Not Fade Away (song)
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| Single by the Crickets | |
| from the album The "Chirping" Crickets | |
| A-side | Oh, Boy! |
| Released | October 27, 1957 |
| Recorded | Clovis, New Mexico, May 27, 1957 |
| Genre | Rock and roll, rockabilly |
| Length | 2:21 |
| Label | Brunswick (55035) |
| Writer(s) | Charles Hardin a.k.a. Buddy Holly, Norman Petty |
| Producer(s) | Norman Petty |
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| Single by the Rolling Stones | ||||
| B-side | Little by Little | |||
| Released | 21 February 1964 | |||
| Format | 7-inch single | |||
| Recorded | 10 January 1964 | |||
| Studio | Olympic, London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 1:48 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Writer(s) | Charles Hardin a.k.a. Buddy Holly, Norman Petty | |||
| Producer(s) | Andrew Loog Oldham | |||
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| Single by Sheryl Crow | ||||
| Released | February 1, 2007 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:03 | |||
| Writer(s) | Charles Hardin a.k.a. Buddy Holly, Norman Petty | |||
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"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 likely to have been a formality) and first recorded by Holly and his band, the Crickets.
Holly and the Crickets recorded the song in Clovis, New Mexico, on May 27, 1957, the same day the song "Everyday" was recorded. The rhythmic pattern of "Not Fade Away" is a variant of the legendary Bo Diddley beat, with the second stress occurring on the second rather than third beat of the first measure, which was an update of the "hambone" rhythm, or patted juba from Western Africa. Jerry Allison, the drummer for the Crickets, pounded out the beat on a cardboard box. Allison, Holly's best friend, wrote some of the lyrics, though his name never appeared in the songwriting credits. Joe Mauldin played the double bass on this recording. It is likely that the backing vocalists were Holly, Allison, and Niki Sullivan, but this is not known for certain.
"Not Fade Away" was originally released as the B-side of the hit single "Oh, Boy!" and was included on the album The "Chirping" Crickets (1958).
Along with the familiar take 2 of "Not Fade Away", there exists a take 1, the first verse of which is missing; it has been released with the first part of take 1 spliced into it.
Contrary to the depiction in the film The Buddy Holly Story (1978), "Not Fade Away" was not the last song Holly performed in his final concert, in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2, 1959, just before his death in a plane crash. At a symposium held in Clear Lake in observance of the 50th anniversary of his death, in a panel discussion with Tommy Allsup, Carl Bunch, and Bob Hale (the master of ceremonies at Holly's final show), all agreed that the final song of the night was Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", performed by all of the acts on the bill.
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