20 Golden Greats (Buddy Holly & The Crickets album)

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1978 greatest hits album by Buddy Holly & the Crickets

20 Golden Greats
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Released February 17, 1978 (1978-02-17)[1]
Recorded 1956–1958
Genre Rock and roll
Length 45:16
Label EMI
Producer Norman Petty
Compiler John Beecher
Buddy Holly: A Rock & Roll Collection
(1972) 		20 Golden Greats
(1978) 		The Complete Buddy Holly
(1979)
A Long Way From Lubbock
(1974) 		20 Golden Greats
(1978) 		The Complete Crickets
(1984)

20 Golden Greats (also known as Buddy Holly Lives) is a greatest hits album by Buddy Holly & the Crickets first released in the United Kingdom by EMI on February 17, 1978.[1] The songs on the UK release were licensed to EMI by MCA Records, who released the album in North America. The album is now out of print.

The album became an instant success in the UK, being certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry two months after the album’s release[1] and topping the UK Albums Chart for three weeks. It was also Buddy Holly’s first number 1 album on the chart.[3] The album was somewhat less successful in the United States peaking at number 55 on the Billboard 200,[4] but ended up crossing over to the Country Albums chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1983.[5]
In 2003, it was ranked number 92 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[6] maintaining the ranking in the 2012 update and dropping to number 166 in the 2020 reboot of the list.[7][8]

Track listing[edit]

Side 1
Title Writer(s) Original album
1. “That’ll Be the Day” Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty The “Chirping” Crickets 2:16
2. “Peggy Sue” Allison, Holly, Petty Buddy Holly 2:35
3. “Words of Love” Holly Buddy Holly 2:01
4. “Everyday” Charles Hardin, Petty Buddy Holly 2:12
5. “Not Fade Away” Petty, Hardin The “Chirping” Crickets 2:25
6. “Oh, Boy!” Petty, Sonny West, Bill Tilghman The “Chirping” Crickets 2:11
7. “Maybe Baby” Petty, Holly The “Chirping” Crickets 2:06
8. “Listen to Me” Hardin, Petty Buddy Holly 2:26
9. “Heartbeat” Bob Montgomery, Petty The Buddy Holly Story 2:13
10. “Think It Over” Holly, Petty The Buddy Holly Story 1:51

Charts and certifications[edit]

Organization Level Date
BPI – U.K.[1] Silver April 4, 1978
Gold
Platinum
RIAA – U.S.[5] Gold November 14, 1983

Release history[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d “Certified Awards Search”. British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (ASPX) on 2013-01-15.
  2. ^ allmusic review
  3. ^ a b Warwick, Neil; Jon Kutner, Tony Brown (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums, Third Edition. London: Omnibus Press. pp. 31, 516. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
  4. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2001). Top Pop Albums 1955-2001. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. p. 386. ISBN 0-89820-147-0.
  5. ^ a b “Gold & Platinum Searchable Database” (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America.
  6. ^ “Rolling Stone – the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)”.
  7. ^ “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. Rolling Stone. 22 September 2020.
  8. ^ “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. Rolling Stone. 31 May 2009.
  9. ^ “100 Albums”. RPM. 30 (3): 31. October 13, 1978. ISSN 0315-5994. Archived from the original (PHP) on October 23, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  10. ^ “Country 25 Albums”. RPM. 30 (9). November 25, 1978. ISSN 0315-5994. Archived from the original (PHP) on October 23, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  11. ^ “Buddy Holly: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums”. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 19, 2011.

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