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"Think It Over" is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Norman Petty in 1958, originally recorded by the Crickets. Vi Petty, Norman Petty's wife, played piano on this recording.
| "Think It Over" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by the Crickets | ||||
| from the album The Buddy Holly Story | ||||
| B-side | "Fool's Paradise" | |||
| Released | May 27, 1958 | |||
| Recorded | February 1958 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, rockabilly | |||
| Length | 1:45 | |||
| Label | Brunswick | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Norman Petty | |||
| The Crickets singles chronology | ||||
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Chart performance
editIn the US, "Think It Over" was released by Brunswick Records as a 45-rpm single (9-55072),[2] reached number 27 on the Billboard pop singles chart,[3] and number 9 on the Billboard R&B chart. Overseas, the song went to number 11 in the UK.[4]
Other recordings
editThe song has been recorded by:
- Bobby Vee
- The Bunch
- The Bobby Fuller Four
- The Hollies
- Skeeter Davis
- Gloria Lynne
- P.J. Proby
- Ringo Starr.[5]
- Australian band Ol' 55 covered the song on their album, Take It Greasy (1976).
References
edit- ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
- ^ Song artist 342 – Buddy Holly.tsort.info.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 390.
- ^ "officialcharts.com". Official Charts. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
- ^ Think It Over. Second Hand Songs.[dead link]
Sources
edit- Amburn, Ellis (1996). Buddy Holly: A Biography. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-14557-6.
- Bustard, Anne (2005). Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4223-9302-4.
- Dawson, Jim; Leigh, Spencer (1996). Memories of Buddy Holly. Big Nickel Publications. ISBN 978-0-936433-20-2.
- Gerron, Peggy Sue (2008). Whatever Happened to Peggy Sue? Togi Entertainment. ISBN 978-0-9800085-0-0.
- Goldrosen, John (1975). Buddy Holly: His Life and Music. Popular Press. ISBN 0-85947-018-0.
- Goldrosen, John; Beecher, John (1996). Remembering Buddy: The Definitive Biography. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80715-7.
- Gribbin, John (2009). Not Fade Away: The Life and Music of Buddy Holly. London: Icon Books. ISBN 978-1-84831-034-6.