Think It Over
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| "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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"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.
Chart performance
In 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
The 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
- ^ "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
- 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.
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