It is ranked number 194 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the ' 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.' It is ranked as the 173rd greatest song of all time and the fifth best song of 1957 by Acclaimed Music. 'Peggy Sue' went to number three on the Billboard Top 100 chart in 1957. At Allison's insistence, Holly was credited as a co-writer after his death. Initially, only Allison and Petty were listed as the song's authors.

Mauldin (string bass) also played on the recording. In her memoir, Whatever Happened to Peggy Sue?, Gerron stated that she first heard the song at a live performance at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium in 1957, and that she was 'so embarrassed, I could have died.' Īppropriately, Allison had a prominent role in the production of the song, playing paradiddles on the drums throughout the song, the drums' sound rhythmically fading in and out as a result of real-time engineering techniques by the producer, Norman Petty. The title was later changed to 'Peggy Sue' in reference to Peggy Sue Gerron (1940–2018 ), the girlfriend (and future wife) of Jerry Allison, the drummer for the Crickets, after the couple had temporarily broken up. The song was originally entitled 'Cindy Lou', after Holly's niece, the daughter of his sister Pat Holley Kaiter. Production Billboard advertisement, November 11, 1957 This recording was also released on Holly's eponymous 1958 album. Mauldin (string bass) and Jerry Allison (drums) played on the recording. The Crickets are not mentioned on label of the single (Coral 9-61885), but band members Joe B.

' Peggy Sue' is a rock and roll song written by Jerry Allison and Norman Petty, and recorded and released as a single by Buddy Holly on September 20, 1957. June 29 and July 1, 1957, Clovis, New Mexico

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