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Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Studio album by Buddy Holly
Released	February 20, 1958
Recorded	April 8, 1957 – January 26, 1958, Clovis, New Mexico & New York City
Genre	Rock and roll; pop; rockabilly;
Length	24:35
Label	Coral
Producer	Norman Petty, Bob Thiele
Buddy Holly chronology
Singles from Buddy Holly
	"Words of Love"; Released: 20 June 1957; "Peggy Sue"; Released: 20 September 1957; "I'm Gonna Love You Too"; Released: 5 February 1958; "Rave On!"; Released: 20 April 1958;

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AllMusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide	^[2]

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.

Release history

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 Blailock in September 2014.^[4]^[5]

Track listing

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Gonna Love You Too"	Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, Norman Petty	2:14
2.	"Peggy Sue"	Jerry Allison, Norman Petty	2:30
3.	"Look at Me"	Jerry Allison, Norman Petty	2:07
4.	"Listen to Me"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	2:22
5.	"Valley of Tears"	Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew	2:09
6.	"Ready Teddy"	Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco	1:32

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Everyday"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	2:09
2.	"Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues"	Ruth Roberts, Bill Katz, Stanley Clayton	2:12
3.	"Words of Love"	Buddy Holly	1:56
4.	"You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	1:37
5.	"Rave On"	Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Norman Petty	1:50
6.	"Little Baby"	Norman Petty, C.W. Kendall Jr.	1:57

1999 Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's My Desire"	Carroll Loveday, Helmy Kresa	2:25
2.	"Think It Over"	Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty	1:45
3.	"Fool's Paradise"	Horace Linsley, Norman Petty, Sonny Le Glaire	2:30
4.	"Well... All Right"	Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin, Norman Petty	2:14
5.	"Take Your Time"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	1:58