Heartbeat (Buddy Holly song)

Hit versions

Cover versions of "Heartbeat"

• Tommy Roe
• Bobby Vee
• Herman's Hermits — who had originally been named the Heartbeats after the Buddy Holly song
• Dave Berry
• Skeeter Davis
• Cliff Richard
• Humble Pie
• Cilla Black
• Denny Laine, guitarist of Wings and Moody Blues fame, covered the song on his 1977 Buddy Holly tribute album, Holly Days, produced by Paul McCartney.
• The Knack
• The Hollies, who had named themselves after Buddy Holly, made their only attempt at having a hit remake of a Buddy Holly song with a 1980 single release of "Heartbeat", a midtempo version that charted at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• A Dutch rendering of "Heartbeat" was recorded in 1982 by Ciska Peters.
• Nick Berry, served as the opening theme for Heartbeat in which Berry starred.
• "Heartbeat" served as the title cut for a 1993 album release by Hank Marvin.. Marvin's album reached no. 17 in the UK.
• Connie Francis
• Mike Berry
• P. J. Proby
• On the 2004 album, The Crickets and Their Buddies, which featured various vocalists fronting Buddy Holly's band the Crickets, Nanci Griffith provided the vocal on a remake of "Heartbeat".
• Black Tambourine
• Kay Das

  Cover versions of "Well... All Right"

• Blind Faith on their self-titled debut album.
• Santana on the Inner Secrets album in 1978.
• Alain Bashung on his album Osez Joséphine in 1991.
• Nancy Griffith on the Not Fade Away tribute album in 1996.
• Albert Hammond, Jr. on his album Yours to Keep in 2006.
• Kid Rock on the Rave On Buddy Holly tribute album in 2011.
• Lyle Lovett on the tribute album in 2011.
• The Smithereens recorded in 2008, released on their album Covers in 2018.