Buddy Holly - Rock around with Ollie Vee - DECCA version

The b-side of "That'll be the day". This is the first "sax version" of Ollie Vee, released 1957.

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[collect45]

Ollie Vee was a women who worked as a maid at Curtis house. She had nothing to do with the song except that Sonny borrowed her name for the song.

[srvfan454]

Is it really possible to have a "B" side with Buddy Holly? Everything he did is a hit to me!

[collect45]

There's only one song I did not like that much with Buddy, and that is "Moondreams". I think Norman Petty wanted Buddy to record that song.

[Transformers787]

Here's a stupid question

What is the meaning of DECCA?

[collect45]

That's not a stupid question! Buddy recorded two versions of this song. One was released on the record label Decca and the other version was released on Coral records. I hope this explains what "The Decca version" is! Rave on

[collect45]

No, I believe it's Boots Randolph on sax.

[jh1234999]

So do i mate, i'm only 14 and i love Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran and other 50's rock 'n' roll songs and singers, my opinion is the 50's were better than todays music! Thanks for uploading!

[StagPreston]

@pbatommy So was Brunswick, which was usually the label they issued their "Black" artists on. But Buddy didn't want to get in trouble for signing with Brunswick, since he was still under contract to the parent company DECCA, so they made it seem as though it might have been a "black" group as part of the camaflage. It all worked out, as Decca made money from Buddy's recordings on ALL three labels they owned.

[StagPreston]

Rock around with ollie vee was NOT issued on Coral. The single version with Sax (NOT Boots Randolph as often thought) is Grady Martin on lead guitar. The version with Sonny Curtis on lead guitar was included on the DECCA album "That'll be the Day". It was released after The Crickets became a hit on BRUNSWICK and Buddy became a solo hit on CORAL. It was meant to capitalize on the success of the Cricket's hit version of THAT'LL BE THE DAY which was a different version from the Decca version.

[TJCATLOVER]

Sonny Curtis is quite a good songwriter!!!!!!!

[pbatommy]

@collect45 As a side note, Coral Records was a division of Decca Records.

[td715]

The depth of Buddy's genius has yet to be fully understood ..amazing influence on the Beatles, the Stones, Grateful Dead, Cream, Blind Faith, etc.

[Atomicflash500]

best version !!!!

[TheDJGrandPa]

@collect45 I heard she worked at one of those.... uh.... whatcha call 'em? Slave fields or whatever? Curtis said (if I'm not mistaken) that she probably doesn't even know he made a song about her...

Btw, Holly's tunes sounds awesome on vinyl, I gotta throw out my "digitally remastered" versions for these!

[redd5674]

@frenchfriedfrenchmen Richie put out some great music so did the big bopper.

[frenchfriedfrenchmen]

@redd5674 dont forget richie and the bopper

[redd5674]

Buddy Holly was a great guitarist and singer. Like many others Buddy died way to use 1959 the year the music died.