This song was leftover from last weekend’s Buddy-fest I had…You can never have too much Buddy.
The title was inspired by the 1956 Sun Records recording “Dixie Fried” by Carl Perkins, which uses the refrain “rave on.” The B-side was Holly’s composition “Take Your Time”.
This was written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, and Norman Petty and recorded in January 1958 at Petty’s New Mexico studio where Holly laid down most of his hits. Petty wanted to give it to another act, but Holly protested and persuaded the songwriters to let him record it.
Holly’s rendition of “Rave On” is ranked number 154 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Rave On
A we-a-e-a-ell
The little things you say and do
Make me want to be with you-a-hoo
Rave on, it’s a crazy feelin’ and
I know it’s got me reelin’
When you say, I love you, rave on
The way you dance and hold me tight
The way you kiss and say goodni-hi-hight
Rave on, it’s a crazy feelin’ and-a
I know it’s got me reelin’
When you say, I love you, rave on
A-well rave on, it’s a crazy feelin’ and
I know, it’s got me reelin’
I’m so glad, that you’re revealin’
Your love for me
Rave on, rave on and tell me
Tell me, not to be lonely
Tell me, you love me only
Rave on to me
A-well rave on, it’s a crazy feelin’ and
I know, it’s got me reelin’
I’m so glad, that you’re revealin’
Your love for me
Rave on, rave on and tell me
Tell me, not to be lonely
Tell me, you love me only
Rave on to me
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Always good to hear this song
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Used to sing this in school assembly – one of the better choices.
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A little like ‘Peggy Sue’… but a cool tune nonetheless!
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Good timing for this post with Cricket’s drummer Jerry Allison turning 80 last week!
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This guy must have blown people’s minds with all these incredible tracks….read anything on his life? Any bios? Also didn’t you say you read Kenny Jones (Faces/who etc) bio? What was it like?
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I like the Kenney Jones bio because you get to finally find out about The Small Faces and Steve Marriott.
No I’ve never read anything on Buddy but I want to look for something.
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I noticed that bio for a couple of dollars. Might pick it up. Really liked some of the small faces stuff…though the he single-handedly diminished the who!! Just not a good enough drummer…lol
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You are right lol…
He does have an odd Keith Moon story at the time he died. I think you will like the book.
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Sold!
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Worth its place among the classics for the we-e-e-el intro alone.
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