Hello everyone, was wondering if anyone can let me know of a good comprehensive list of People that have covered Buddy Holly? Songs covered would also be helpful help.

You do realize what an extremely long list that is, right? Here are some of the artists that I can think of off the top of my head:
the Beatles covered That'll Be the Day, Peggy Sue, and Not Fade Away, some may be very rare and as the Beatles were huge Buddy fans, they may have covered other songs that I'm not aware of.
Rush covered Not Fade Away
There is a whole disk called Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) which includes artists like the Hollies (using technology to sing with Buddy Peggy Sue Got Married), Waylon Jennings singing Learning the Game (supposedly the last song he recorded before his death in 2002(I think that's the year?)The Tractors covered Midnight Shift, and Oh Boy, Think it Over, Crying, Waiting Hoping are also songs covered by other artists.
The Crickets just released a CD called the Crickets and Their Buddies, which has some of their "hits" without Buddy, but the majority of the CD is Buddy's hits, including covers by Jason and Phil Everly, Eric Clapton is on there but I believe he covered something written by the Crickets, not Buddy, and there is also The Real Buddy Holly Story, which Sonny Curtis wrote after seeing the movie the Buddy Holly Story and being a bit disappointed.
Gary Jacks did I'm Gonna Love You Too,
Pearl Jam has covered Everyday in a llive show, and this is just the beginning.
I said in a previous post that pretty much all rock and roll comes back to Buddy. I don't know how many Canadians are on the board, but if anyone's heard of a group called Puddle of Mudd; they have a song called She ---- Hates Me. Mr. Holly's influence is even heard in this group, although if asked about their influences, I would not doubt for one minute that they would not name Buddy Holly as an influence. However, I would be extremely shocked if they did not name at least one artist(s) who has been influenced by Buddy Holly.
Anyways, check out another topic on the board, under His Music (in your favorite cover of a Buddy Holly song) as there are names and artists there, and also this website might be of a bit of help:
http://www.eclipse.net/~llsb/Covers.html

The Rolling Stones' first single in the U.S. was Not Fade Away.
Linda Ronstadt covered It's So Easy.
Ritchie Valens covered Crying Waiting Hoping.
James Taylor covered Everyday, and it's actually quite good.
That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

Found a great website that gives you great information on what band covered what songs from what artist.

http://www.coversproject.com/artist/Buddy%2BHolly

You guys should check it out.

Just a note on the 1996 tribute album, "Not Fade Away: Remembering Buddy Holly"...

When I first listened to the CD, I wasn't crazy-impressed with every track. Some covers (such as Marty Stuart's raw treatment of "Crying, Waiting, Hoping," and the gritty overhaul of "Midnight Shift" by Los Lobos) were pretty awful, IMHO. The rest were decent but not terribly inspiring---it was, like, "Oh, there's Joe Ely covering Buddy Holly...again."

But one track stood out from the rest and really sent chills up my spine... It was The Tractors cover of "Think It Over"... When I heard this song start rolling, I had to do a double-take, then a triple-take. I pulled up Buddy's version and compared it to The Tractors. After a few plays, I realized that The Tractors had pulled off one of the best covers of a Holly song that I've ever heard---it was as if they had managed to successfully recreate "Think It Over" in 3D, if you know what I mean. The Tractors had given the song depth and texture, whereas the Holly version sounds like what it is---a rather flat 7th generation dub.

On the lighter side---I'm not a total pessimist---I do enjoy reading the playlist of songs that the younger generation credits to Buddy Holly. If I was truly a mean old grump, I might not find it so funny... Here are a few of the rare, unknown covers attributed to Buddy Holly by youngsters on the Internet:

• Wake Up, Little Susie
• All I Have To Do Is Dream
• Earth Angel
• Last Kiss
• Johnny Be Good
• Donna
• Great Balls of Fire
• I Fought the Law
• Runaround Sue
• All My Love All My Kisses

...and my new personal favorite Buddy Holly song of all time:

• Ho Diddly

Thanks charles.

Allen, I just want to make sure you know that Buddy Holly did not perform or cover the list of songs above (except for "All My Love, All My Kisses" and "Ho Diddly," which are comically misidentified).

Those are just a few of the songs that have been incorrectly credited to Buddy. Seems like kids today think every song before 1970 was by Buddy Holly.

Don't I wish.

Be-Bop-A-Lula ( I believe that was done by the Everly Brothers also)is also often miscredited, and Everday is commonly called Rollercoster.

"Be Bop A Lula" was the instant hit for newcomer Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps in 1956... Funny, most people confuse Gene Vincent with Elvis---even Elvis Presley's mother thought that her son sang "Be Bop A Lula" the first time she heard it.

This confusion was not entirely unintentional. Gene Vincent had a very soft voice (compared to Elvis), and his producers decided to heavily amplify and echo Gene's voice, to make it sound more robust---it ended up sounding like a "dirty" version of Elvis, hence the confusion.

Gene Vincent was another of those 1950s rockers who met with tragedy and miraculously survived, but then faded away... He and and his pal Eddie Cochran (of "Summertime Blues" fame) were involved in a senseless midnight car crash in England in April of 1960, which killed Eddie Cochran and mangled Gene Vincent's leg. Gene only partially recovered and tried to continue his career, but he couldn't compete on tour with new superstars such as The Beatles, The Doors, etc. Between severe health problems, dwindling record sales, and substance abuse, Gene Vincent's career wasted away before the end of the 1960s. He died from ulcer complications in 1971 at the age of 36.

