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Not Fade Away

original song written and composed by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty; first recorded by The Crickets
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Not Fade Away

Summary

Not Fade Away is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (732 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Not Fade Away's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Not Fade Away's composer is recorded as Buddy Holly[4].
  • Not Fade Away's composer is recorded as Norman Petty[5].
  • Not Fade Away was performed by The Crickets[6].
  • Among the performers on Not Fade Away was The Rolling Stones[7].
  • Not Fade Away was performed by Rush[8].
  • Not Fade Away was performed by Sheryl Crow[9].
  • Not Fade Away is part of The “Chirping” Crickets[10].
  • Not Fade Away's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Not Fade Away was released on 1964[12].
  • Not Fade Away's lyricist is recorded as Buddy Holly[13].
  • Not Fade Away's lyricist is recorded as Norman Petty[14].
  • Not Fade Away's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Not Fade Away'}[15].
  • Not Fade Away's different from is recorded as Not Fade Away[16].
  • Not Fade Away's different from is recorded as Not Fade Away[17].
  • Not Fade Away's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • Genre(s): folk, pop, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock, rock and roll, rockabilly[20]

  • Community tags: folk, pop, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock, rock and roll, rockabilly[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6394bda2-57a6-3578-badc-f3043d4f0ba8[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Crickets[6], The Rolling Stones[7], Rush[8], and Sheryl Crow[9].

Publication

Not Fade Away was released on 1964[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. It is part of The “Chirping” Crickets[10].

Why It Matters

Not Fade Away ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (732 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

Buddy Holly Rush Sheryl Crow

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Crickets, The Rolling Stones, Rush +1
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0701530235, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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