Peggy Sue (song)

Peggy Sue is the title of a song of American rock 'n' roll musician Buddy Holly from the year 1957. Was written the title of Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Norman Petty. In his publication reached Peggy Sue third place on the Billboard Top 100 Rolling Stone magazine leads Peggy Sue on place 194 's list of " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. "

Formation

Originally was the title of the song Cindy Lou, named after Buddy Holly's niece, the daughter of his sister Pat Holley Kaiter. Later, the title was changed to Peggy Sue, now named after the girlfriend and later wife of the drummer of the Crickets, Peggy Sue Gerron. Originally named as authors of the song, only Allison and Petty. Only after Holly's death in 1959 was called to Allison's efforts also Holly's authorship.

Holly and the Crickets played Peggy Sue on 29 June / 1 July 1957 in Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico, a. In addition to Holly (vocals / guitar ) were involved as a musician on drums, Joe B. Mauldin on bass and Jerry Allison. Succinctly in the recording of Peggy Sue, which was produced by Norman Petty, among other things, the impact technology Allison, who played through so-called Paradiddles on the floor tom, the dynamics was supported by rhythmic volume changes during production. His drum was so loud that it had to be played in the hallway with allowing the door to the studio open. In addition, the impact noises that caused Holly's pick on his electric guitar were recorded separately so that his guitar sound is simply percussive.

In the lyrics, the singer told how much he longs for the girl Peggy Sue, how beautiful it is, and he confesses his love. Almost in every chorus line of text comes before the name Peggy.

Success

The piece was posted on September 20, 1957 on their sub-label Coral Records with the Everyday B-side published by Holly's record label Decca Records ( Coral 9-61885 ) - but the Crickets heard no mention of the single was released only under Holly's name. In addition, the piece on Holly's LP Buddy Holly was included, which also came under Coral 1958 on the market. The magazine Billboard assessed the single in its issue of 30 September 1957 and ruled as follows: " Holly, one of the Crickets, makes a strong solo bid on, Peggy Sue ', a rockabilly item did can cop plenty of pop and c & w coin. ", the single reached number three on the Billboard pop charts in the following period and became one of Holly's biggest and best known hits.

Peggy Sue Got Married

Holly wrote shortly before his death a continuation of Peggy Sue, entitled Peggy Sue Got Married (German: Peggy Sue Got Married ). He took this song - accompanied only by his guitar - in his apartment in New York City in December 1958. After his death, this tape was discovered and highlighted with additional vocals and other instruments, but Holly's original version almost completely covered. The original version first appeared on the compilation The Complete Buddy Holly and was established in 1986 for the soundtrack of the eponymous feature film Peggy Sue Got Married uses.