The Crickets
| Notable Position | Person | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singer, Songwriter | Buddy Holly | 1957 | 1958 |
| Notable Position | Person | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singer, Songwriter | Buddy Holly | 1957 | 1958 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1956/00/00 | Niki Sullivan, guitarist for The Crickets, attends Lubbock High. | Education | Lubbock High School | Lubbock, TX | |||
| 1956/06/00 | Buddy Holly, J I Allison and musician Sonny Curtis watch the movie "The Searchers". Star John Wayne's repeated use of the phrase "that'll be the day" stuck with the songwriters. | Life | The Searchers | ||||
| 1956/06/00 | Buddy Holly, J I Allison and musician Sonny Curtis watch the movie "The Searchers". Star John Wayne's repeated use of the phrase "that'll be the day" stuck with the songwriters. | Life | That'll Be the Day | ||||
| 1957/00/00 | Jerry Allison, drummer for the Crickets and co-writer of their hits "That'll Be The Day" and "Peggy Sue", attends Lubbock High School. | Education | Lubbock High School | Lubbock, TX | |||
| 1957/02/25 | "That'll Be the Day" is recorded at the Norman Petty Recording Studio, Clovis, New Mexico | Performer | That'll Be the Day | ||||
| 1957/03/02 | Invited by drummer Jerry Allison, standup bass player Joe B Mauldin, Allison and singer-guitarist Buddy Holly play a dance at the Elks Lodge in Carlsbad, NM. | Established | Carlsbad | New Mexico | |||
| 1957/11/27 | Recorded 25 February to 28 September, "The Chirping Crickets" album is released. | Performer | The Chirping Crickets | ||||
| 1958/03/04 | Buddy Holly and the Crickets play City Hall, Sheffield. | Performers | City Hall | Sheffield, ENG | Buddy Holly and the Crickets Final UK Tour | ||
| 1958/03/20 | Buddy Holly and the Crickets play Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. | Performers | Philharmonic Hall | Liverpool | Buddy Holly and the Crickets Final UK Tour | ||
| 1958/03/25 | Before a Gaumont Palace show, Buddy Holly and the typically quiet Joe B Mauldin get in a dressing-room fistfight started by Mauldin lighting up a cigar. | Last UK Concert | Hammersmith Apollo | Hammersmith | Buddy Holly and the Crickets Final UK Tour | ||
| 1958/10/00 | Buddy Holly breaks from The Crickets and moves to NYC. The Holly's settle in at the Brevoort, 11 5th Ave, Apt 4H, in Greenwich Village. Due to legal and financial problems resulting from Holly's departure, he will reluctantly join the Winter Dance Party. | Change | |||||
| 1960/01/08 | Eddie Cochran and The Crickets record "Three Steps to Heaven" at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, California. | Musicians | Three Steps to Heaven | Eddie Cochran's Final Tour |
2 Creative Works by The Crickets »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| That'll Be the Day | Performer | Song | 1957/02/25 |
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| The Chirping Crickets | Performer | Album | 1957/11/27 |
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