All of the Crickets Members Who Have Sadly Died

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[@thomasgiachino2020]

To still be talking about Buddy Holley , 63 years after his death, is a real tribute in itself

[@beckykennedy6886]

One of the reasons why Waylon Jennings was haunted by this for years was because he commented, as a joke, said, "Well, I hope your ol' plane crashes" as a response to Buddy's joke, "Well, I hope your ol' bus freezes up", since their tour bus kept breaking down and was basically a hunk of junk.

[@paulahenderson7525]

True

[@thewenik6876]

So, true. The bus froze up between gigs and it was so cold.

[@FactsVerse]

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[@beckykennedy6886]

@@thewenik6876 yeah. And the bus kept breaking down even after the plane took off.

[@mickeymouse4897]

Yes we know

[@wessexman4239]

I never tire of any Holly song, they are so addictive ! especially " That'll be the Day "

[@davehopping7212]

The Everly Brothers and the Crickets toured together several times, and since Don and Phil didn't have a regular touring band, the Crickets did backup for them many times, both before and after Buddy's untimely death. One other aspect of Buddy's tragedy is that the band's first producer Norman Petty was real controlling--and real shady--with the money, and after Buddy's late 1958 falling-out with both Petty AND the rest of the band, Petty refused to release the royalties and concert receipts he owed to Buddy. Without income and very recently married, Buddy had to take the Winter Dance Party tour so he could support his growing family. So those five deaths-- Holly, Valens, Richardson, pilot Roger Peterson, and the baby Maria Elena lost-- are ALL on Petty.

[@FactsVerse]

Interesting, thank you so much for sharing this information. What is your favorite song of The Crickets?

[@dougbaptist3727]

@@FactsVerse All of them! He was one of the founders of the rock and roll era and now I'm 79 Buddy still takes me back to my youth. I love His music and will do evermore.

[@josephjohnson8520]

The Crickets was a great rock n roll band. They had a great hits. May they all rest in peace.

[@FactsVerse]

Absolutely, we feel the same way! Thank you for sharing your sentiments and for watching our content. Which song of The Crickets appealed to you the most?

[@josephjohnson8520]

@@FactsVerse Bottom of the Sea.

[@TheJonesbouy]

This doesn't cover everyone. Left out was David Box, who also died in a small plane crash in 1964. David recorded 'Don'tcha Know' and 'Peggy Sue got married' with Jerry Ivan Allison and Joe B. Ernie Hall lived across the street from J.I. He played on and co-wrote 'Don'tcha Know'. He died around 4 years ago. Larry Welborn played Bass on some of the earlier recordings. Larry is still alive and so are J.I and Sonny. I've met many of the Crickets over the years, including the back-up singers. The only one I never got to meet was Joe B.

[@mickeymouse4897]

Only Sonny is still with us as of Aug 2023 all the others have past away, lastest passing being J.I in Aug 2022... damn shame to lose any one of em!

[@Elainerulesutube]

The Crickets were the Everly Bros.backing group when they toured Australia in May, 1960.

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[@Elainerulesutube]

@@FactsVerse I would like to see a video on the stars of the 1963 Bye-by Birdie movie.

[@roberttusken1791]

I loved all of Buddy Holly's songs, but I guess that Rave On brings back the most memories, because I can remember a great friend singing it, as we were fishing together.

[@user-yh7cl9kj8k]

Don't you realise what you had USA.? A group that completely revolutionised popular music..... The Holly sound of the 50s became the British sound of the 60s. And arguably the 70s too boot! ...Bless Holly and the Crickets❤❤

[@dennissollars9062]

RIP J.I. Allison 8-22-2022

[@garyvandecar2580]

My favorite Buddy Holly song, Is Paul Anka's It Doesn't Matter Anymore.

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[@JohnAllen-gg1oz]

Mine is Love has made a fool of you.

[@bobblankenship3649]

I feel sorry for that young pilot and his family. He is never mentioned hardly at all but that KID lost his life too. R.I.P. to all of them including the pilot. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

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We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great day!

[@user-yh7cl9kj8k]

Roger Peterson is mentioned a lot in Holly biogs. And Buddy's parents at the time and well after Hoĺy's death always mentioned him. Holly's familiy were lovely loving people ❤❤❤

[@ansias77]

Great video. You forgot David Box, he recorded a great 45 rpm between Sinks and Naylor. Other Crickets have passed by, but you covered the most significant.

