Jerry Allison
Jerry Ivan Allison (born August 31, 1939) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer for the Crickets and co-writer of their Buddy Holly hits "That'll Be The Day" and "Peggy Sue"
Background
Allison's first professional recording can be heard on a 45-rpm disc of a local group, Hal Goodson and the Raiders. This very rare recording was named "Who's Gonna Be the Next One Honey". It was also performed at the Norman Petty studio in Clovis, New Mexico, about six months before "Peggy Sue" was recorded. In their early days at the Lubbock Youth Center, Buddy Holly's vocals and guitar were backed only by Allison's drumming, allowing for some of Holly's best guitar work.
Over time, Allison's rhythm backup ranged from slapping hands-on-knees or hand-clapping the beat to a modal plainness of cymbal drumming. His snappy cracks at the snare drum gave power to the songs released under the name "The Crickets".
Later songs, released under Buddy Holly's own name, were softer in tone and filled with innocence and longing. On these, Allison played only tom-toms in keeping with the sound of the vocals. His work on the Crickets' recordings gave the records much of their distinctiveness and has influenced subsequent generations of rock and roll drummers.
'Jerry Allison' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
The Second Face (1950)
Actors: Bruce Bennett (actor), Paul Cavanagh (actor), James Conaty (actor), Mauritz Hugo (actor), Charles Lane (actor), Grandon Rhodes (actor), Roy Roberts (actor), Paul Stanton (actor), John Sutton (actor), Pierre Watkin (actor), Jane Darwell (actress), Kathleen Freeman (actress), Rita Johnson (actress), Frances Karath (actress), Patricia Knight (actress),
Genres: Drama,Taglines: No woman can forgive another woman's beauty!
Allison, Jerry Filmography
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2014, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - The Crickets
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1989, role: actor , character name: Drums, Vocals
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1978, role: actor , character name: Big Ed
Jerry Allison
ALBUMS
- Greatest Ever! Rockabilly: The Definitive Collection released: 2011
- Real Raw Rockabilly released: 2010
- So Much in Love released: 2002
- Unconditionally Guaranteed 2000.3 released: 2000
- Buddy: Die Buddy-Holly-Story (original Hamburg cast) released: 1994
- Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story released:
- What You Been A-Missin' released:
- The Complete Buddy Holly released:
Greatest Ever! Rockabilly: The Definitive Collection
Released 2011- (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock
- Boppin' The Blues
- One Hand Loose
- Rebel Rouser
- Rock It
- Rumble
- Cry, Baby, Cry
- Break Up
- Ooby Dooby
- Uranium Rock
- Pearly Lee
- Rock Around With Ollie Lee
- Blue Suede Shows
- Bottle To The Baby
- Race With The Devil
- Jungle Rock
- Grandaddy's Rockin'
- Come On, Little Mama
- Stood Up
- Ubangi Stomp
Real Raw Rockabilly
Released 2010- Brand New Cadillac
- Honey Hush
- Real Wild Child
- Hot Rock
- Real Gone Daddy
- Draggin'
- Ubangi Stomp
- Please Don't Touch
- Whistle Bait
- Shirley Lee
- Sweet Rockin' Baby
- Black Cadillac
- Flip Flop Mama
- Baby Let's Play House
- Duck Tail
- All by Myself
- All the Time
- Blue Suede Shows
- You Never Can Tell
- Race With the Devil
- Stack-A-Records
- Have Guitar, Will Travel
- Rock Billy Boogie
- One Hand Loose
- Black Slacks
So Much in Love
Released 2002- So Much in Love
- Only You (And You Alone)
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Unchained Melody
- Love Is All Around
- More Than I Can Say
- Endlessly
- My Simple Heart
- Help Me Make It Through the Night
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
- Little Things Mean a Lot
- You Belong to Me
- Sea of Love
- Behind Closed Doors
- I Just Can't Help Believing
- Emotion
Buddy: Die Buddy-Holly-Story (original Hamburg cast)
Released 1994- There's a Big Wheel
- Flower of My Heart / Ready Teddy
- That'll Be the Day
- Blue Days, Black Nights
- Rock Around With Ollie Vee
- Little Baby
- Everyday
- Party
- Not Fade Away
- Words of Love
- Peggy Sue
- Think It Over
- Chantilly Lace
- Maybe Baby
- Heartbeat
- It's So Easy
- La Bamba
- Donna
- Raining in My Heart
- It Doesn't Matter Anymore
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- True Love Ways
- Rave On
- Oh Boy
What You Been A-Missin'
- Got to Get You Near Me Blues
- Baby It's Love
- Flower of My Heart
- Soft Place in My Heart
- Queen of the Ballroom
- I Gambled My Heart
- Door to My Heart
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
- Rock a Bye Rock
- Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight
- Peggy Sue
- Come Back Baby
- Reminiscing
- True Love Ways
- It Doesn't Matter Anymore
- Dearest
- Slippin' and Slidin'
- Smokey Joe's Cafe
- Peggy Sue Got Married
The Complete Buddy Holly
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- Crying, Waiting, Hoping
- That's What They Say
- What to Do
- Learning the Game
- That Makes It Tough
- What to Do
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- Crying, Waiting, Hoping
- That Makes It Tough
- That's What They Say
- Learning the Game
- You're the One
- Ummm, Oh Yeah
- Slippin' and Slidin'
- Wait 'til the Sun Shines Nellie
- Wait 'til the Sun Shines Nellie
- Love Is Strange
- Slippin' And Slidin'
- Dearest
- Smokey Joe's Cafe
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- Gotta Get You Near Me Blues
- Memories
- Baby Let's Play House
- Last Night
- Oh Boy
- Send Me Some Loving
- It's Too Late
- That's My Desire
- Fool's Paradise
- Think It's Over
- Love's Made a Fool of You
- Wishing
