Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jerry Allison (top), drummer for rock legend Buddy Holly (bottom), died Monday at age 82. (Photo: RB via Getty Images) Jerry ...

An original Cricket, he was also a co-writer of two signature Holly songs, “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue.” By Neil Genzlinger Jerry Allison, who played drums with Buddy Holly and was a co-writer ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Jerry Ivan Allison, also known as J.I. was a drummer for Buddy Holly and The Crickets. He passed away on Monday at the age of 82. J.I. helped Buddy Holly and The Crickets write ...

Jerry Allison released a single in 1958 under his middle name, Ivan. It only reached No. 68 on the charts. However, as a drummer and songwriter with Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Allison had much more ...

Jerry Allison, who played drums with Buddy Holly and was a co-writer of two of his signature late 1950s songs, “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue,” died on Monday at his home near Nashville, ...