Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets

by Bobby Vee & The Crickets

Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1962
  • Label: Liberty
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:25
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A symbolic passing of the torch, this collaboration pairs teen idol Bobby Vee鈥攚ho famously filled in for Buddy Holly following the fatal 1959 plane crash鈥攚ith Holly's legendary backing band. The album updates the classic Tex-Mex rock and roll sound with slicker, early 60s pop production values.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, old-school, vintage, covers, harmonies

Tracklist

  1. Peggy Sue (2:18)
  2. Bo Diddley (2:13)
  3. Someday (2:10)
  4. Well...All Right (2:17)
  5. I Gotta Know (2:09)
  6. Lookin' For Love (1:56)
  7. Sweet Little Sixteen (2:25)
  8. When You're In Love (1:55)
  9. Lucille (2:26)
  10. Girl Of My Best Friend (2:21)
  11. Little Queenie (2:34)
  12. The Girl Can't Help It (2:28)
  13. No One Knows (2:10)
  14. Gotta Travel On (1:58)

Credits

  • Bobby Vee - primary artist
  • Norman Petty - written-by
  • Ellas McDaniel - written-by
  • Dick Glasser - written-by
  • Tom Lesslie - written-by
  • Buddy Holly - written-by
  • Joe Mauldin - written-by
  • Matt Williams - written-by

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