Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets

1962 studio album by Bobby Vee and The Crickets

Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets

Studio album by

Bobby Vee and The Crickets

Released| July 14, 1962 (1962-07-14)[1]
Recorded| September 12–13, 20, 28, and fall 1961[2]
Studio| United Recorders, 6050 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA[3]
Genre| Rock and roll
Length| 27:54 (52:47, 1991 reissue)
Label| Liberty (LST-7228/LRP-3228)
Producer| Snuff Garrett
Bobby Vee and The Crickets chronology
| In Style with the Crickets
(1960)  | Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets
(1962)  | Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Somethin' Else
(1962)

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Bobby Vee chronology
| A Bobby Vee Recording Session
(1962)  | Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets
(1962)  | Bobby Vee's Golden Greats
(1962)

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Singles from  Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets

1. "Punish Her" (Bobby Vee, solo) b/w "Someday (When I'm Gone From You)"
Released: August 10, 1962

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]
New Record Mirror| [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [6]

Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets is a cross-over rock and roll album that brings singer Bobby Vee together with the Crickets. It was Vee's 7th album and The Crickets' second release following the departure and subsequent death of their front man, Buddy Holly. The album contains new versions of three songs written by or recorded by Holly—Peggy Sue, Bo Diddley, and Well...All Right—and a host of cover versions of 1950s rock'n'roll songs by artists like Little Richard and Chuck Berry. Originally released as an LP record on July 14, 1962, the album was re-released on CD in 1991, with bonus tracks not featured on the original album.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated July 21 of that year and remained on the album chart for 23 weeks, peaking at #42.[7] It was more successful in The UK, where it spent for 27 weeks on the album chart there peaking at #2, the highest position Vee achieved on the chart there"[8]

Reel To Reel labels included this CD in a box set entitled Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and was released on October 4, 2019.[9]

## Background

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After Buddy Holly's departure, The Crickets recorded with Earl Sinks serving as lead vocalist, with Crickets Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis also sharing vocals. David Box also recorded a single as lead vocalist in 1959. Several weeks after relocating to Los Angeles in 1960, guitarist and songwriter Sonny Curtis was drafted and began a two-year stint in the US Army,.[10] Curtis was stationed in Fort Ord and limited in his ability to continue working with the band.[11] With Curtis away, Jerry Allison offered fellow Texan Jerry Naylor the position of lead singer with the group in 1961. He would remain through early 1965. Tommy Allsup, the guitarist who had toured with Holly during the fateful Winter Dance Party frequently played with the band.

Singing star and Liberty records artist Bobby Vee had a number of connections with Holly and the Crickets. After Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper were killed in the tragic February 1959 plane crash, Fargo, North Dakota teenager Bobby Vee was among several local young musicians recruited to join the rest of the Winter Dance Party tour, beginning with the next scheduled concert in Fargo.[12] Vee had recorded a hit version of The Crickets' song "More Than I Can Say" in 1961.

## Reception

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic's described the album as "a enjoyable album"[4]

Billboard described the album "as fine a set of rockabilly style vocals"[13]

Cashbox gave the album a postive reviews, saying it features "superior vocal charms on "Peggy Sue", "Bo Diddley" and "When You're in Love"[14]

New Record Mirror described the album as "an interesting disc"[5]

## 1991 reissue

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The 1991 CD re-release includes outtakes from the Crickets' studio sessions with Bobby Vee recorded during September 1962 and a medley of Buddy Holly songs recorded by Vee and the Crickets on April 16, 1989 and released as a single in 1990.

## Track listing

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Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Peggy Sue"| J.I. Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty| 2:18
2.| "Bo Diddley"| Ellas McDaniel| 2:15
3.| "Someday (When I'm Gone From You)"| Tom Lesslie (aka Snuff Garrett), Dick Glasser| 2:10
4.| "Well...All Right"| J.I. Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Joe B. Mauldin| 2:16
5.| "I Gotta Know"| M. Williams, P. Evans| 2:06
6.| "Lookin' For Love"| Roy Orbison, Joe Melson| 1:57

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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7.| "Sweet Little Sixteen"| Chuck Berry| 2:25
8.| "When You're in Love"| Allison, Sonny Curtis| 1:53
9.| "Lucille"| Richard Penniman, Albert Collins| 2:25
10.| "The Girl of My Best Friend"| Sam Bobrick, Beverly Ross| 2:22
11.| "Little Queenie"| Chuck Berry| 2:30
12.| "The Girl Can't Help It"| Bobby Troup| 2:26

1991 CD bonus tracksNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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13.| "Lonely Weekend (Version 1, take 9A)"| Charlie Rich| 2:13
14.| "It's Too Late (Version 1, take 14)"| Robert Velline| 2:23
15.| "Come on Baby"| Buddy Knox| 2:03
16.| "Mountain of Love"| Harold Dorman| 2:27
17.| "No One Knows"| Ken Hecht, Ernie Maresca| 2:45
18.| "Shanghaied"| Mel Tillis, Marijohn Wilkin| 1:49
19.| "Keep A Knockin'"| Richard Penniman| 2:22
20.| "Lonely Weekend (Version 2)"| Charlie Rich| 2:32
21.| "It's Too Late (Version 2)"| Robert Velline| 2:07
22.| "Buddy Holly Medley: What To Do / Crying, Waiting, Hoping / Learning the Game"| Buddy Holly| 3:44 [15]

## Personnel

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Partial credits from the following sources.[4][16][17][18][19][20]

* Bobby Vee – vocals, guitar

The Crickets

* Jerry Allison – drums, backing vocals

NOTE: Though pictured on the front and back of the record jacket, neither Jerry Naylor and Joe B. Mauldin play on the record. Mauldin left the group until the middle 1970s, and Naylor had only joined in the time for the album's release, becoming the band's lead singer from 1961 to 1965.

