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Other uses|Cricket (disambiguation)cleanup|reason=layout problems|date=September 2011Refimprove|date=October 2007Infobox musical artist | name = The Crickets| image = thecrickets.jpg| caption = The Crickets in 1962 Sonny Curtis , J.I. Allison|Jerry Allison , Glen Hardin , Jerry Naylor | image_size =| background = group_or_band| birth_name =| alias =| origin = Texas , United States | instrument =| genre = Rock & roll | occupation =| years_active = 1957-present| label = Brunswick Records|Brunswick , Coral Records|Coral , Liberty Records|Liberty , MCA Records|MCA , Vertigo Records|Vertigo , Chirp| associated_acts =| website = URL| http://www.thecrickets.com/| current_members = Glen Hardin J.I. Allison|Jerry Allison Joe B. Mauldin Sonny Curtis | past_members = Albert Lee Bobby Durham (country musician)|Bobby Durham Buddy Holly Earl Sinks Henry Lee James Jerry Naylor Larry Welborn Niki Sullivan Tommy Allsup | notable_instruments = 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. They helped set the template for subsequent rock bands such as the Beatles , with their guitar - bass guitar|bass - drums arrangements and tendency to write their own material. After Holly's death in 1959 the band continued to tour and record with different vocalists, releasing new material into the 21st century.
Formation
Holly had been making demo (music)|demo recordings with local musician friends since 1954. Sonny Curtis , J.I. Allison|Jerry Allison , and Larry Welborn participated in these sessions. In 1956 Holly's band (then known informally as Buddy and the Two Tones (meaning Buddy Holly with Sonny Curtis and Don Guess),cite web|url= http://www.buddyhollycenter.org/gallery/1936to56.aspx |title=Buddy Holly timeline: 1936 to 56 |publisher=Buddyhollycenter.org |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17 posthumous releases refer to The Three Tunes ) recorded an album's worth of rockabilly numbers in Nashville, Tennessee for Decca Records|Decca ; 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. They were then considering insects-centered names, apparently unaware of the Bronx R& B vocal group The Crickets, who recorded for Jay-Dee.cite web|url= http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/crickets.html |title=crickets |publisher=Home.earthlink.net |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17 It is worth noting that they almost chose the name "Beetles". http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/crickets.htm Years later, The Beatles chose their band name partly in homage to The Crickets.cite web|url= http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/named.htm |title="The Beatles: What's In a Name? " By Dave Persails |publisher=Abbeyrd.best.vwh.net |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17
The Crickets were lead guitarist and vocalist Buddy Holly, drummer Jerry Allison, Bass (instrument)|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.
Early success
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 producer 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 Midwestern United States|Midwest . In the meantime, Joe B. Mauldin, J.I. Allison, and Sonny Curtis (a friend and collaborator with Buddy) began recording new songs as The Crickets, with Earl Sinks on vocals. While recording, it was announced that Holly was killed in a The Day the Music Died|plane crash while on tour.
After Holly's death
The Crickets went on performing after Holly's death. http://www.rockin50s.com/crickets_recordings/INDEX.htm David Box , a native of Lubbock, Texas and a near identical Buddy Holly soundalike, would join the group as lead vocalist for their 1960 single of "Dont Cha Know" (Side A), and " Peggy Sue Got Married (song)|Peggy Sue Got Married " (Side B) released as Coral 62238 after the departure of Earl Sinks. David Box ironically would later die in a charter plane crash on October 23, 1964 while touring as a solo singer.cite web|url= http://www.buddyhollyonline.com/related/dbox.html |title=Buddy Holly & The Crickets.com - David Box |publisher=Buddyhollyonline.com |date=1943-08-11 |accessdate=2011-07-17cite web|url= http://www.hubstuff.com/pdf/hubstuff_vol2no6.pdf |title=Untitled-1 |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17
In 1962, The Crickets' version of the Gerry Goffin & ndash; Carole King song " Don't Ever Change (song)|Don't Ever Change " ( Liberty Records ) reached the top 5 in the British single charts.cite web|url= http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/dont-ever-change/ |title=Don't Ever Change |publisher=The Beatles Bible |date=2010-12-22 |accessdate=2011-07-17 The Crickets would also release in 1962 their album entitled "Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets" with Bobby Vee singing on lead vocals. In 1964, The Crickets recorded their version of the rock and surf song " California Sun " for their album of the same title.cite web|url= http://www.buddyhollyonline.com/albums.html |title=Buddy Holly & The Crickets.com - The Crickets Discography |publisher=Buddyhollyonline.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17
In 1978, the award-winning film, The Buddy Holly Story , starring Gary Busey as Buddy Holly, presented an engaging but somewhat inaccurate depiction of the band's early years. Allison and Mauldin's names were altered as Jesse Charles and Ray Bob Simmons wherein Charles is portrayed with Racism|racial attitudes , and Sullivan was written out of the film altogether which made them vote their portrayal as negative.
21st Century
The Crickets released "The Crickets and Their Buddies" in 2004 which features several classics from all parts of their career featuring guest appearances by several prominent artists including Eric Clapton , Rodney Crowell , Waylon Jennings , Nanci Griffith , John Prine , Graham Nash , Bobby Vee , Tonio K . and more. The album was produced and mixed by Greg Ladanyi and included editing and additional mixes by Dave Carlock, Rob Hill, and Rogers Masson .cite web|url= http://www.thecrickets.com/ |title=The Crickets |publisher=The Crickets |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17
On October 28, 2008, The Crickets were inducted into the Musicians' Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. They performed " Peggy Sue ", " Not Fade Away (song)|Not Fade Away " and " That'll Be the Day " at the ceremony, accompanied by guest guitarist Keith Richards .cite web |title=Keith Richards, Percy Sledge, others honor new Musician Hall of Fame inductees |url= http://search.tennessean.com/sp? aff=1100& skin=100& keywords=Keith+Richards& x=4& y=15 |date=28 October 2008 |publisher=The Tennessean | accessdate=2008-11-06 cite news |title=Hall of Fame Honour for Booker T |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7697148.stm |date=29 October 2008 |publisher=BBC News | accessdate=2008-11-06
Allison and Mauldin are still touringwhen|date=January 2012 with Sonny Curtis , a highly successful songwriter and childhood friend/bandmate of Buddy Holly's, on vocals and guitar.cite web|url= http://www.buddyhollyonline.com/thecrickets.html |title=THE CRICKETS - The Original Rock & Roll Legends |publisher=BuddyHollyOnline.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17
On April 14, 2012, The Crickets were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by a special committee, aimed at correcting the mistake of not including the band with Buddy Holly when he was first inducted in 1986. The inducted members include J.I. Allison|Jerry Allison , Sonny Curtis , Joe B. Mauldin , and Niki Sullivan . The group was unable to attend the ceremony due to illness of Joe B Mauldin.
Discography
The "Chirping" Crickets (1957, with Buddy Holly)
In Style with the Crickets (1960)
Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets (1962)
Something Old, Something New (1963)
California Sun (1964)
Rock Reflections (1971)
Remnants (1973)
Bubblegum, Pop, Ballads & Boogie (1973)
Long Way from Lubbock (1975) (With Albert Lee ) .
Back in Style (1975)
3 Piece (1988)
T Shirt (1988)
Cover to Cover (1995)
The Original (1996)
Rockin (2000)
Too Much Monday Morning
Crickets and Their Buddies (2004)
About Time Too (With Mike Berry (actor)|Mike Berry )
References
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External links
http://buddyhollyandthecrickets.com/ Buddy Holly & The Crickets Online
Official website| http://www.thecrickets.com/
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