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Jerry Allison

real name Jerry Ivan Allison

Hillsboro, United States

Jerry Allison is credited on 3,543 releases across 815 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,543

Credits

815

Albums

8

Decades active

628

In collections

Biography

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American drummer and songwriter
Born: 31st August 1939 Hillsboro, Texas, USA
Died: 22nd August 2022 Lyles, Tennessee, USA
Best known as drummer of The Crickets. He took the alias Ivan for two 45 releases, one of which "Real Wild Child", the original of which was by Australian performer Johnny O'Keefe as The Wild One, was amongst others covered by Iggy Pop 28 years later.

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3,543 releases · 815 albums · active 1957–2025

  • Performance · 5,213
  • Other credits · 96
  • Production · 11

Studios: The Village Recorder · Western Recorders · Woodland Studios · Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

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