Jerry Allison

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Film & TV

Hillsboro, Texas, U.S

Jerry Ivan Allison (August 31, 1939 – August 22, 2022) was an American musician. He was best known as the drummer for the Crickets and co-writer of their hits "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue", recorded with Buddy Holly. His only solo chart entry on the Billboard Hot 100 was "Real Wild Child", issued in 1958 under the name Ivan. Allison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.

Known for

• Let There Be Drums! — Self2022
• Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets — Self2019
• Buddy Holly: Rave On — Self2017
• Classic Albums — Self1997
• The Real Buddy Holly Story — Self1985
• Lawman Without a Gun — Big Ed1979
• The Girls on the Beach — Self1965
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1927-11-11

Active to

2016-11-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

96

Total plays

181

J.I. Allison (born Jerry Ivan Allison, August 31, 1939, in Hillsboro, Texas) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer for The Crickets and co-writer of their Buddy Holly hit "Peggy Sue". Allison's first professional recording can be heard on a 45-rpm recording of another local legend named Hal Goodson and the Raiders . This very rare recording was named "Who's Gonna Be the Next One Honey". This recording was also performed at the Norman Petty studio in Clovis, NM about 6 months

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Music

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jerry

Family name

Allison

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Hillsboro

Occupation

lyricist

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

rockabilly

Instrument

guitar

Image

Jerry Allison (cropped).jpg

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