Showcase (Buddy Holly album)

1964 compilation album by Buddy Holly

Showcase

Compilation album by

Buddy Holly

Released| May 1964 (1964-05)
Recorded| 1956–1959 and 1963
Studio| Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico
Genre| Rock and roll, rockabilly
Label| Coral
Producer| Norman Petty
Buddy Holly chronology
| Reminiscing
(1963)  | Showcase
(1964)  | Holly in the Hills
(1965)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Record Mirror| [2]

Showcase is a compilation album by American rock and roll singer Buddy Holly. The album was released as an LP record in both mono and stereo formats in May 1964 (see 1964 in music).

Showcase was Buddy Holly's fourth posthumously released album and the third album to feature previously unreleased material. The original recordings were overdubbed by the Fireballs in 1963.

The album was released on CD for the first time in 1992 by Castle Communications in the UK.[3]

## Track listing[edit]

Side A

1. "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
2. "Rock Around with Ollie Vee"
3. "Honky Tonk"
4. "I Guess I Was Just a Fool"
5. "(Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest"
6. "You're the One"

Side B

1. "Blue Suede Shoes"
2. "Come Back Baby"
3. "Rip It Up"
4. "Love's Made a Fool of You"
5. "Gone"
6. "Girl On My Mind"

## Charts[edit]

### Album[edit]

Chart (1964)  | Peak
position

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UK Album Charts  | 3[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "Buddy Holly: Showcase" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 173\. 4 July 1964. p. 12\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
3. ^ Buddy Holly - Showcase Retrieved April 12, 2017
4. ^ "Buddy Holly - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Showcase at Discogs (list of releases)

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Singles|

* "Love Me"
* "That'll Be the Day"
* "Words of Love" (b/w "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues")
* "Peggy Sue" (b/w "Everyday")
* "Oh, Boy!"
* "Not Fade Away"
* "I'm Gonna Love You Too"
* "Maybe Baby"
* "Rave On"
* "Think It Over"
* "Early in the Morning"
* "It's So Easy"
* "Heartbeat"
* "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (b/w "Raining in My Heart")
* "Peggy Sue Got Married" (b/w "Crying, Waiting, Hoping")
* "True Love Ways"
* "Valley of Tears"
* "Bo Diddley"
* "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
* "Love Is Strange"

Studio albums|

* The "Chirping" Crickets
* Buddy Holly
* That'll Be The Day

Compilation albums|

* The Buddy Holly Story
* The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2
* Reminiscing
* Showcase
* Holly in the Hills
* Giant
* 20 Golden Greats
* For the First Time Anywhere
* Words of Love
* Greatest Hits
* Down the Line: Rarities
* Memorial Collection

Tribute albums|

* Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly)
* Rave On Buddy Holly
* Listen to Me: Buddy Holly

Related articles|

* Buddy Holly discography
* List of songs
* Waylon Jennings
* Bob "Bobby" Montgomery
* María Elena Holly (wife)
* Norman Petty
* The Picks
* Surf Ballroom (site of final performance)
* The Day the Music Died (1959 plane crash)
* The Buddy Holly Story
* Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
* "Buddy Holly" (song)
* Buddy Holly Center

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* Commons

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* MusicBrainz release group

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