# The Crickets discography

This is the discography of American rock and roll band the Crickets.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | UK |
| The "Chirping" Crickets | Released: November 27, 1957 Label: Brunswick Formats: LP | — | 5 |
| Buddy Holly | Released: February 20, 1958 Label: Coral Formats: LP | — | — |
| In Style with the Crickets | Released: December 5, 1960 Label: Coral Formats: LP | — | 13 |
| Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets | Released: July 14, 1962 Label: Liberty Formats: LP | 42 | 2 |
| Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Somethin' Else | Released: December 1962 Label: Liberty Formats: LP | — | — |
| California Sun / She Loves You | Released: February 1964 Label: Liberty Formats: LP | — | — |
| Rockin' 50's Rock'n'Roll | Released: December 1970 Label: Barnaby Formats: LP | — | — |
| Bubblegum, Pop, Ballads & Boogie | Released: April 1973 Label: Philips Formats: LP | — | — |
| Remnants | Released: December 1973 Label: Vertigo Formats: LP | — | — |
| A Long Way from Lubbock | Released: May 1974 Label: Mercury Formats: LP | — | — |
| T Shirt | Released: September 1988 Label: Epic, CBS Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — |
| Double Exposure | Released: September 1993 Label: Rollercoaster Formats: CD | — | — |
| Too Much Monday Morning | Released: March 1997 Label: Carlton Sounds Formats: CD, MC | — | — |
| The Crickets & Their Buddies | Released: July 2004 Label: Sovereign Artists, Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, DVD | — | — |
| About Time Too! | Released: September 2005 Label: Rollercoaster Formats: CD | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | CAN | NZ | UK |
| The Buddy Holly Story | Released: February 28, 1959 Label: Coral Formats: LP | 67 | — | — | 2 |
| A Collection | Released: June 1965 Label: Liberty Formats: LP | — | — | — | — |
| Rock Reflections | Released: 1971 Label: Sunset Formats: LP | — | — | — | — |
| Back in Style | Released: 1975 Label: MCA Formats: LP | — | — | — | — |
| 20 Golden Greats | Released: February 17, 1978 Label: MCA Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | 55 | 31 | — | 1 |
| The Complete Crickets | Released: February 1984 Label: Charly Formats: LP | — | — | — | — |
| File 1961–1965 | Released: May 1987 Label: See for Miles Formats: LP | — | — | — | — |
| The Best of the Crickets | Released: November 1989 Label: Liberty Formats: CD, LP | — | — | — | — |
| The Liberty Years | Released: May 1991 Label: EMI/Liberty Formats: CD, MC | — | — | — | — |
| Ravin' On – From California to Clovis | Released: 1991 Label: Rockstar Formats: CD | — | — | — | — |
| Words of Love – 28 Classic Songs from Buddy Holly and the Crickets | Released: February 8, 1993 Label: MCA Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — | 20 | 1 |
| The Singles Collection 1957–1961 | Released: May 1994 Label: Pickwick Formats: CD | — | — | — | — |
| 25 Greatest Hits | Released: July 6, 1998 Label: Music for Pleasure Formats: CD | — | — | — | — |
| The Very Best of Buddy Holly and the Crickets | Released: August 16, 1999 Label: Universal Music TV Formats: CD, MC Expanded reissue in 2009 | — | — | 12 | 13 |
| The Ultimate EP Collection | Released: September 2001 Label: See for Miles Formats: 2xCD | — | — | — | — |
| The Complete Early Recordings | Released: October 2009 Label: ZYX Music Formats: CD | — | — | — | — |
| Please Don't Ever Change 1961–1962 | Released: July 8, 2016 Label: Jasmine Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — |
| The Crickets Story | Released: February 3, 2017 Label: Not Now Music Formats: 2xCD | — | — | — | — |
| The Rough Guide to Buddy Holly & the Crickets | Released: February 24, 2017 Label: Music Rough Guides, World Music Network Formats: LP, digital download | — | — | — | — |
| The Complete US & UK Singles As & Bs 1956–62 | Released: February 9, 2018 Label: Acrobat Music Formats: 2xCD | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||

