It is said not to be the case that The Crickets chose their name while listening to a playback of "I'm Gonna Love You Too" ; rather, the name was chosen while going through an encyclopedia of names. Other names had been considered including The Scoundrels and The Spiders. Holly's manager (Norman Petty) and owner of the Norman Petty Studio in Clovis ,NM, decided to keep the chirping in the record, but this is in no way tied to the origin of the band's name. In real life, they chose the name due to huge number of crickets in Texas that particular time of year. It should be worth noting that they almost chose the name The Beetles (it is said that John Lennon later named his band in homage to Holly and The Crickets).
Rhythm guitarist Sullivan wasn't comfortable with the amount of traveling and to a lesser extent, he didn't fit in with Jerry and Joe B. For the same reason, Jerry and Joe were not ready to leave small town Lubbock for big city NY. The big move was the real reason why The Crickets initially broke up, but Holly was not daunted by the breakup; he chose a new back-up band for the Winter Dance Party Tour. The new band consisted of Tommy Allsup, Waylon Jennings and Carl Bunch on drums. Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper were booked on the tour with Holly and his new band. Dion and newcomer Frankie Sardo also performed on this particular tour. But after about 4 months, Jerry and Joe B began to have second thoughts about the breakup of the band. They had planned to fly to Moorehead, MN, and surprise their friend. Destiny stepped in and the music world suffered its first tragic accident February 3, 1959.
The Crickets (Jerry and Joe) continued to record on their own with guitarist Sonny Curtis and vocalist Earl Sinks. The album Remnants was released in 1973 with band members Allison, Curtis, Albert Lee, Ric Grech, Steve Krikorian (later known as Tonio K.), Carol Montgomery, and Nick VanMaarth.
In the film The Buddy Holly Story, the story of the band was altered drastically and includes many inaccuracies. Due to The Crickets selling the rights to another studio, their film counterparts' names were changed for legal reasons. In addition, there are only two Crickets -- a bass player clearly being Mauldin and a drummer modeled on Allison, and the character of Sullivan and his quitting the band is omitted entirely. The real Crickets were outraged on being portrayed as racists, as well as the latter scene in which they appear at Holly's door wanting to reunite. In reality, they had discussed with Holly, shortly before his death, about going on a reunion tour.
The Crickets released The Crickets and Their Buddies in 2004, featuring classics from all parts of their career, with performances by several prominent artists, including Eric Clapton, Rodney Crowell, Waylon Jennings, Nanci Griffith, John Prine, Graham Nash, and Bobby Vee.
On 28 October 2008, The Crickets were inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, TN. On 14 April 2012, The Crickets were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
On February 6, 2016, "The Crickets & Buddies" performed in Clear Lake, Iowa, at the Surf Ballroom, the site of Holly's last performance. Members of previous line-ups appeared, including Sonny Curtis, Glen D. Hardin, Albert Lee, Tommy Allsup, Gordon Payne and others. After the show, Allison announced that it was the group's final performance.
It's So Easy
The Crickets Lyrics
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It's so easy to fall in love
People tell me love's for fools
So, here I go, breaking all the rules
It seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy)
Oh so doggone easy (doggone easy, doggone easy)
It seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy, seems so easy)
It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love
(It's so easy to fall in love)
(It's so easy to fall in love)
Look into your heart and see,
What your love book has set apart for me
It seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy)
Oh so doggone easy (doggone easy, doggone easy)
It seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy, seems so easy)
Where you're concerned, my heart has learned
It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love
Well it's so easy (it's so easy, it's so easy)
So doggone easy (doggone easy, doggone easy)
It seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy, seems so easy)
Well where you're concerned, my heart has learned
It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love
The Crickets's song It's So Easy is a classic love song that describes how effortless it can be to fall in love with someone. The lyrics express a sense of abandonment to the emotions of love, even though people may say that love is only for fools. The singer's heart has already decided to break all the rules and invest in the new relationship.
The lyrics present a confident and positive view of falling in love as the singer looks into their love book and sees what has been set apart for them. The repetition of the phrase "It seems so easy" reinforces the idea that love can be simple and straightforward, especially where the person being sung about is concerned. The chorus repeats this sentiment, with the line "It's so easy to fall in love" emphasising the captivating and natural attraction that the singer feels towards the person they love.
