Heartbeat (Buddy Holly song)
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| "Heartbeat" | ||||
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| Single by Nick Berry | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Format | 7" single, CD single | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Writer(s) | Bob Montgomery, Norman Petty | |||
| Nick Berry singles chronology | ||||
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"Heartbeat" is a rockabilly song written by Bob Montgomery and Norman Petty and recorded originally by Buddy Holly in 1958.
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[edit] Hit versions
The last Buddy Holly single to be released during his lifetime, "Heartbeat" was only a minor hit in the US with a #82 Billboard Hot 100 peak.
The song had more chart impact in the UK reaching #30 first in January 1959 and again upon its April 1960 re-issue. [1]
"Heartbeat" would subsequently reach the UK Top Ten twice: first in 1975 for Showaddywaddy - #7 that September - and again in 1992 when the version Nick Berry recorded as the theme to the Heartbeat TV series (in which Berry starred) reached #2 that June.[1]
[edit] Cover versions
Versions of "Heartbeat" have appeared on albums (indicated in parenthesis) by Tommy Roe (Sheila/ 1962), Bobby Vee (I Remember Buddy Holly/ 1963), Herman's Hermits - who had originally been named the Heartbeats after the Buddy Holly song - (Herman's Hermits on Tour/ 1965), Dave Berry (One Dozen Berries/ 1966), Skeeter Davis (Skeeter Sings Buddy Holly/ 1967), Cliff Richard (Don't Stop Me Now/ 1967; also a non-charting US single release), Humble Pie (Town and Country/ 1969), Cilla Black (It Makes Me Feel So Good/ 1976), the Knack (Get the Knack/ 1979), Connie Francis (With Love to Buddy/ 1996), Mike Berry (Buddy - a Life in Music/ 1999), Speedy Sparks (OK, Let's Play/ 2001) and P. J. Proby (Sentimental Journey/ 2003).
The Hollies, who had named themselves after Buddy Holly, made their only attempt at having a hit remake of a Buddy Holly song with a 1980 single release of "Heartbeat", a midtempo version which failed to chart.
"Heartbeat" served as the title cut for a 1993 album release by Hank Marvin - Cliff Richard provided the background vocal on the instrumental track. Marvin's album reached #17 UK.
On the 2004 album The Crickets and Their Buddies - which featured various vocalists fronting Buddy Holly's band the Crickets - Nanci Griffith provided the vocal on a remake of "Heartbeat".
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 255. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
