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Essential Buddy Holly Playlist

Buddy Holly's essential set — the songs every DJ reaches for, ranked in one playlist. Copy the list, tap 🔀 for a fresh mix, add the whole set to Apple Music in one tap, or build your own with the free Setlist Machine.

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Essential Buddy Holly — Buddy Holly is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Texas, known for early rock and roll combining country, rhythm and blues and concise pop songwriting.

⭐ Essential Buddy Holly47 songs

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  1. Everyday — Buddy Holly
  2. Peggy Sue — Buddy Holly
  3. Great Balls of Fire — Buddy Holly
  4. Raining In My Heart — Buddy Holly
  5. Rave On — Buddy Holly
  6. Be Bop a Lula / Personality / Ain't That a Shame / That'll Be the Day / Come Go with Me / Tom Dooley — Buddy Holly
  7. Think It Over — Buddy Holly
  8. Bo Diddley — Buddy Holly
  9. That'll Be The Day — Buddy Holly
  10. Maybe Baby (from "American Graffiti") — Buddy Holly
  11. Love Is Strange — Buddy Holly
  12. It Doesn't Matter Anymore — Buddy Holly
  13. I'm Gonna Love You Too — Buddy Holly
  14. Crying, Waiting, Hoping — Buddy Holly
  15. Take Your Time — Buddy Holly
  16. True Love Ways — Buddy Holly
  17. Blue Suede Shoes — Buddy Holly
  18. Brown Eyed Handsome Man — Buddy Holly
  19. Valley Of Tears — Buddy Holly
  20. Heartbeat — Buddy Holly
  21. Early In The Morning — Buddy Holly
  22. Learning The Game — Buddy Holly
  23. Wishing — Buddy Holly
  24. Look At Me — Buddy Holly
  25. Midnight Shift — Buddy Holly
  26. Reminiscing — Buddy Holly
  27. Ready Teddy — Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  28. Rock Around With Ollie Vee — Buddy Holly
  29. Ting-A-Ling — Buddy Holly
  30. You're So Square (Baby, I Don't Care) — Buddy Holly
  31. (Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest — Buddy Holly
  32. Blue Days, Black Nights — Buddy Holly
  33. I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down — Buddy Holly
  34. Girl On My Mind — Buddy Holly
  35. Little Baby — Buddy Holly
  36. Holly Hop — Buddy Holly
  37. Come Back Baby — Buddy Holly
  38. Slippin' and Slidin' — Buddy Holly
  39. Maybe Baby — Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  40. Oh Boy! — Buddy Holly
  41. Everyday — Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  42. Not Fade Away — Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  43. Not Fade Away — Buddy Holly, The Crickets
  44. Peggy Sue Got Married — Buddy Holly & The Crickets
  45. What To Do — Buddy Holly
  46. It's So Easy — Buddy Holly
  47. Shake Rattle & Roll — Buddy Holly

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