Oh, Boy!

Album

Uptown Special

Label

Brunswick Records

Genre

Rockabilly

Composer(s)

Norman Petty;Bill Tilghman;Sunny West

Entered Chart

Nov 25, 1957

Peak Date

Jan 20, 1958

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Brunswick 55035

B-Side

Not Fade Away

This was recorded June 29-July 1, 1957 at Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico. Background vocals were added later by The Picks (Bill & John Pickering, Bob Lapham). This was written by Sunny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty. Petty was Holly's producer and owned the studio where this was recorded. He did not drive race cars. >> This was released as a single with "Not Fade Away" as the B-side. While this song did fade away, the B-side has become one of Holly's well known songs. It got a boost when it was covered by The Rolling Stones in 1964. This was credited to The Crickets, who were Holly's band. Holly and The Crickets performed this on their second and final Ed Sullivan Show appearance on January 26, 1958. Sullivan was not happy with the song selection, as he considered it too raunchy, but Holly insisted on performing it. Possibly in retaliation, Sullivan introduced him as "Buddy Hollet," and Holly can be seen trying to turn up his guitar, which had been set too low. While most musical guests were given 2 songs, Holly got just the one. >> Buick spun this into the jingle "Oh, Buick!" for a 1987 commercial.

All my love, all of my kissin',
You don't know what you've been a-missin',
Oh boy (oh boy)
When you're with me,
Oh boy (oh boy)
The world can see that you were meant for me.

All my life, I've been a-waitin'
Tonight there'll be no hesitatin'
Oh boy (oh boy)
When you're with me,
Oh boy (oh boy)
The world can see that you were meant for me.

Stars appear, and the shadows are fallin',
You can hear my heart a-callin',
A little bit of lovin' makes everything a-right,
And now I'm gonna see my baby tonight.

All my love, all of my kissin',
You don't know what you've been a-missin',
Oh boy (oh boy)
When you're with me,
Oh boy (oh boy)
The world can see that you were meant for me.

(Dum dee dumb dumb, oh boy,
dumb dee dumb dumb, oh boy)

All my love, all of my kissin',
You don't know what you've been a-missin',
Oh boy (oh boy)
When you're with me,
Oh boy (oh boy)
The world can see that you were meant for me.

All my life, I've been a-waitin'
Tonight there'll be no hesitatin'
Oh boy (oh boy)
When you're with me,
Oh boy (oh boy)
The world can see that you were meant for me.

Stars appear, and the shadows are fallin',
You can hear my heart a-callin',
A little bit of lovin' makes everything a-right,
And now I'm gonna see my baby tonight.

All my love, all of my kissin',
You don't know what you've been a-missin',
Oh boy (oh boy)
When you're with me,
Oh boy (oh boy)
The world can see that you were meant for me.