Hardin, who was also a member of Elvis Presley’s live band Albert Lee, who was also once a member of Emmylou Harris’s Hot Band and several lead vocalists, including Earl Sinks, David Box, and Jerry Naylor. Others who were in the band at one time or another include Glen D. Mauldin, who was in the Crickets with Holly, and the guitarist and singer Sonny Curtis, who played with Holly before the Crickets were formed in 1957 and rejoined shortly after Holly’s death. The members of the group have changed over time, but the most consistent members have been the bassist Joe B. He retained control of the band’s name and has toured and recorded with a group as the Crickets. For example, he played on the studio recording of the Everly Brothers’ “(Till) I Kissed You” in 1959.Īccording to Holly’s biographer John Goldrosen, the song “ Peggy Sue” was originally named after Holly’s niece, Cindy Lou, but the name was changed at Allison’s request: Peggy Sue was Allison’s girlfriend and later wife, Peggy Sue Gerron (1940–2018), and the altered title was a way of asking her to come back after a breakup.Īfter Holly’s death in 1959, Allison continued his musical career. Allison also sang on a few later releases by the Crickets, both singles and album tracks.Īllison also worked as a session musician. It was a minor chart entry in 1958 and the first studio recording of the song, which became a rock standard. His work on the Crickets’ recordings gave the records much of their distinctiveness and has influenced subsequent generations of rock and roll drummers.Īllison did not sing on the Crickets’ records made with Holly-despite the misleading crediting of the band as “vocal group with instrumental accompaniment” - but in 1958 he released the single “Real Wild Child” (having heard Johnny O’Keefe play the original during the Crickets’ brief visit to Australia that year), which he recorded under the pseudonym Ivan, with Holly playing guitar and singing backing vocals. On these, Allison played only tom-toms, in keeping with the sound of the vocals.
Songs released under Holly’s name, were softer in tone and filled with innocence and longing. His snappy cracks at the snare drum gave power to the songs released under the Crickets’ name. Over time, Allison’s rhythm backup ranged from slapping his hands on his knees or clapping his hands to a modal plainness of cymbal drumming. In their early days at the Lubbock Youth Center, in Lubbock, Texas, Allison’s drumming was the sole accompaniment to Buddy Holly’s vocals and guitar, allowing Holly to perform some of his best guitar work. It was also performed at the Norman Petty studio in Clovis, New Mexico, about six months before “Peggy Sue” was recorded.
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Allison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.Īllison’s first professional recording was “Who’s Gonna Be the Next One Honey”, released as a 45-rpm disc (now very rare) by a local group, Hal Goodson and the Raiders. His only solo chart entry on the Billboard Hot 100 was “Real Wild Child”, issued in 1958 under the name Ivan.
Jerry Ivan Allison (Aug– August 22, 2022) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for The Crickets and co-writer of their hits “ That’ll Be the Day” and “ Peggy Sue“, recorded with Buddy Holly.
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