## EPs

| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | EP details | UK |
| The "Chirping" Crickets | Released: November 27, 1957 Label: Brunswick Formats: 7" | — |
| The Sound of the Crickets | Released: December 1957 Label: Brunswick Formats: 7" | — |
| The Sound of the Crickets | Released: September 1958 Label: Coral Formats: 7" UK-only release | — |
| It's So Easy | Released: January 1959 Label: Coral Formats: 7" UK-only release | 18 |
| The Crickets | Released: March 1960 Label: Coral Formats: 7" UK-only release | — |
| Four More | Released: May 1960 Label: Coral Formats: 7" UK-only release | 7 |
| That'll Be the Day | Released: November 1960 Label: Coral Formats: 7" UK-only release | — |
| The Crickets Don't Ever Change | Released: July 1962 Label: Coral Formats: 7" UK-only release | — |
| The Crickets | Released: 1963 Label: Coral Formats: 7" | — |
| Just for Fun | Released: March 1963 Label: Liberty Formats: 7" UK-only release; split with Bobby Vee | 1 |
| Straight – No Strings! | Released: 1963 Label: Liberty Formats: 7" UK-only release | — |
| Come On | Released: August 1964 Label: Liberty Formats: 7" UK-only release | — |
| Buddy Holly: Crickets Hits | Released: 3 September 1976 Label: MCA Formats: 7" UK-only release | — |
| Buddy Holly Memorial Society | Released: 1979 Label: Buddy Holly Memorial Society Formats: 7" | — |
| Million Dollar Movie | Released: March 1980 Label: Rollercoaster Formats: 7" UK-only release; split with solo Sonny Curtis | — |
| The Crickets | Released: April 1988 Label: Rollercoaster Formats: 7" UK-only release | — |
| Back Home in Tennessee | Released: 1990 Label: Rollercoaster Formats: 7" UK-only release | — |
| Go Boy Go! | Released: 1998 Label: Rollercoaster Formats: 7" UK-only release | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||

## Singles

| Single (A-side / B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Single (A-side / B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Year | US | US R&B | AUS | CAN | IRE | NZ | UK | Album |
| "That'll Be the Day" b/w "I'm Looking for Someone to Love" | 1957 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | The "Chirping" Crickets |
| "Oh, Boy!" b/w "Not Fade Away" | 1957 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | — | — | 3 | The "Chirping" Crickets |
| "Maybe Baby" b/w "Tell Me How" | 1958 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 9 | — | — | 4 | The "Chirping" Crickets |
| "Think It Over" b/w "Fool's Paradise" | 1958 | 27 58 | — | 73 | 45 | — | — | 11 | Non-album tracks |
| "It's So Easy!" b/w "Lonesome Tears" | 1958 | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Love's Made a Fool of You" b/w "Someone, Someone" (Non-album track) | 1959 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | In Style with the Crickets |
| "When You Ask About Love" b/w "Deborah" | 1959 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | In Style with the Crickets |
| "More Than I Can Say" b/w "Baby My Heart" | 1960 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 33 | In Style with the Crickets |
| "Don't Cha Know" b/w "Peggy Sue Got Married" | 1960 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "He's Old Enough to Know Better" b/w "I'm Feeling Better" (Non-album track) | 1961 | 105 | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Somethin' Else |
| "I Fought the Law" (UK-only release) b/w "A Sweet Love" | 1961 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In Style with the Crickets |
| "Don't Ever Change" b/w "I'm Not a Bad Guy" (Non-album track) | 1962 | — | — | 98 | — | 9 | 8 | 5 | Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Somethin' Else |
| "Punish Her" (by Bobby Vee) b/w "Someday (When I'm Gone from You)" (by Bobby Vee and the Crickets; from Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets) | 1962 | 20 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "I Believe in You" b/w "Parisian Girl" (from Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Somethin' Else) | 1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Little Hollywood Girl" b/w "Parisian Girl" | 1962 | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | Something Old, Something New, Something Blue, Somethin' Else |
| "My Little Girl" b/w "Teardrops Fall Like Rain" | 1963 | 134 | — | 86 | — | — | — | 17 | Non-album tracks |
| "Don't Try to Change Me" (UK-only release) b/w "Lost and Alone" | 1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | Non-album tracks |
| "April Avenue" b/w "Don't Say You Love Me" | 1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Right or Wrong" (UK-only release) b/w "You Can't Be in Between" (from California Sun / She Loves You) | 1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Lonely Avenue" b/w "Playboy" (Non-album track) | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | California Sun / She Loves You |
| "From Me to You" b/w "Please Please Me" | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | California Sun / She Loves You |
| "You've Got Love" (UK-only release) b/w "An Empty Cup" | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | Non-album tracks |
| "(They Call Her) La Bamba" b/w "All Over You" | 1964 | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | 21 | Non-album tracks |
| "I Think I've Caught the Blues" b/w "We've Gotta Get Together" | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Now Hear This" b/w "Everybody's Got a Little Problem" | 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "Million Dollar Movie" b/w "A Million Miles Apart" | 1968 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "True Love Ways" b/w "Rockin' 50's Rock and Roll" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rockin' 50's Rock'n'Roll |
| "My Rockin' Days" (UK-only release) b/w "Lovesick Blues" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bubblegum, Bop, Ballad and Boogies |
| "Wasn't It Nice in New York City" b/w "Hayride" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bubblegum, Bop, Ballad and Boogies |
| "Rhyme and Time" (UK-only release) b/w "Ooh Las Vegas" | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Remnants / A Long Way from Lubbock |
| "Rock Around with Ollie Vee" (UK-only release) b/w "Cruise in It" | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "T-Shirt" b/w "Holly Would" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | T-Shirt |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||||||