| features in: Album Chart of 1960 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
With Buddy Holly on solo tour in late 1959, bassist Joe Mauldin, drummer Jerry Allison and guitarist Sonny Curtis (a friend and collaborator with Buddy Holly) began recording new songs as The Crickets, with Earl Sinks on vocals. While they were recording, it was announced that Holly was killed in a plane crash while on tour. It’s fair to say Earl was no Buddy. Who then who could be? However,”In Style With The Crickets”, released in December 1960, proved that the band still had plenty to offer. The best songs are all their own including the provocative “I Fought The Law”, the cuter than cute “When You Ask About Love”, and the catchy “Love’s Made A Fool Of You”. The latter two had been hit singles for the band in 1959. The set includes 4 covers – “Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu” (Huey Smith and The Clowns, 1957), “Great Balls Of Fire” (Jerry Lee Lewis and his pumping piano, 1957), “Ting-A-Ling” (The Clovers, 1952) and “Time Will Tell” (Bobby Charles, 1956).
The Jukebox Rebel
18–Mar–2012
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:38]  The Crickets - More Than I Can Say (Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis) Pop Ballad |
| A2 | [01:59]  The Crickets - Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (Huey Smith, Johnny Vincent) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A3 | [01:53]  The Crickets - Great Balls Of Fire (Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| A4 | [02:37]  The Crickets - Ting-A-Ling (Ahmet Ertegun) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| A5 | [02:00] The Crickets - Just This Once (Sonny Curtis, Joe Mauldin, Earl Sinks) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| A6 | [02:16] The Crickets - Deborah (Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis) Rock n Roll Ballad |
| B1 | [02:15]  The Crickets - Baby My Heart (Sonny Curtis) Pop |
| B2 | [02:05]  The Crickets - When You Ask About Love (Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis) Pop |
| B3 | [02:12]  The Crickets - Time Will Tell (Paul Gayten) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B4 | [02:04] The Crickets - A Sweet Love (Sonny Curtis) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B5 | [02:12]  The Crickets - I Fought The Law (Sonny Curtis) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B6 | [02:00] The Crickets - Love’s Made A Fool Of You (Charles Hardin Holley, Bob Montgomery) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
