The Crickets

The Crickets
The Crickets in 1958 (top to bottom): Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, and Joe B. Mauldin
Background information
Origin	Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Rock and roll rockabilly
Years active	1957–2016
Labels	Brunswick Coral Liberty MCA Vertigo Chirp
Past members	Buddy Holly Jerry Allison Joe B. Mauldin Niki Sullivan Earl Sinks David Box Jerry Naylor Sonny Curtis Glen Hardin Tommy Allsup
Website	www.thecrickets.com

The Crickets were an American rock and roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer-songwriter Buddy Holly in January 1957. Their first hit record, "That'll Be the Day", released in May 1957, peaked at number three on the Billboard Top 100 chart on September 16, 1957. The sleeve of their first album, The "Chirping" Crickets, shows the band line-up at the time: Holly on lead vocals and lead guitar, Niki Sullivan on rhythm guitar, Jerry Allison on drums, and Joe B. Mauldin on bass. The Crickets helped set the template for subsequent rock bands, such as the Beatles, with their guitar-bass-drums line-up, performing their own material. After Holly's death in 1959, the band continued to tour and record into the 1960s and beyond with other band members through to the 21st century.