S.O.D. "That'll Be the Day" by Buddy Holly

2/9/2015     S.O.D.  "That'll Be the Day" by Buddy Holly.  This was a 1957 release written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison and Norman Petty.  It was the first song recorded by the Quarrymen, the skiffle group that later became the Beatles.  The song was first recorded in Nashville in 1956 locking Holly into a five-year legal contract with Decca  records.  When the song was recorded seven months later in February 1957 at the Norman Petty recording studio in Clovis New Mexico, it was credited to the Crickets to shield Holly from legal action.  

     The idea for the song began in a movie theater during a John Wayne film where Holly, Allison and fellow bandmate Sonny Curtis were present and inspired by Wayne's catchphrase, "that'll be the day".  

     There have been many notable cover versions with Linda Ronstadt standing out at number two on the singles chart and as a part of her 1976 Grammy award-winning platinum certified album  "Hasten Down the Wind".  Holly's Version has had many certifications, including a gold single, topping the charts and being placed in the National Recording Registry, a list of recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important and reflect life in the United States.  In 1979 the publishing rights to the Buddy Holly catalog were sold to Paul McCartney.  On February 3, 1959 Holly was taken from us by a plane crash.