New York

Buddy Holly had major plans for his music career. He was spending more time in New York, making contacts in the music business, and recording there too, He also married and lived there. Here are just some of the notable people he was professionally involved with through his music career. More profiles will be added soon.

Bob Thiele

Bob was A&R man at Coral Records, and along with Murray Deutch , general manager at Peer Southern Music in New York, both were instrumental in the launch and success of "That'll Be The Day".

Bob was an embryonic jazz musician, a writer & a broadcaster before joining Decca Records in 1952. Coral Records was a subsidiary of Decca. Click HERE for more info

Murray Deutch

Murray was a Music Publisher/General Manager at Peer Southern Music. Along with Bob Thiele at Decca/Coral, they were instrumental in the launch and success of Buddy Holly & The Crickets hit "That'll Be The Day"

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Dick Jacobs

Dick was the orchestrator for Buddy Holly's String Sessions in New York. Jacobs worked with Buddy on "True Love Ways", "Moondreams", "Raining In My Heart" and "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" at the Pythean Temple, New York.

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Al Caiola - Session Guitarist

Al Caiola was a session guitar player who played guitar on Buddy Holly's "Rave On", and also on Buddy's String Sessions on "True Love Ways", "Raining In My Heart", "Moondreams" and "It Doesn't Matter Anymore".

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Milton Delugg

Milton Delugg (December 2, 1918 – April 6, 2015)

Milton Delugg was born in Los Angeles, California. He said, "There aren't any Deluggs. It's not a real name." He believed the family's ancestral name to be D'Luggatch. Delugg's great grandfather said no one could pronounce it so he changed it to "Delugg", with a lower case "L".

Delugg attended the University of California, Los Angeles. His initial musical training was on a piano. Moving to the accordion came as the result of a gift. "When my dad gave me an accordion I learned how to play jazz on it", he said. "I grew up in Los Angeles and it wasn't long before I had a monopoly on any calls for jazz accordionists.

A talented accordionist, Delugg appeared in short soundies musicals and occasional movies (like 1949's Jolson Sings Again). He quickly became a successful arranger and composer and worked as bandleader at Slapsie Maxie's Wilshire location in Hollywood. His clients ranged from the American Junior Miss Pageant to soul singer and performer Jackie Wilson, and he was a musician on such radio programs as School Days of the Air, and The Abe Burrows Show. One of his best-known tunes is an arrangement of the song "The Happy Wanderer", and his brassy polka "Hoop Dee Doo" became a game show staple.

In 1950 and 1951, Delugg was musical director, bandleader, and accordionist on Broadway Open House the NBC late-night television program[7] considered to be the forerunner to The Tonight Show. He often played a song he co-wrote, "Orange Colored Sky", which was best remembered as a hit for Nat King Cole. In 1950, Delugg was also orchestra conductor for the short-lived Abe Burrows' Almanac.

In 1953, the Milton Delugg Trio appeared on the short-lived The Bill Cullen Show.[8] Four years later, in 1957, Delugg joined the cast of the Winchell and Mahoney Show.

He composed the tune "Roller Coaster" – recorded by Henri Rene Orchestra on RCA Victor. It was used as the closing theme for the popular Goodson-Todman Productions panel show What's My Line? from the early 1950s until its cancellation in 1967.

Based in New York City, Delugg was also active in the recording industry. In 1958 he produced the Buddy Holly single "Rave On!".

Helen Way Singers

They were black gospel singers, who sung backing harmonies/vocals on Buddy Holly & Bobby Darin's versions of "Early In The Morning" and "Now We're One". Exact same arrangements and session players.

Not much is known about them, nor is there much online.

Donald Amone (Rhythm guitar)

Again, not much out there regarding session guitar player, Donald Amone.

He play alongside Al Caiola on Buddy Holly's "Rave On", "That's My Desire",

Al Chernet - Session Guitarist

Al Chernet was a session guitar player who played rhythm guitar on Buddy Holly's "Early In The Morning" and "Now We're One" recordings.

He was a guitarist, mandolinist, banjo and lute players who worked in all genres of music ranging from pop to classical as a very much sought after studio musician. He performed on recordings for Buddy Holly and Perez Predo and was later finding himself working on the soul music scene and playing for Sam Cooke and Esther Phillips.

Boomie Richman

Abraham Samuel Richman (April 2, 1921 – March 22, 2016),

He was better known as Boomie Richman, was an American jazz tenor saxophone player who played with Tommy Dorsey. He also played clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo, and flute.

Richman was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on April 2, 1921. Before joining the Dorsey band, he worked with George Paxton and Muggsy Spanier. From 1945 to 1951, he recorded with Dorsey and was a soloist in the band. During the 1950s he worked intermittently with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and with Red Allen, Ruby Braff, Al Cohn, Cootie Williams, and the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra. He also worked as a studio musician.

Richman recorded with Buddy Holly on October 21, 1958, playing the sax solo on "True Love Ways". He also played with Judy Garland in her comeback performance at Carnegie Hall. On television, he appeared on The Jimmy Dean Show, The Perry Como Show, The Dick Cavett Show, The Patti Page Show, The Pat Boone Show, and The Andy Williams Show.

Richman died in Boynton Beach, Florida on March 22, 2016, at the age of 94.

Sanford Bloch: Bass

Session Double Bass player.

He played on Buddy Holly's session for "True Love Ways", "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "Raining In My Heart", "Moondreams", "Now We're One" and "Early In The Morning".

Ernest Hayes - Pianist

He played on Buddy Holly's session for "True Love Ways", "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "Raining In My Heart", "Moondreams", "Now We're One" and "Early In The Morning".