Related session
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
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The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 20
Jan 29, 1969
Related song
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Unreleased song
From Wikipedia:
“Not Fade Away” is a song credited to Buddy Holly (originally under his first and middle names, Charles Hardin) and Norman Petty (although Petty’s co-writing credit is likely to have been a formality) and first recorded by Holly and his band, the Crickets.
Original song
Holly and the Crickets recorded the song in Clovis, New Mexico, on May 27, 1957, the same day the song “Everyday” was recorded. The rhythmic pattern of “Not Fade Away” is a variant of the Bo Diddley beat, with the second stress occurring on the second rather than third beat of the first measure, which was an update of the “hambone” rhythm, or patted juba from West Africa. Jerry Allison, the drummer for the Crickets, pounded out the beat on a cardboard box. Allison, Holly’s best friend, wrote some of the lyrics, though his name never appeared in the songwriting credits. Joe Mauldin played the double bass on this recording. It is likely that the backing vocalists were Holly, Allison, and Niki Sullivan, but this is not known for certain.
“Not Fade Away” was originally released as the B-side of the hit single “Oh, Boy!” and was included on the album The “Chirping” Crickets (1957). The Crickets’ recording never charted as a single. In 2004, this song was ranked number 107 on Rolling Stone‘s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”. […]
Bootlegs
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A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 29th, 1969 - 3 & 4
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
4:30 • Rehearsal • Medley with "Cannonball","Hey Little Girl" - Jan.29 - D4-12 - 29.49
Session Recording: Jan 29, 1969 • Studio Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
