"Peggy Sue" is a rock and roll song written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Norman Petty, and originally performed, recorded and released as a single by Buddy Holly and the Crickets in early July of 1957. The song was also released on Buddy Holly's self-titled 1958 album. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of Rock and Roll. ... Jerry Allison (born 1939) is best known for being the drummer for the Crickets. ... Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 - August 15, 1984) was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer who helped shape modern pop music. ... The Crickets were the backing band formed by singer/songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s. ... See also: 1956 in music, other events of 1957, 1958 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Pat Boone stars in his first two Hollywood motion pictures: Bernadine and April Love Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Será, Será), from 1956s Alfred Hitchcock... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The song was originally called "Cindy Lou", and was named for Buddy's niece, the daughter of his sister Pat Holley Kaiter. The title was later changed to "Peggy Sue" in reference to Crickets drummer Jerry Allison's girlfriend (and future wife), Peggy Sue Gerron, with whom he had recently had a temporary breakup. (Amburn, p78) Jerry Allison (born 1939) is best known for being the drummer for the Crickets. ...

Appropriately, Allison played 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, Norm Petty. Many music critics regard this as Holly's all-time best recording. In percussion, the paradiddle is a four-note sticking pattern consisting of two alternating notes followed by a diddle. ... Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 - August 15, 1984) was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer who helped shape modern pop music. ...

The song went to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1957. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sequel

Holly wrote a poignant sequel called "Peggy Sue Got Married", and recorded a demo or practice version in his New York City apartment on December 5, 1958, accompanied only by himself on guitar. The tape was discovered after his untimely death, and was "enhanced" for commercial release, by adding background vocals and an electric guitar track that drowned out Holly's own playing (and almost his voice as well). The rarely-heard original version was released on a vinyl collection called "The Complete Buddy Holly", and was later used over the opening credits of the 1986 Kathleen Turner film Peggy Sue Got Married. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Turner as private detective V.I. Warshawski Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Peggy Sue Got Married is a 1986 comedy / drama film which tells the story of a woman, on the verge of divorce, who finds herself transplanted back to the days of her senior year in high school. ...

Other references

• The Beatles were admirers of Holly and the Crickets. In addition to their straightforward remake of Holly's song "Words of Love", some analysts (Jonathan Cott, page 81), have suggested that one of their early songs, "P.S. I Love You", is a subtle reference to this song. Later, John Lennon would cover the song on his Rock'n'Roll album in 1975.

• In "Old", Paul Simon indicates his age by singing "First time I heard Peggy Sue/I was 12 years old./Russians up in rocket ships /and the war was Cold.

• In an episode of Quantum Leap, young Buddy Holly, working as a Texas farm boy, invents the song as a homage to a piglet, calling it Piggy Sooey. Sam Beckett corrects him into using Peggy Sue instead.

• In Blink 182's album "Cheshire Cat" one of the songs is named "Peggy Sue".The song is also featured on a live album entitled "The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back".

• In Myslovitz's album "Miłość w czasach popkultury" one of the songs is named "Peggy Sue nie wyszła za mąż" ( Peggy Sue did not get married).

• In Almost Famous, the lead guitarist of the fictional band Stillwater, Russell Hammond, begins to sing this song as the plane he and his bandmates are flying in encounters severe turbulence, a reference to Buddy Holly's own tragic death in a plane crash.

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References

• Amburn, Ellis (1995). Buddy Holly: a Biography. St. Martins Press. ISBN 0312145578
• Jonathan Cott in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll. Rolling Stone Press Random House. (1976) ISBN 0-394-73238-3

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External link

• List of Holly "covered" songs, including this one