"Not Fade Away" is a song credited to Buddy Holly (originally under his first and middle names, Charles Hardin) and Norman Petty (although Petty's co-writing credit is likely to have been a formality[3]) and first recorded by Holly and his band, the Crickets.

Jerry Allison, the drummer for the Crickets, pounded out the beat on a cardboard box.

[3] Allison, Holly's best friend, wrote some of the lyrics, though his name never appeared in the songwriting credits.

Buddy Holly and the Crickets In 1964, the Rolling Stones' cover of "Not Fade Away" was a major hit in the United Kingdom.

[5] London Records released the song in the US on March 6, 1964, as the band's first single there, with "I Wanna Be Your Man" as the B-side.