Forming a Band
Buddy Holly formed a band with his friends Jerry Alison, Nickie Sullivan, and Joe B Mauldin. The three called themselves “The Crickets.” The group came together in 1957 and before the end of the year, Buddy Holly would become a star. By September 1957, their song “That’ll be the Day” (referencing John Wayne) became the number 3 song in America. Months later, The Crickets scored another big hit with a song named after drummer Gerry Alison’s girlfriend, Peggy Sue Gerron.
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The band would go on to take their two hits and play on tour with some of rock & roll’s biggest names of the time: Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Eddie Cochran. The tour was long and grueling, and by the time it was over, Nickie Sullivan had quit the Crickets, saying that the tour took more out of him than anything he has ever done in his entire life.