Fool’s Paradise

~ Recording by Buddy Holly

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.18Fool's Paradise2:30Buddy HollyTrue Love WaysBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2339
2.9Fool’s Paradise2:29Buddy Holly & The CricketsThe Buddy Holly Collection (iTunes/Spotify)Buddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
  • XW1993-09-28
Geffen Records
2.9Fool’s Paradise2:32Buddy HollyThe Buddy Holly CollectionBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD2-10883
1.12Fool's Paradise2:30Buddy HollyGreatest HitsBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-09-24
1.12Fool’s Paradise2:30Buddy HollyGreatest HitsBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
  • -1996-09-24
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-11536
1.16Fool's Paradise2:31Buddy HollyThe Very Best of Buddy HollyBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1996-11-01
Dino EntertainmentDINCD133
1.15Fools Paradise2:30Buddy HollyThe Best of Buddy HollyBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)MCBD 19535
1.15Fool’s Paradise2:30Buddy HollyBuddy HollyBuddy HollyAlbum
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)112 097-2
1.19Fool's Paradise2:31Buddy HollyThe Singles+Buddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label)BS 8126-2
2.9Fool’s Paradise2:31Buddy HollyGoldBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-10-11
Decca Records, Geffen RecordsB0004543-02
2.9Fool’s Paradise2:31Buddy HollyGoldBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
Decca Records, Geffen Records0602498814000
2.9Fool’s Paradise2:30Buddy HollyThe Very Best of Buddy Holly and the CricketsBuddy Holly and The CricketsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Group International (manages UMG's offices in most countries outside of North America)5305721
2.9Fool's Paradise2:30Buddy HollyThe Very Best of Buddy Holly and the CricketsBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)1797581
2.20Fool's Paradise2:29Buddy HollyMemorial CollectionBuddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-01-27
Decca RecordsB0011337-02
1.19Fool’s Paradise2:29Buddy HollyGreatest Hits (50th Anniversary Edition, The Day The Music Died)Buddy HollyAlbum + Compilation
Horizon Records (UK compilations)HZCD1135
1.12Fool’s Paradise2:29Buddy HollyGreatest Hits (24-Bit/96 kHz)Buddy HollyAlbum + CompilationGeffen Records

Relationships

producer:Norman Petty
bass:Joe B. Mauldin (in 1958-02)
drums (drum set):Jerry Allison (in 1958-02)
guitar and lead vocals:Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer-songwriter) (in 1958-02)
piano:Vi Petty (in 1958-02)
background vocals:The Roses (in 1958-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Geffen Records (in 1958)
recorded at:Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico, United States (in 1958-02)
recording of:Fool's Paradise (in 1958-02)

Fool's Paradise

writer:Sonny LeGlaire
Horace Linsley (real name Horace Linsky)
Norman Petty
publisher:McCartney Music, Inc.