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Jerry Allison
Hillsboro, United States
Jerry Allison is credited on 3,544 releases across 812 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,544
Pressings credited
812
Albums
8
Decades active
577
In collections
Biography
Jerry Ivan Allison (August 31, 1939 – August 22, 2022) was an American musician. He was best known as the drummer and only constant member of the Crickets and co-writer of their hits "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue", recorded with Buddy Holly. He had a solo chart entry on the Billboard Hot 100, "Real Wild Child", which was issued in 1958 under the name Ivan. Allison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Credited work
3,544 releases · 812 albums · active 1957–2025
- Performance · 5,239
- Other credits · 96
- Production · 11
Studios: The Village Recorder · Western Recorders · Woodland Studios · The Sound Factory
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Blind Faith
1969
Anthology 1
1995
Greatest Hits
1976
20 Golden Greats
1977
Rock 'N' Roll
1975
41 Original Hits From The Sound Track Of American Graffiti
1973
Troubadour
1976
The La's
1990
Hasten Down The Wind
1976
Inner Secrets
1978
Eric Clapton
1970
One Hand Clapping
2024
I've Always Been Crazy
1978
A Rock & Roll Collection
1972
Buddy Holly
1958
Teenage Head
1971
At His Best
1972
Complete Clapton
2007
That'll Be The Day
1958
The "Chirping" Crickets
1957
The Buddy Holly Story
1959
Crossroads
1988
The Very Best Of Leo Sayer
1979
M.I.U. Album
1978
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