As for the Everly Brothers, I know that they are constantly confused with Buddy. Phil & Don Everly could harmonize in such an eerie, brotherly way that their voices often sounded like one voice, and their rock-n-rolling country style could very easily compliment Buddy's.

I've seen at least one photo of Buddy and the Everly Brothers together onstage, presumably during the 1957 Biggest Show of Stars tour. Whether they were actually playing or just posing, I have no idea. But, man, what I wouldn't give for a recording of Don, Phil and Buddy in a jam session.

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The Everly Brothers, Buddy, Jerry and Joe B. were actually really good friends, although I don't know if they ever did record together, I would hazard a guess that they played together. Jerry Allison has been quoted as saying that the Everly Brothers influenced them more than Buddy influenced the Everlys; and the brothers did help them out a lot. Like when the Crickets first arrived in New York, Phil and Don told them that they had to get out of those hayseed clothes.
Supposedly, when Eddie Cochran was writing Three Stars in a hotel room shortly after Buddy's death, his girlfriend (Sharon?) found him and reported that Eddie looked and seemed as though he was in a trance. Coming around, Eddie said he had had a vision and had the feeling that he was going to be seeing Buddy soon. Shortly after, he died in the car crash. Reportedly, the same thing happened with the Big Bopper. During a 24 hour DJ marathon in which he played discs for 24 hours, he supposedly slipped into a trance (I suppose, for lack of better word) and found himself with the knowledge that he was not long for this world.
Did The Everly Brothers ever cover Be-Bop-A-Lula, because the version I have is without a doubt the Everly Brothers. I'm absoulutely positive, considering I can hear both Phil and Don's octaves.
Anyways, back to the original topic.

Well, there are many myths about Buddy and the Big Bopper and Richie Valens and Eddie Cochran and Otis Redding and James Dean and Elvis and John Lennon and Ricky Nelson and Stevie Ray Vaughn all having "death visions" shortly before they died... Frankly, I don't believe any of these stories. Seems like as soon as a celebrity dies young, a story pops up about a "death vision" or "death dream"... It's a standard urban myth, so don't fall for it.

And I wouldn't doubt that the Everly Brothers covered Gene Vincent's "Be Bop A Lula"---the Everly boys tried covering a lot of stuff that didn't really fit their wholesome style. I wouldn't be surprised if Pat Boone also covered "Be Bop A Lula"... It really was a money-making song.

Even Gene Vincent himself came back and re-recorded "Be Bop A Lula" in 1962...trying to jumpstart his dying career with his own hit song from 1956.

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Originally posted by bluelubbock:
The Rolling Stones' first single in the U.S. was Not Fade Away.
Linda Ronstadt covered It's So Easy.
Ritchie Valens covered Crying Waiting Hoping.
James Taylor covered Everyday, and it's actually quite good.
That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

I seem to like the Stones version of Not Fade away better but I do like holly's original version of Well Alright the best. other versions of that song are by Blind Faith and Santanna.

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Originally posted by Charles Austin:
Allen, I just want to make sure you know that Buddy Holly did not perform or cover the list of songs above (except for "All My Love, All My Kisses" and "Ho Diddly," which are comically misidentified).

Those are just a few of the songs that have been incorrectly credited to Buddy. Seems like kids today think every song before 1970 was by Buddy Holly.

Don't I wish.

I've found that alot of kids today don't know who Buddy Holly was. We were taught about him in our school but other than that, not many people that I've talked to remember him. *sadly*

i know the clash did buddys i fought the law
Blink182 did buddys peggy sue

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Originally posted by unguarded_heart:
We were taught about him in our school but other than that, not many people that I've talked to remember him. *sadly*

I was going to complain that you got more than I did, we never hear about Buddy in school, but then I guess I have to think twice cause I would have never discovered Buddy if it hadn't been for a school project, but there's still a difference though. I gave myself a crash course in Buddy Holly so that I could semi-educate others during my 5 minute (that turned into 20 minutes) presentation. There's only been one other time that Buddy Holly has been mentioned in school, and that's when one of the band directors asked if we a)knew who Buddy Holly was and b)had heard the song Pretty Woman. It would have been good if Buddy had sung the song Pretty Woman, but I had to correct him and say that was Roy Orbitson.

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Originally posted by elseb:
i know the clash did buddys i fought the law

"I Fought the Law" is not a Buddy Holly song.

it was written by Sonny Curtis, and made famous by the Bobby Fuller Four.

Buddy did record with Phil Everly, of course, on the Lou Giordano tracks "Don't Cha Know" and "Stay Close to Me".

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Originally posted by buddy_blue:
The Everly Brothers, Buddy, Jerry and Joe B. were actually really good friends, although I don't know if they ever did record together, I would hazard a guess that they played together.

And The Hollies recorded a whole album of Buddy Holly covers, called, imaginatively enough, Buddy Holly. There are some quite nice arrangements on it, too.

Did anybody mention John Lennon covering Peggy Sue on his 1975 album "rock and roll"?