The Crickets : OH, BOY!

by Frank Shankly

The song was initially recorded as a demo by Sonny West titled ALL MY LIVE (OH BOY!) at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico, in early 1957. Petty presented West's demo to Buddy Holly with the intention of having Holly record the song.

Sonny has said that Buddy, for OH BOY!, made a small change to the original lyrics.

He told the BBC's Classic Albums series in 2019, "I said 'All my love, all my kissing, you're gonna see what you've been missing'. 

And with Buddy's verse, 'All my love, all my kissing, you don't know what you've been missing'. 

I have no idea, maybe it has more punch that way.”

Thirty years later, Los Lobos covered the song for the film La Bamba.

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