Overall, the song's lyrics capture the feeling of a deep and effortless love that can overcome doubts and reservations. It expresses a sense of joy and wonder at the simplicity of the singer's attraction to their beloved.
Line by Line Meaning
It's so easy to fall in love
Falling in love is simple and effortless.
It's so easy to fall in love
Falling in love is a very uncomplicated process.
People tell me love's for fools
Some people believe that falling in love is foolish or naïve.
So, here I go, breaking all the rules
Despite the warnings, the singer is going to pursue love anyway.
It seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy)
Falling in love appears effortless and straightforward.
Oh so doggone easy (doggone easy, doggone easy)
Falling in love is incredibly easy and uncomplicated.
Where you're concerned, my heart has learned
The singer has fallen in love with a specific person and learned to love them deeply.
Look into your heart and see, What your love book has set apart for me
The singer is asking their lover to see the love that is destined only for them.
Well it's so easy (it's so easy, it's so easy)
Once again emphasizing how simple it is to fall in love.
So doggone easy (doggone easy, doggone easy)
Falling in love is easy to the point of being frustrating.
Well where you're concerned, my heart has learned
The singer has become deeply attached to their lover and has truly learned to love them.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
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Lyrics:
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
People tell me love’s for fools
So here I go, breaking all of the rules
It seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy)
Ohh, so doggone easy (doggone easy, doggone easy)
Mmm, it’s seems so easy
(seems so easy, seems so easy, seems so easy)
Where you’re concerned, my heart has learned
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
[ instrumental ]
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
Look into your heart to see
What your love book has set apart for me
It seems so easy (seems so easy, seems so easy)
Ohh, so doggone easy (doggone easy, doggone easy)
Mmm, it’s seems so easy
(seems so easy, seems so easy, seems so easy)
Where you’re concerned, my heart has learned
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
Well, it’s so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Mmm, so doggone easy (doggone easy, doggone easy)
Mmm, it’s seems so easy
(seems so easy, seems so easy, seems so easy)
Well, where you’re concerned, my heart has learned
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
@RichardRudling
Buddy must be the greatest lnspired the Stones , Beatles etc.
@t40onbass
Absolutely transcendent stuff!
Hey...I didn't realize on the original release the title is punctuated with an exclamation mark!
Even that brings poignancy to the record.
So very good.
@TheDejael
My friend, famous record producer Ray Ruff (1938-2005) from Amarillo, Texas, was a friend of Buddy Holly from 1956 to 1959. Ray launched a rock band called The Checkmates in 1959 and began to record songs in Buddy Holly's sound and vocal style for five years. Later, Ray founded his own record label company, Oak Records, in 1970. After Ray passed away, I acquired the rights to his record company and some of his company's copyrighted music and publishing. We are still doing business now as Oak Records.
@TheDejael
I used to have all of Buddy and The Crickets 45 RPM singles. I still have his first greatest hits album on Decca.
@wesleycook7687
I have all the Coral Records albums. Brunswick was a branch of Coral Records. Buddy and the Crickets recorded on both plus Decca . The best collection of Buddy Holly songs is MCA's The Complete Buddy Holly. It has every record Buddy Holly ever sang on plus a lot more. It was produced by Paul McCartney.
@TheDejael
@@wesleycook7687 Both Coral and Brunswick were sub-labels of the London-Decca Records Group of New York City and London, England. In 1959, Decca formed a partnership with MCA Records at Universal City, California and MCA owned Decca for several years afterward.
Buddy signed with Coral but that also included The Crickets and they all co-signed with Decca. Thus Decca had the recording rights to all their music for releases, and Norman Petty co-owned publishing rights with Buddy Holly until Buddy sued Petty in late 1958, and it was discovered that Norman Petty, of NorVaJak Productions in Clovis, New Mexico was stealing royalties from Buddy Holly. Decca took over when Buddy died, and their attorneys successfully got publishing away from Petty. Buddy had planned to start up his own record and publishing company when he returned from the Winter Tour '59 when he sadly died in that horrible airplane crash.
Paul McCartney acquired publishing rights to Buddy Holly's music catalog in the 1980s.
@NMagChiTown
Yeah the same goofs that passed on The Beatles too... They evidently didn't like insects over there at Decca Lol But boy did George Harrison help save their asses by bouncing back and telling them to sign The Rolling Stones.
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Purple kisses 💜💜💜
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Here from Purple Kisses
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