December 1, 1957: Buddy Holly and The Crickets Debut On ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’
The all too short career of Buddy Holly and The Crickets had many highlights, and one of the biggest was their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Airing on December…

Rock ‘n’ roll singer, songwriter and guitarist Buddy Holly (1936 – 1959), right, with his group The Crickets, Jerry Allison and Joe Mauldin.
Photo by Keystone/Getty ImagesThe all too short career of Buddy Holly and The Crickets had many highlights, and one of the biggest was their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Airing on December 1, 1957, the band performed two of their biggest songs, “Peggy Sue” and “That’ll Be The Day.” As far as live performances go, it doesn’t get any tighter and on-pointe as this.
Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock blogger. The first man she ever loved was Jack Daniel. (True story.)