"Peggy Sue" is a rock and roll song written by Jerry Allison and Norman Petty, and recorded and released as a single by Buddy Holly on September 20, 1957. The Crickets are not mentioned on label of the single, but band members Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan and Jerry Allison (drums) played on the recording. This recording was also released on Holly's eponymous 1958 album. The song was named for, and inspired by, Peggy Sue Gerron, who at the time was Allison's girlfriend since high school.