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Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Produced by Norman Petty, also It Doesn’t Matter Anymore, Rave On and Everyday
Recorded at Norman Petty Studios, also Everyday, Oh, Boy! and That’ll Be the Day (The Crickets)
Written by Norman Petty, also Rave On, True Love Ways and Everyday
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
34 other songs on fono were recorded at Norman Petty Studios, by The Crickets and LeAnn Rimes and others
Norman Petty produced 8 of Buddy Holly’s top 10 songs
Norman Petty wrote 7 of Buddy Holly’s top 10 songs
Norman Petty produced 41 songs on fono
Credits
All 15 credits
- Written by
- Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison and Norman Petty
- Produced by
- Norman Petty
- Performed by
- Bill Pickering, Bob Lapham, Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin, John Pickering, Niki Sullivan and The Picks
- Recorded at
- Norman Petty Studios
- Released on
- MCA Records
- Written by
- Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison and Norman Petty
- Produced by
- Norman Petty
- Performed by
- Bill Pickering, Bob Lapham, Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin, John Pickering, Niki Sullivan and The Picks
- Recorded at
- Norman Petty Studios
- Released on
- MCA Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Norman Petty
Same writer: Norman Petty
Same writer: Jerry Allison
Same label: MCA Records
Same studio: Norman Petty Studios
Same release: From the Original Master Tapes
Same writer: Norman Petty
Same writer: Jerry Allison
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Tell Me How was performed by Bill Pickering
Tell Me How was performed by Bill Pickering
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Tell Me How was performed by Bob Lapham
3MusicBrainz Tell Me How was performed by Buddy Holly
Tell Me How was performed by Buddy Holly
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Tell Me How was performed by Jerry Allison
Tell Me How was performed by Jerry Allison
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Tell Me How was performed by Joe B. Mauldin
Tell Me How was performed by Joe B. Mauldin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Tell Me How was performed by John Pickering
Tell Me How was performed by John Pickering
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Tell Me How was performed by Niki Sullivan
Tell Me How was performed by Niki Sullivan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Tell Me How was performed by The Picks
9MusicBrainz Tell Me How was produced by Norman Petty
Tell Me How was produced by Norman Petty
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Tell Me How was written by Buddy Holly
11MusicBrainz Tell Me How was written by Jerry Allison
Tell Me How was written by Jerry Allison
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Tell Me How was written by Norman Petty
13MusicBrainz Tell Me How is part of the release From the Original Master Tapes
Tell Me How is part of the release From the Original Master Tapes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Tell Me How was recorded at Norman Petty Studios
Tell Me How was recorded at Norman Petty Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song Tell Me How
MCA Records is the label of the song Tell Me How
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Tell Me How was released on 1957-11-27