Record #0100: Blue Days – Black Nights / Love Me – BUDDY HOLLY

Decca 29854 (original) USA, Apr. 16, 1956
Words & Music by:  Side A – Ben Hall; Side B – Buddy Holly, Sue Parrish
Musicians: Buddy Holly (vocals), Sonny Curtis (lead guitar), Grady Martin (rhythm guitar), Don Guess (upright bass), Doug Kirkham (percussion)
Recording sessions:  Owen Bradley Studio, Nashville, TN, Jan. 26, 1956
Highest chart positions:  Didn’t hit the charts

I hand-picked this one to be the 100^th record in the blog. This is another fine recording made at Owen Bradley’s studio and a solid piece of rock and roll history.

This was the first single Buddy Holly released. As his second single (“Modern Don Juan” / “You Are My One Desire”) didn’t fly either, Decca decided to let Holly go. Holly then signed two recording contracts; as a solo artist he signed with Coral and as a member of the Crickets he went to Brunswick. Both labels were subsidiaries of Decca. Later on Holly looked back on this and said: "They kicked us out the front door and so we went in the back door."
The first release with Brunswick was “That’ll Be the Day” and it launched Holly to stardom.

List price ... this is a quite rare piece.