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The Crickets

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.

For other uses, see Cricket (disambiguation).

The Crickets

Lubbock, Texas, U.S.

1957–2016

www.thecrickets.com

– drums (1957–2016; died 2022)

Jerry Allison

– lead vocals, guitar (1957–1958; died 1959)

Buddy Holly

– bass (1957–1960, 1976–2015; his death)

Joe B. Mauldin

– guitar (1957–1958; died 2004)

Niki Sullivan

– guitar (1958–1960, 1962–1985, 1994–2016); lead vocals (1962–1985, 1994–2016)

Sonny Curtis

– lead vocals (1958–1960; died 2017)

Earl Sinks

David Box - lead vocals (1959-1960; died 1964)

– guitar (1959; died 2017)

Tommy Allsup

– lead vocals (1961–1964; died 2019)

Jerry Naylor

– keyboards (1962–1972, 1999–2016); keyboard bass (1962–1972, 2015–2016)

Glen Hardin

Gordon Payne – lead vocals, guitar (1985–1994)

. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

"The Crickets"