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Jerry Allison, Who Played Drums With Buddy Holly, Dies at 82

An original Cricket, he was also a co-writer of two signature Holly songs, “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue.”

 

Three of the four original Crickets in an early publicity photo: Jerry Allison on drums, Buddy Holly on guitar and Joe B. Mauldin on upright bass.

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Jerry Allison, who played drums with Buddy Holly and was a co-writer of two of his signature late-1950s songs, “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue,” died on Monday at his home near Nashville. He was 82.

RIP, sir.

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