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    • Aug 31, 1939
    Jerry Allison is born in Hillsboro, Texas. In addition to playing drums on Buddy Holly hits as a member of The Crickets, he appears on records by Waylon Jennings, Billy Walker and The Everly Brothers
    Jan 8, 1960
    "Summertime Blues" songwriter Eddie Cochran holds what proves to be his final recording session at Liberty Custom Recorders in Los Angeles. Snuff Garrett produces with a band featuring Buddy Holly sidemen Sonny Curtis and Jerry Allison
    Oct 28, 2008
    Billy Sherrill becomes the first producer to join the Musicians Hall of Fame during an event at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Also joining: the Memphis Horns, Duane Eddy, the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Al Kooper, Booker T. & The MG's and The Crickets
    Feb 2, 2009

    The Crickets, Wanda Jackson and guitarist Tommy Allsup perform a Buddy Holly tribute concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, with Graham Nash, Delbert McClinton, Dave Mason, Los Lobos and Joe Ely

    Feb 9, 2012
    Gene Vincent's backing group, The Blue Caps, is announced as a 2012 inductee in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with Buddy Holly's Crickets, Bill Haley's Comets and The Miracles
    Apr 14, 2012
    "Lay Down Sally" producer Glyn Johns joins the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during an event at Cleveland's Public Hall. Also added: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Buddy Holly's Crickets, Gene Vincent's Blue Caps, The Miracles and producer Tom Dowd
    Aug 22, 2022
    Songwriter/drummer Jerry Allison dies. A member of Buddy Holly's Crickets, he played on Holly's recordings as well as hits by Waylon Jennings, Billy Walker and The Everly Brothers. Allison also wrote The Crickets' "That'll Be The Day" and Leo Sayer's "More Than I Can Say"
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