Sixty-one years ago today, the Rolling Stones landed on the charts in the United States for the first time with a classic cover.

Jerry Allison released his own unsuccessful single in 1958. As a drummer/songwriter with Buddy Holly and The Crickets, he did a bit better.

Dino Danelli was the drummer for the Rascals, among the first American bands to emerge in response to the so-called British Invasion, from their formation in 1965 until their breakup in the early ...

Jerry Allison, the groundbreaking early rock & roll and rockabilly drummer who, as a member of The Crickets with Buddy Holly, co-wrote landmark songs such as “Peggy Sue” and “That’ll Be ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jerry Allison, an architect of rock drumming who played and co-wrote songs with childhood friend Buddy Holly and whose future wife inspired the classic “Peggy Sue,” has died.

Jerry Allison, an architect of rock drumming who played and co-wrote songs with childhood friend Buddy Holly and whose future wife inspired the classic “Peggy Sue,” has died. He was 82.

Jerry Allison dies at 82; drummer for Buddy Holly and the Crickets Allison and Holly co-wrote several of the band’s biggest hits, including “Peggy Sue” and “That’ll Be the Day” ...

Jerry Allison, an architect of rock drumming who played and co-wrote songs with childhood friend Buddy Holly and whose future wife inspired the classic “Peggy Sue,” has died. He was 82.

Jerry Allison, an architect of rock drumming who played and co-wrote songs with childhood friend Buddy Holly, has died. He was 82.