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[@alexkije]

True Love Ways is my favorite for its bittersweet and pizzicato combined style.

[@kevinsullivan8570]

pizzicato is nice but i prefer it without spinach.

[@jrgodin7221]

Peggy Sue, my favourite Crickets tune.

[@FactsVerse]

Thank you for sharing your favorite tune of the Crickets! Which song comes in at second place?

[@whatever_it_takes6691]

It seems like every Crickets album has a completely different lineup in it. A video explaining the changes within the band over the years would be really interesting.

[@jasontouvi858]

Great video! Thank you for keeping their names alive. Buddy Holly and The Crickets Live!

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[@danhamilton6921]

Rave On has always been my favorite song by Buddy Holly

[@1936buddy]

Favourite song True Love Ways,Was lucky to see the crickets in May 8th 1997 with Nanci Griffith wonderful night.

[@ronaldstrange8981]

Every night, I go to bed with a cd. Last evening, 18th April, 2023, it was with Buddy. Regards to all his fans from England.

[@bryanpalmer9660]

my late father was a big fan of Buddy Holly and bought all his hit rec and I have a CD of the Crickets solo years 60-66 and they made some excellent records and we're very popular in UK,the Beatles among others being gen big fans of the Crickets

[@torarauland7145]

Buddy Holly & The Crickets are solid Gold the real deal in Rock & Roll music.

[@jimcollier7869]

The latest Holly song I've been digging is "Take your time"

[@marllinbrinkman3676]

I liked the song true love ways and thank you for what you do on here

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[@garyvandecar2580]

J. I. Allison was the very last Cricket to pass away on August 22 2022 Rest in Peace Jerry Ivan Allison.

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Thank you for sharing this information. May all those who passed away find peace 🙏

[@Tony-oz6xi]

No he wasn't. Sonny Curtis is still with us, as is Albert Lee. Rick Grech is dead but I'm not sure about Steve Krikorian or Nick Van Maath.

[@garyvandecar2580]

@@Tony-oz6xi Sonny Curtis was an original Cricket, He left Buddy Holly early before they started recording. I'm talking about between Buddy Holly, Joe B Mauldin and Nikki Sullivan and Jerry Allison. Sonny Curtis was not with Buddy Holly at the time of his death.

[@Tony-oz6xi]

@@garyvandecar2580 I take your point, Gary, although you shouldn’t really introduce a qualification in retrospect. My reply was predicated on the KZbin clip - which is essentially about the Crickets, not just Buddy Holly’s Crickets - and which perhaps should have been sub-titled ‘When is a Cricket not a Cricket’? I think the inclusion of Tommy Allsup - great guitarist though he was - is rather spurious. In my view, he was more of a session musician than a bona-fide member of the group, despite being on the fateful tour together with Waylon Jennings and Carl Bunch. And as someone else has pointed out, where is the reference to David Box? To my mind, ‘Don’t Cha Know’ was the best post-Holly vocal performance of all the Crickets’ recordings. Of those still living, I should have mentioned Glen D Hardin. I saw him, together with Sonny Curtis and Jerry Naylor, in Birmingham on 5 November 1962, during the Crickets’ UK tour. Jerry Allison and Joe Mauldin couldn’t make it. I was fascinated by the instrument Glen played - the innovative Fender Rhodes bass piano.

[@sorshiaemms5959]

there in my top 5 rock and roll acts thanks for the vid very informing

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[@happyolddude]

Buddy Holly never recorded 'I Fought The Law'!. That was the post1959 Crickets.

[@mickeymouse4897]

Your point is?

[@happyolddude]

@@mickeymouse4897 Oh dear another person with an anger issue!

[@danielcruz8347]

FACTS VERSE ' RAVE ON' thank you

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[@danielcruz8347]

@@FactsVerse yes , How about Influential Jazz artists maybe from Beatnik era 55 65..? thank you for asking FV.

[@dennisbraulick3727]

Well, sad but now the Crickrts can play for all the pest and bug control guys in heaven....all our prayers..🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@FactsVerse]

Thank you for your beautiful message to The Crickets. They will be badly missed 🙏

[@angiethebeatlesgirl228]

My favorite song by Buddy Holly and The Crickets is Maybe Baby

[@wesleyalan9179]

Yeah, mine too!

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Thank you for sharing your favorite song! Which comes in at second place?

[@wesleyalan9179]

Awesome video, FV!🤟👍✌🙌

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[@bladestar2322]

I was 2 years old when they died so I heard it all 3rd hand.

