy Holly
ReleasedFebruary 20, 1958
RecordedApril 8, 1957 – January 26, 1958, Clovis, New Mexico & New York City
Genre
  • Rock and roll
  • pop
  • rockabilly
Length24:35
LabelCoral
ProducerNorman Petty, Bob Thiele
Buddy Holly chronology
The "Chirping" Crickets
(1957)		 Buddy Holly
(1958)		 That'll Be the Day
(1958)
Singles from Buddy Holly
  1. "Words of Love"
    Released: 20 June 1957
  2. "Peggy Sue"
    Released: 20 September 1957
  3. "I'm Gonna Love You Too"
    Released: 5 February 1958
  4. "Rave On!"
    Released: 20 April 1958
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Rolling Stone Record Guide
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