Not Fade Away (song)

"Not Fade Away"

"Not Fade Away" cover
B-side to "Oh, Boy!" by the Crickets from the album The "Chirping" Crickets
Released October 27, 1957 (1957-10-27)
Recorded May 27, 1957, Clovis, New Mexico[1]
Genre Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length 2:21
Label Brunswick single 55035[1]
Writer(s) Charles Hardin, Norman Petty
Language English
Producer(s) Norman Petty[1][2]
The "Chirping" Crickets track listing
  1. "Oh, Boy!"
  2. "Not Fade Away"
  3. "You've Got Love"
  4. "Maybe Baby"
  5. "It's Too Late"
  6. "Tell Me How"
  7. "That'll Be the Day"
  8. "I'm Looking for Someone to Love"
  9. "An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date)"
  10. "Send Me Some Lovin'"
  11. "Last Night"
  12. "Rock Me My Baby"

"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[3]) and first recorded by Holly and his band, the Crickets.[2]

Crickets' version

Holly and the Crickets recorded the song in Clovis, New Mexico, on May 27, 1957, the same day the song "Everyday" was recorded.[1] 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 Western Africa. Jerry Allison, the drummer for the Crickets, pounded out the beat on a cardboard box.[3] 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.[1]

"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 (1958).

Along with the familiar take 2 of "Not Fade Away", there exists a take 1, the first verse of which is missing; it has been released with the first part of take 1 spliced into it.

Contrary to the depiction in the film The Buddy Holly Story (1978), "Not Fade Away" was not the last song Holly performed in his final concert, in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2, 1959, just before his death in a plane crash. At a symposium held in Clear Lake in observance of the 50th anniversary of his death, in a panel discussion with Tommy Allsup, Carl Bunch, and Bob Hale (the master of ceremonies at Holly's final show), all agreed that the final song of the night was Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", performed by all of the acts on the bill.

In 2004, this song was ranked number 107 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The Crickets' recording never charted as a single.

Cover versions

"Not Fade Away"
Single by The Rolling Stones
from the album The Rolling Stones
B-side "Little by Little"
Released 21 February 1964 (1964-02-21)
Format 7-inch single
Recorded
Genre
Length 1:48
Label Decca
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Andrew Loog Oldham
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"I Wanna Be Your Man"
(1963)
"Not Fade Away"
(1964)
"Tell Me"
(1964)
"Not Fade Away"
Single by Sheryl Crow
Released February 17, 2007
Format digital download
Genre Rock
Length 2:03
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"Real Gone"
(2006)
"Not Fade Away"
(2007)
"Shine Over Babylon"
(2007)
"Not Fade Away"
Single by Rush
B-side "You Can't Fight It"
Released 1973
Format 7" single
Recorded 1973
Genre Rock and roll, hard rock
Length 3:13
Label Moon
Writer(s) Norman Petty, Charles Hardin
Producer(s) David Stock
Rush singles chronology
Not Fade Away Finding My Way
1974

The Rolling Stones

In 1964, the Rolling Stones' cover of "Not Fade Away", with a strong Bo Diddley beat, was a major hit in Britain. It was the A-side of the band's first US single.[4]

The Rolling Stones' version of "Not Fade Away" was one of their first hits. Recorded in January 1964 and released by Decca Records on February 21, 1964, with "Little by Little" as the B-side, it was their first Top 5 hit in Great Britain, reaching number 3.[5] In March 1964, it was also the band's first single released in the United States, on the London Records label, with "I Wanna Be Your Man" as the B-side (briefly preceded by "Stoned", which was quickly withdrawn). The single reached number 48 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[6] It also reached number 44 on the Cash Box pop singles chart in the U.S. and number 33 in Australia based on the Kent Music Report. "Not Fade Away" was not on the UK version of their debut album, The Rolling Stones, but was the opening track of the US version, released a month later as England's Newest Hitmakers. It was a mainstay of the band's concerts in their early years, usually opening the shows. It was revived as the opening song in the band's Voodoo Lounge Tour, in 1994 and 1995.

Personnel
Charts
Chart (1964) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 48

Sheryl Crow

Crow released her rendition of the song in 2007 as a charity single along with a national advertising campaign for Revlon Colorist. The single was made available on iTunes, racking up over 19,000 paid downloads and spawning a six-week US tour in support of the campaign.[10]

Chart (2007)[11] Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 78
US Billboard Hot Digital Songs 63
US Billboard Pop 100 63

Other cover versions

"Not Fade Away" has been covered by many other groups, including Foreigner, John Entwistle's Ox, Status Quo, the Byrds, the Eyes as the Pupils, the Knack, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Pete Best Band, Tony Sheridan, Trout Fishing in America, the Everly Brothers, and Tanya Tucker.

Many artists have played it in concert, including Black Oak Arkansas, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Burton Cummings, Deep Purple, Jon Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, Joe Ely, Steve Hillage, Greg Kihn, Los Lobos, Tom Petty, Mitch Ryder, Tony Sheridan, Simon and Garfunkel, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Stephen Stills, James Taylor, U2, Paul Weller, Jack White, and Warren Zevon.

The Grateful Dead recorded the song and performed it in concert 532 times, making it their seventh most often performed song.[12] Versions of the song are included on the albums Skull and Roses (1971) and Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966. "Not Fade Away" was the last song of the second set (before the encores) played on the last night of Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead, as the song has come to signify that the fans' love of the band and the band's love of the fans "will not fade away." [13][14]

In addition to those listed below, the following artists have released the song as a 45-rpm single: Jumpin' Beans & the Moustaches (on Ball), Rubberband (on American Pla-Boy), and The Why Four (on Rampro).

Rights

Paul McCartney controls the publishing rights to the song through MPL Communications.

Use in media

Advertising

Art and photography

Film

Literature

Television

References

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  2. 1 2 Norman Petty interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  3. 1 2 The Real Buddy Holly Story (DVD, 1987). White Star Studios.
  4. "Song artist 5 - The Rolling Stones". Tsort.info. 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  5. <. "Gloucestershire - People - Brian Jones (1942-1969)". BBC. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  6. Carr, Roy (1976). The Rolling Stones, an Illustrated Record. London: New English Library.
  7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Not Fade Away". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  8. "Rolling Stones: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  9. "The Rolling Stones – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for The Rolling Stones. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  10. "NEWS FEBRUARY 2007". Sherylcrownews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  11. "Sheryl Crow | Awards". AllMusic. 1962-02-11. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  12. "The SetList Program - Grateful Dead Setlists, Listener Experiences, and Statistics". Setlists.net. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  13. "Grateful Dead Closes Out 'Fare Thee Well' Reunion - Speakeasy - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  14. Mark Guarino. "Grateful Dead: final concerts unite fans and band as legends fade away | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  15. "Get Back/Let It Be sessions: complete song list". The Beatles Bible. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  16. "Original versions of Not Fade Away written by Buddy Holly,Norman Petty". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  17. "Scotch Videocassettes - Re-record, Not Fade Away (1985, UK)". YouTube. 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
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