Ivan!

Tonight, something a little different.  Not a Top 40 Hit, but a #71 on the Top 100.  While touring in Australia in 1957, Jerry Allison (the drummer for The Crickets) heard this song which was done by Johnny O’Keefe.  In 1958, they went into the studio, recorded “Real Wild Child”, which would reach only #71 in September of 1958, but this song would eventually become a Rock Standard.  It was recorded under the name “Ivan”, but it was really Jerry Allison, vocals & drums, with Buddy Holly on Lead Guitar and Joe Mauldin on Bass…

L-R: Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Joe B. Mauldin

Jerry and “Peggy Sue” Gerron

Left to Right

Nikki Sullivan, Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Joe B. Mauldin

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1.  Real Wild Child/ Coral/ September 1958/ #71

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