Artist: Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Author: Norman Petty/Charles Hardin
Label: Coral
Year: 1957
B-side of Oh Boy with Jerry Allison on cartboard boxes instead of regular drums. Jerry claimed co-authorship.
Covers:
Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars [reissued on Immediate in '65]
Rolling Stones [n°3 UK]
Dick Rivers [as Bientôt à moi]
Steve Hillage [as Not Fade Away (Glid Forever)]
Eddy Mitchell [as Comment ça fait?]
15-60-75 [The Numbers Band]
Crickets & The Band [vocal: Levon Helm]
Johnny Hallyday [as Je vais te secouer]
Ned Sublette [cowboy rumba version]
The Stones accentuated the latent Bo Diddley beat in Buddy Holly's original. See also: Hambone and Mona (I Need You Baby).
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