From '' Vicious Fish '' Label: Half-Eaten Records -- No Catalog # Format: Vinyl, 12'' Released: 1982 Tracklist A1. Foreign Cities A2. Are We Still Dancing? A3. Ideas In Disguise B1. Into The Night B2. Not Fade Away B3. Put Something There ------------------------ "Not Fade Away" is a song credited to Buddy Holly (originally under his first and middle names, Charles Hardin) and Norman Petty (although Petty's co-writing credit is most likely a formality) and first recorded by Holly's band The Crickets in Clovis, New Mexico, on May 27, 1957. The song's rhythm pattern is a variant of the Bo Diddley beat which itself was an update of the so-called "hambone" rhythm, or "patted juba" from Western Africa; Crickets drummer Jerry Allison pounded out the beat on a cardboard box. Allison, Holly's best friend, also claims to have written part of the lyrics, though his name never appeared in the songwriting credits. The other performer on the song was Joe Mauldin on bass guitar. The backi! ng vocalists on the recording are most likely Buddy, Allison, and Niki Sullivan, although this is not known for certain. Along with the familiar Take 2 of "Not Fade Away", there exists a Take 1 whose first verse is missing; it has been released with the first part of Take 1 spliced onto it. Originally released as the B-side to the hit "Oh, Boy!", "Not Fade Away" was also included on the album The "Chirping" Crickets. It was not the last song Buddy Holly ever performed, however, the night before his
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