The Crickets

The Crickets were the backing band formed by singer/songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s.

Many believe that The Crickets chose their name while listening to a playback of "I'm go

The Crickets were the backing band formed by singer/songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s.

Many believe that The Crickets chose their name while listening to a playback of "I'm gonna Love you too." A cricket was chirping in a garage that contained a speaker used for an echo effect, and could be heard at the end of the song. While this event did happen, and Holly's manager and owner of the studio decided to keep the chirping in the record, this is in no way tied to the origin of the band's name. The band personnel were drummer Jerry Allison, bassist Joe B. Mauldin, and rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan. Sullivan dropped out within a year. He wasn't comfortable with the amount of traveling and to a lesser extent, he didn't fit in with Jerry and Joe. For the same reason, Jerry and Joe were not backing Holly after he moved to NYC. But after about 4 months, a reunion was planned to start after Holly's winter tour through the northern mid-west was completed. It was on that tour that Holly was killed in a plane crash.