"I Feel Like Buddy Holly" is a song recorded by

Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately s ...

in 1984, written and produced by

Mike Batt Michael Philip Batt, LVO (born 6 February 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, record producer, director and conductor. He was formerly the Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry. Having achieved substantial ...

.I Feel Like Buddy Holly
at 45cat.com The song spent 11 weeks on the

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, reaching number 7 in 1984. The single was released on

Chrysalis Records Chrysalis Records () is a British record label that was founded in 1968. The name is both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders' names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis. It started as the Ellis-Wright Ag ...

, and included the song "Luxury" on the B-side, which was written and produced by Alvin Stardust. The song appears on numerous compilation albums, including ''The Very Best of Alvin Stardust'' (1996), ''Alvin Stardust: New Recordings of His Greatest Hits'' (2001), ''Best of Alvin Stardust'' (2006), ''The Alvin Stardust Story'' (2007), and ''My Coo Ca Choo'' (2007).I Feel Like Buddy Holly
at allmusic.com Mike Batt, who wrote and produced the song, recorded his own version on the album ''A Songwriter’s Tale'' (2008), alongside versions of songs he had written for other artists as well as re-recordings of Batt’s own songs.

Tracks

* "I Feel Like Buddy Holly" - 4:04 (written and produced by Mike Batt) * "Luxury" - 3:15 (written and produced by Alvin Stardust)

Charts

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