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1. What was the title of the only number one single on the US pop chart and on the UK chart for The Crickets?

Answer: That'll Be The Day

"That'll Be The Day" was number one on the US pop chart for one week and number one on the UK chart for three weeks in 1957.

"Oh, Boy! was a number ten hit on the US pop chart and a number three hit on the UK chart. "Maybe Baby" reached number 17 on the US pop chart and number four on the UK chart. "Think It Over" was a number 27 hit on the US pop chart and got to number eleven on the UK chart.

2. What was the first US and UK chart single to be issued as by Buddy Holly, (although the rest of The Crickets played on the record)?

Answer: Peggy Sue

"Peggy Sue" was the first chart single released as by Buddy Holly. It reached number three on the US pop chart and number six on the UK chart in 1957. This song was co-written by Cricket Jerry Allison and the other Crickets played on the record but it was released as by Buddy Holly on the Coral label in the US. The Crickets records were being released on the Brunswick label in the US. Just to confuse things, both of their records were released on Coral in the UK at the time.

"Listen To Me" never charted in the US but reached number 16 on the UK chart in 1958. "Rave On" reached number 37 on the US pop chart but went to number five in the UK in 1958. "Early In The Morning" (written by Bobby Darin) reached number 32 on the US chart and got to number 17 on the UK chart in 1958.

3. The Beatles included this Buddy Holly song on their 1964 UK album "Beatles For Sale", "Beatles VI" in the US. Can you name it from these words? "Let me hear you say the words I long to hear Darling when you're near"

Answer: Words Of Love

"Words Of Love" was the song and it was on the Beatles 4th consecutive UK number one album "Beatles For Sale" in 1964. In the US the track was on "Beatles VI", their fifth number one album, in 1965.

All four tracks were on the 1958 album "Buddy Holly".

4. The Rolling Stones had a US and UK chart hit with this Crickets' song; can you guess which one from these lyrics? "Your love for me got to be real For you to know just how I feel"

Answer: Not Fade Away

"Not Fade Away" was the song and it reached number three on the UK chart in 1964. It was The Rolling Stones first chart entry in the US and reached number 48 on the pop chart in 1964. The US B-side was "I Wanna Be Your Man" which was the Rolling Stones first UK top twenty chart hit at number twelve in 1963. It was written by Lennon/McCartney and sung by Ringo Starr on the Beatles 1963 UK album "With The Beatles".

The Crickets' version released in 1957 was on the B-side of "Oh, Boy!" which reached number ten on the US pop chart and number three on the UK chart.

5. "More Than I Can Say" written by Cricket Sonny Curtis was a US and UK chart hit for which two artists, one in the '60s and one in the '80s?

Answer: Bobby Vee/Leo Sayer

"More Than I Can Say" was a number 66 hit on the US pop chart and a number four hit on the UK chart in 1961 for Bobby Vee. It was a number two hit on the UK and US pop charts in 1980 for Leo Sayer.

The Bobby Fuller Four had a number nine hit on the US chart in 1966 with "I Fought The Law". It reached number 33 on the UK chart the same year. The Clash took "I Fought The Law" to number 29 on the UK chart in 1988, it did not chart in the US.

The Crickets had a number 42 hit on the UK chart with "I Fought The Law" in 1960.

6. Buddy Holly had four hits on the UK chart in 1963; which one did not get into the top ten?

Answer: What To Do

A re-recording of "What to Do" reached number 27 on the UK chart in 1963, the lowest chart position of the four hits. It originally reached number 34 in 1961. It did not chart in the US.

"Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" reached number three on the UK chart. "Bo Diddley" reached number four on the UK chart. "Wishing" reached number ten on the UK chart. None of these records reached the US chart.

7. After Buddy Holly died, The Crickets had nine chart hits in the UK from 1959 to 1964 but no hits on the US pop chart. This record reached the highest on the chart; can you name it from these lyrics? "You don't know the latest dance but when it's time to make romance Your kisses let me know you're not a tomboy"

Answer: Don't Ever Change

It was "Don't Ever Change" and The Crickets took it to number five on the UK chart in 1962.

"Baby My Heart" reached number 33 on the UK chart in 1960. "My Little Girl" reached number 17 on the UK chart in 1963. "(They Call Her) La Bamba" reached number 21 on the UK chart in 1964.

8. How old was Buddy Holly when he was killed in a plane crash, near Clear Lake Iowa U.S.A on February 3rd 1959?

Answer: 22

Buddy Holly was 22 years old when he died in that plane crash along with The Big Bopper (J.P.Richardson), Ritchie Valens and the pilot of the plane Roger Peterson.

Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings had been the original passengers with Buddy Holly but Tommy Allsup flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens and Waylon Jennings gave his seat to The Big Bopper because he was running a fever. The rest as they say, is history.

9. What was the title of the first album by The Crickets?

Answer: The Chirping Crickets

"The Chirping Crickets" was their first album in 1957. It did not chart in the US but reached number five on the UK album chart in 1958.

The other alternate answers are not real album titles.

10. Buddy Holly had a posthumous UK number one hit in 1959 with "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"; which singer wrote it?

Answer: Paul Anka

"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" was written by Paul Anka.

The song recorded in New York reached number 13 on the US pop chart. It reached number one on the UK chart in April 1959 and was number one for three weeks.

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