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That'll Be the Day

song written and composed by Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly and Norman Petty, originally recorded by The Crickets in 1957
MusicComposition song Q5251956
That'll Be the Day
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That'll Be the Day

Summary

That'll Be the Day is a song[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of song entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (678 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • That'll Be the Day's instance of is recorded as song[3].
  • That'll Be the Day's instance of is recorded as single[4].
  • That'll Be the Day's composer is recorded as Buddy Holly[5].
  • That'll Be the Day's genre is rock and roll[6].
  • That'll Be the Day was followed by Words of Love[7].
  • That'll Be the Day was produced by Norman Petty[8].
  • Among the performers on That'll Be the Day was The Crickets[9].
  • Among the performers on That'll Be the Day was Wizex[10].
  • That'll Be the Day's record label is recorded as EMI[11].
  • That'll Be the Day is part of That'll Be the Day[12].
  • That'll Be the Day was released on May 27, 1957[13].
  • That'll Be the Day's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "That'll Be the Day"}[14].
  • That'll Be the Day's has characteristic is recorded as debut single[15].
  • That'll Be the Day's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as The “Chirping” Crickets[16].

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[17]

  • Genre(s): pop, rock, rock and roll, rockabilly[18]

  • Community tags: pop, rock, rock and roll, rockabilly[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 388fb6f6-d4d7-381a-b17f-c1e7b8a08a2a[20]

Why It Matters

That'll Be the Day ranks in the top 5% of song entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (678 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Buddy Holly EMI

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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