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Oh, Boy! (A)(WORD)
Oh, Boy! (A)(PDF)
Oh, Boy! (C)(WORD)
Oh, Boy! (C)(PDF)
You can play along in the same key as the recordings using the (A) songsheet! I've incorporated elements of the record version and the live version on Ed Sullivan. We may use the (C) songsheet on BUG night - depends on who leads.
"Oh, Boy!" was originally recorded as a demo by Sonny West as "All My Love (Oh Boy!)" at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico in early 1957. Petty presented West's demo to Buddy Holly with the intention of Holly recording the song. On the BBC's Classic Albums series in 2019, West said, "I had a decision to make whether to say I want to do it myself and I said 'No, I want Buddy to do it', it can't hurt anything and if it didn't work I could go back and do it myself someday." It was subsequently recorded by Buddy Holly and the Crickets between June 29 and July 1, 1957, at Norman Petty Studios with Holly singing lead vocals and The Picks providing backing vocals. The song was included on the album The "Chirping" Crickets.