[@glennabate1708]

Bobby Daren sang I faught the law in 1966 7 years after Buddy Holly dead.

[@donmorris3376]

The Crickets were done the day Buddy Holly died. Most fans didn't even know the band kept on going. Like the Doors without Jim Morrison, they were done when the leader died.

[@ralphbenites1312]

I like all buddy holly songs.that’ll be the day.🤓🎸🎙

[@dennisrich6888]

If it was not for Norman Petty, the Crickets and Buddy Holly would have probably never split up. Buddy Holly knew the future lied in New York and Petty convinced the Crickets to remain in the Lubbock area and Clovis, New Mexico where Petty had his recording studio. Petty then tied up the royalty money made off of their earlier music due to the fact that he convinced them to add his name to the song writing credits even though he contributed nothing. This caused Buddy Holly to go on the winter tour because the courts was in the process of hearing the dispute over the royalties and Buddy had just recently married and they were expecting their first child. The original Crickets were ready to rejoin Holly just prior to his death. Their music and Buddy's musical talents especially in song writing and producing influence so many future artists for decades. One of the greatest bands in music history.

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

That'll be the day has been my favorite song PERIOD, for about 45 years

[@michaelgeorge8671]

Pity this is all mixed up. the Crickets croup was made up of Buddy Holly and Jerry Alison. then they asked Joe B Muldone to join then Nicky Allison joined the group. Nicky Sulivan left the group left late 1957 and formed his own group .

[@rogerturner5504]

Muldone?

[@frankeytwoshoes8187]

Buddy Holly ! what a loss of talent - how would music had been had he lived ?

[@areuokay4984]

All the recent small plane crashes got me going crazy

[@AlanWatt-qu2zn]

My favourite Crickets track is "I'm not a bad guy"...by the way,Glen Campbell sang harmony on this track.

[@frankekushak4360]

i like all his songs

[@buddyhollyhq1989]

David Box was another member of the crickets who passed. RIP

[@JamesLively-et3gf]

My favourite song by the Charles Hardin Holley led version of the Crickets is Rock Around With Ollie Vee Past that time it is T Shirt the title track to a late 1980s album

[@kellyneese5216]

THEY PLAYED THEIR SECOND TO LAST GIG IN MY HOME TOWN.

[@DemetriusSorvo]

People often talk about what Buddy Holly would've done had he lived. Personally, I think he would have transitioned to record producer in the 60s and likely would've become one of the most prolific producers in the industry.

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

Buddy Holly was the only Cricket to die in that plane crash... no other Cricket was even ON that tour

[@cwjones5524]

My favorite is that's my desire ,blue days black night's, midnight shift,early in the morning

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[@cwjones5524]

@@FactsVerse Any video's about early rock a billy star's such as Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent Edsel Hickey etc. Or early rock star's in general

[@antoniohosino145]

WORDS OF LOVE , MAYBE BABY , TRUE LOVE WAYS , HEATBEAT , THAT ‘LL BE THE DAY , LISTEN TO ME , ITS SO EASY !!!!

[@mickeymouse4897]

Quite a few missing & incorrect facts, but anything about Buddy & the Crickets is an interesting watch.... I like all Buddys music but if I had to pick , I'd say "Maybe Baby" & "Rave On" are my Fave tracks

[@geeman693]

You forgot David Box

[@sonofednawelthorpe8609]

You didn’t mention David Box.

[@galley30]

Earl sinks was the singer of the crickets in 1959 then it was naylor. Don't forget about David box who was lead singer in 1960

[@michaelhampton9493]

My favourite song of Buddy's is Crying, Waiting, Hoping.

[@FactsVerse]

One of our favorites too, you've got taste! What other types of video would you like to see?

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

Im surprised that you failed to mention that Niki Sullivan was related to Buddy Holly..3rd cousins....😮

[@jamesgudgeon4868]

You Forgot about David Box Who Died in a plane crash like Buddy 8:23

[@earlsinks2666]

You have a couple pictures up here that are not dad ( Earl Sinks) while you were speaking about him. Just so you know . And he never was with the Marvells Im not sure where that rumer came from. But he did do tv shows such as Surfside along with a few others for Warner Brother. Also you have one pic of dad with Norro Wilson and Bill Fernez they were The Omegas on Decca and would open up for Tony Bennett in those days

[@kellyneese5216]

I LIKE THE CELESTE PLAYER AT NORMAN PETTY STUDIOS IN CLOVIS, AND THE "ACTUAL", CRICKETS YOU CAN HEAR CHIRPING IN THE BACKGROUND.