Additional personnel

* Tommy Allsup – guitar
* Howard Roberts – piano (1, 2, 3, 17)
* Red Callender – bass
* Earl Palmer – drums
* Ernie Freeman – piano, arranger, conductor
* Gene Garf – piano
* Jim Economides – engineer
* Eddie Brackett – engineer
* Snuff Garrett – producer

## References

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1. ^ "Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets - the Crickets, Bobby Vee, Bobby Vee & the Crickets | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
2. ^ http://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com/2015/10/crickets.html [user-generated source]
3. ^ http://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com/2015/10/crickets.html [user-generated source]
4. ^ a b c "Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets - the Crickets, Bobby Vee, Bobby Vee & the Crickets | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
5. ^ a b Watson, Jimmy (November 3, 1962). "Bobby Bee Meets The Crickets" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 86\. p. 10\. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446\. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 814\. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
8. ^ "BOBBY VEE". Official Charts. October 27, 1962. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
9. ^ "Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
10. ^ "Podcast Encore Special: Sonny Curtis and Jerry Allison: Michael Shelley's show".
11. ^ "Sonny Curtis Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
12. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
13. ^ "Pop Spotlight: Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets". Billboard. Vol. 74, no. 21\. May 26, 1962. p. 22.
14. ^ "Album Popular Pick of the Week Reviews: Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets". Cash Box. Vol. 23, no. 35\. May 26, 1962. p. 28.
15. ^ 1991 liner notes
16. ^ "Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets by Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets - RYM/Sonemic".
17. ^ "Bobby Vee and the Crickets – Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets (2017, 180g, Direct Metal Mastering (DMM), Vinyl)". Discogs. 2017.
18. ^ http://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com/2015/10/crickets.html [user-generated source]
19. ^ Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets Liberty LRP-3228 album cover
20. ^ John Firminger, The Crickets File 1961-1965 SEE 79 album liner notes, 1987

## External links

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* Bobby-Vee-and-Crickets-Bobby-Vee-Meets-The-Crickets at Discogs (list of releases)

* v
* t
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The Crickets

* Buddy Holly
* Jerry Allison
* Joe B. Mauldin
* Niki Sullivan
* Earl Sinks
* Glen Hardin
* Jerry Naylor
* Sonny Curtis

Studio albums|

* The "Chirping" Crickets
* Buddy Holly
* In Style with the Crickets
* Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets
* Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Somethin' Else
* California Sun / She Loves You
* Rockin' 50's Rock'n'Roll

Compilation albums|

* 20 Golden Greats
* Words of Love
* A Collection

EPs|

* Just for Fun (1963)

Singles|

* "That'll Be the Day"
* "Oh, Boy!" (b/w "Not Fade Away")
* "Maybe Baby"
* "Think It Over"
* "It's So Easy"
* "Love's Made a Fool of You" (b/w "Someone, Someone")
* "When You Ask About Love"
* "More Than I Can Say" (b/w "Baby My Heart")
* "I Fought the Law"
* "Don't Ever Change (b/w "I'm Not A Bad Guy")
* "Punish Her" (Bobby Vee, solo, A-side) (b/w "Someday (When I'm Gone From You)" by Bobby Vee & the Crickets)
* "My Little Girl" (b/w "Teardrops Fall Like Rain")
* "Lonely Avenue" (b/w "You Can't Be In-Between" USA, "Playboy" UK)
* "From Me to You" (b/w "Please Please Me")
* "(They Call Her) La Bamba" (b/w "All Over You")
* "True Love Ways" (b/w "Rockin' 50's Rock And Roll")

Crickets solo records|

* The 1st of Sonny Curtis (1968)

Related articles|

* Discography
* Buddy Holly discography
* Norman Petty
* Brunswick Records
* Coral Records
* Philips Records
* The Picks
* David Box
* Tommy Allsup
* Joe Osborn
* Bob Montgomery (songwriter)
* The Buddy Holly Story (1978 film)
* Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (1989 musical)

* v
* t
* e

Bobby Vee

Albums|

* Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
* Bobby Vee
* Bobby Vee with Strings and Things
* Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's
* Take Good Care of My Baby
* A Bobby Vee Recording Session
* Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets
* Merry Christmas from Bobby Vee
* The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
* Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures
* I Remember Buddy Holly
* The New Sound from England!
* 30 Big Hits of the 60's
* 30 Big Hits of the 60's, Volume 2
* Look at Me Girl
* Come Back When You Grow Up
* Just Today
* Do What You Gotta Do
* Gates, Grills & Railings
* Down the Line

Compilations|

* Bobby Vee's Golden Greats

Soundtrack albums|

* C'mon, Let's Live a Little

EPs|

* Just for Fun

Singles|

* "Devil or Angel"
* "Rubber Ball"
* "More Than I Can Say"
* "How Many Tears"
* "Take Good Care of My Baby"
* "Run to Him"
* "Please Don't Ask About Barbara"
* "Sharing You"
* "Punish Her"
* "A Forever Kind of Love"
* "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"
* "Charms"
* "Come Back When You Grow Up"
* "Medley: My Girl/Hey Girl"

B-sides|

* "Everyday"

Related articles|

* Discography

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* MusicBrainz release group

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