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J.I. Allison
J.I. Allison
American rock drummer
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Joe B. Mauldin
Joe B. Mauldin
American musician
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Sonny Curtis
Sonny Curtis
American musician
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Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
American singer-songwriter
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Glen Hardin
Glen Hardin
American piano player and arranger
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Tonio K
Tonio K
musician
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Albert Lee
Albert Lee
English guitarist
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Rare Bird
Rare Bird
British progressive rock band
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The Grass Roots
The Grass Roots
American pop rock band
The Crickets
American rock and roll band

The Crickets

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American rock and roll band
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The Crickets were an American rock and roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer-songwriter Buddy Holly in January 1957. Their first hit record, "That'll Be the Day", released in May 1957, peaked at number three on the Billboard Top 100 chart on September 16th, 1957. The sleeve of their first album, The "Chirping" Crickets, shows the band lineup at the time: Holly on lead vocals and lead guitar, Niki Sullivan on rhythm guitar, Jerry Allison on drums, and Joe B. Mauldin on bass. The Crickets helped set the template for subsequent rock bands, such as the Beatles, with their guitar-bass-drums lineup and the talent to write most of their own material. After Holly's death in 1959 the band continued to tour and record with other band members into the 21st century.