[@PdaMack]

Rave on.. and true love ways as a consolation pick

[@vassa1972]

Great video

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[@patrickbeck3285]

Ironically, the most successful in The Crickets singer and songwriter Sonny Curtis writer of I fought the law and theme for Mary Tyler Moore's show among others is still alive.

[@andrewhudson8966]

at 0.27 it’s not J.J.Allison,it’s J.I.Allison hence the Crickets cover of Real Wild Child released under the name Ivan as in Jerry Ivan Allison.His friends always called him J.I.

[@vassa1972]

Loved the movie la Bamba and the whole plane crash story in 1959, which I wasn't born until July 15 1972 and I always thought including Buddy Holly the rest of the crickets band died on that day too I guess not

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

No, the Crickets weren't actually on that tour, Buddy hired a band for the tour, made up of Waylen Jennings (Base), Carl Bunch on drums and Tommy Alsup on guitar, none of these men were ever officially Crickets, despite what it said on the tour poster.

[@rotunda57]

"Killing everyone abord ALMOST instantly" 2:12 Who determined that they lived at all after impact?

[@amandapanda7878]

i love buddy holly

[@FactsVerse]

We love Buddy too! May he find peace 😥

[@scruffy8861]

My go to Holly track is Peggy Sue Got Married, no overdubs.

[@FactsVerse]

Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! What other types of video would you like to see?

[@jasoncurry1685]

Favourite record is rock around with ollie vee.

[@davidlindsay9564]

J.I. not J.J. and no Larry Welborn mention?

[@tonyfox6044]

It's J.I Allison

[@Aspirsakenkevin]

Niki Sullivan, buddy holly, and hank Marvin. All lookalike lol

[@georgethayer3533]

That will be the day

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

What's my favorite song? Too difficult a question.

[@thewenik6876]

I enjoy the Crickets music, but they have lost members. R.I.P. all.

[@FactsVerse]

Us too! Which song of the Crickets appealed to you the most? May they find peace 😢

[@thewenik6876]

@@FactsVerse First off, I like them all but a particular one may be, “Not Fade Away.”

[@rubylevan6860]

i like all of their songs i heard

[@FactsVerse]

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[@ciaranmurray6623]

Not Fade Away could almost be described as an early reggae or funk tune.Also recorded by the Stones Buddy Holly was probably the most influential rock and roll star ever. What might have been but for his greedy mean former Manager.

[@mickeymouse4897]

Reggae / funk ... OMG ... no-one can class early Rock n Roll to sound like that Reggae crap, get a grip, u must have no musical taste to make a stupid comment like that.

[@donalgoan5083]

true love ways

[@andrewmielke4011]

My favorite song by buddy Holley and the crickets is Peggy sue

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[@Goodvibrations-by4vp]

JJ Allison? You know it’s still not too late to edit.

[@stevelambright411]

My favorite song is anymore

[@andrewmielke4011]

My favorite crickets song, is Peggy sue

[@lianefehrle9921]

I’m too young to tell you my favorite

[@djdr.oldiesrichardcrummitt5321]

Oops you forgot David Box.

[@jrgodin7221]

second place is Rave On

[@stelvis7413]

What's with all the Marshall Crenshaw footage? Video is full of misinformation.

[@ivascott5045]

True love way

[@FactsVerse]

One of our favorites too, you've got taste! What other types of video would you like to see?

[@countryredneckgal3]

Peggy Sue was mine.

[@rolandemilsson4448]

DEt är ingen ide att prata till videon samtidigt som gruppen spelar då måste det fattas något.

[@danstouffer9211]

Rave on

[@stevenwaynej5881]

Why didn’t you talk about Jennings mire

[@theblackratexplores]

he was never an actual cricket...neither was Carl Bunch. Just in name only for the winter tour.

[@ronbirnbaum1968]

Are any of the original Crickets still alive??

[@jamesheath7601]

Jerry Alison

[@hollymartens8059]

You enlist in the military, not enroll. You enroll in college.

[@JohnScotRanger]

Factually seriously flawed. This is full of so many untruths it's pretty much not worth watching.

[@sagebrooks6907]

USA dgaf

[@wesleyalan9179]

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[@MEGANNSSSXXXX]

First

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[@henrysonnemann2597]

I can't remeber Buddy Holly recording a bad song.