That’ll Be the Day

~ Recording by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1That'll Be the Day2:18The CricketsGreatest Hits (BMG club edition)Buddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-09-24
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-11536
1.2That'll Be the Day2:19Buddy Holly and The CricketsThe Very Best of Buddy Holly and The CricketsBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-08-16
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)112 046-2

Relationships

producer:Norman Petty
double bass:Larry Welborn (on 1957-02-25)
drums (drum set):Jerry Allison (on 1957-02-25)
guitar [lead guitar] and lead vocals:Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter) (on 1957-02-25)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter) (on 1957-02-25)
Niki Sullivan (on 1957-02-25)
background vocals:June Clark (background vocals for The Crickets) (on 1957-02-25)
Gary Tollett (on 1957-02-25)
Niki Sullivan (on 1957-02-25)
Ramona Tollett (on 1957-02-25)
spoken vocals [dialogue]:Wolfman Jack (US disc jockey)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Geffen Records (in 1957)
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1957)
recorded at:Norman Petty Studios in Clovis (on 1957-02-25)
DJ-mixes:1994-12-26: The Chris Morris Music Show #24: Part 1 by Chris Morris (English satirist) (order: 1)
recording of:That’ll Be the Day (on 1957-02-25)

That’ll Be the Day

writer:Jerry Allison
Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter)
Norman Petty
publisher:MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
Nor-Va-Jak Music, Inc
Peermusic (UK) Limited
Southern Music (publisher)
Wren Music Co.
MPL Communications (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company) (in 1976)
referred to in medleys:The Anniversary Waltz, Part 2 (order: 3)
later translated versions:Immer mehr und mehr
Je serai demain le maître du monde (That'll Be the Day)
Olla võib
later versions:Ik weet wel dat je liegt
Quand ce jour-là viendra