The Crickets

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musical group rock and roll band

The Crickets were an influential American rock and roll band from the 1950s, best known for pioneering the genre alongside their frontman Buddy Holly.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Crickets canonical 13
Buddy Holly and the Crickets 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
rock and roll band ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1957 ⓘ
associatedAct Bobby Vee ⓘ
Buddy Holly ⓘ
The Everly Brothers ⓘ
The Hollies ⓘ
Waylon Jennings ⓘ
basedIn Lubbock, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Lubbock, Texas
continuedAfter Buddy Holly's death ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre country rock ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
hasPart The Crickets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Buddy Holly and the Crickets
inception 1957 ⓘ
influenced Bob Dylan ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
The Hollies ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
influentialFor inspiring self-contained rock bands that write and perform their own material ⓘ
pioneering rock and roll band format of two guitars, bass, and drums ⓘ
memberOf Rock and Roll Hall of Fame backing band induction (as Buddy Holly and the Crickets) ⓘ
nameInspired The Beatles name structure (insects plural with musical pun) ⓘ
notableEvent death of Buddy Holly in 1959 ⓘ
notableMember Buddy Holly ⓘ
Jerry Allison ⓘ
Joe B. Mauldin ⓘ
Niki Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork It’s So Easy ⓘ
surface form: It's So Easy

Maybe Baby ⓘ
Not Fade Away ⓘ
Oh, Boy! ⓘ
Peggy Sue ⓘ
Rave On ⓘ
That'll Be the Day ⓘ
Think It Over ⓘ
recordLabel Brunswick Records ⓘ
Coral Records ⓘ
Liberty Records ⓘ
United Artists Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic concise, melodic songwriting ⓘ
jangly guitar sound ⓘ
vocal harmonies ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buddy Holly → memberOf → The Crickets ⓘ
Think It Over (song) → artist → The Crickets ⓘ
subject surface form: Think It Over
this entity surface form: Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Think It Over (song) → performer → The Crickets ⓘ
subject surface form: Think It Over
this entity surface form: Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Think It Over (song) → associatedAct → The Crickets ⓘ
subject surface form: Think It Over
Paul McCartney and Wings → hasAssociatedAct → The Crickets ⓘ
That'll Be the Day → performer → The Crickets ⓘ
That'll Be the Day → isDebutHitFor → The Crickets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddy Holly and the Crickets
That'll Be the Day → associatedAct → The Crickets ⓘ
Don’t Ever Change → performer → The Crickets ⓘ
subject surface form: Don’t Ever Change (The Crickets recording)
Don’t Ever Change → hasPerformer → The Crickets ⓘ
Charles Hardin Holley → memberOf → The Crickets ⓘ
Charles Hardin Holley → associatedAct → The Crickets ⓘ
Everyday → associatedAct → The Crickets ⓘ
Rave On → associatedAct → The Crickets ⓘ
Maybe Baby → performer → The Crickets ⓘ
subject surface form: "Maybe Baby"
Maybe Baby → recordedBy → The Crickets ⓘ
subject surface form: "Maybe Baby"
this entity surface form: Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Maybe Baby → hasArtist → The Crickets ⓘ
subject surface form: "Maybe Baby"
The Crickets → hasPart → The Crickets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddy Holly and the Crickets