Artist: Norman Petty

Norman Petty
Aliases
The Norman Petty Trio
Born
May 25, 1927
Died
August 15, 1984
Country
United States
Comments
Record producer and pianist. Although Petty has numerous writing credits, he was not really a songwriter but, rather, he gave himself credits on Buddy Holly's and other artists' songs to increase his take on records he produced.
Related
Buddy Holly
See also
The String-A-Longs

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Moondreams The Norman Petty Trio 1957 (2 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 Mood Indigo The Norman Petty Trio May 1954 The Jungle Band

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 Believe Me Norman Petty, Jim Robinson [1] (2 artists)
2 Cast Iron Arm Roy Orbison, Norman Petty, Jim Scott (2 artists)
3 Down the Line Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Bob Montgomery (4 artists)
4 Everyday Buddy Holly, Norman Petty (23 artists)
5 Fool's Paradise Norman Petty, Sonny LeGlaire, Horace Linsley (7 artists)
6 Heartbeat Norman Petty, Bob Montgomery (33 artists)
7 I'm Gonna Love You Too Norman Petty, Joe Mauldin, Niki Sullivan (12 artists)
8 I'm Lookin' For Someone to Love Buddy Holly, Norman Petty (6 artists)
9 It's So Easy! Buddy Holly, Norman Petty (18 artists)
10 Listen to Me Buddy Holly, Norman Petty (8 artists)
11 Little Baby Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, C.W. Kendall Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
12 Look at Me Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison (4 artists)
13 Maybe Baby Buddy Holly, Norman Petty (19 artists)
14 Moondreams Norman Petty (2 artists)
15 Not Fade Away Buddy Holly, Norman Petty (79 artists)
16 Oh, Boy! Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West (36 artists)
17 Peggy Sue Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison (35 artists)
18 Rave On Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West (34 artists)
19 Take Your Time Buddy Holly, Norman Petty (7 artists)
20 Tell Me How Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison (7 artists)
21 Tell the World Norman Petty (10 artists)
22 That'll Be the Day Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison (38 artists)
23 Think It Over Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison (14 artists)
24 True Love Ways Buddy Holly, Norman Petty (30 artists)
25 Well.... All Right Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison, Joe Mauldin (25 artists)

Releases

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Moondreams The Norman Petty Trio 1957 Columbia
2 Petty's Little Polka The Norman Petty Trio May 1954 Nor Va Jak

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