"
Oh, Boy!" was written by
Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and
Norman Petty. The song was originally recorded by Sonny West in the late 1950s but failed to achieve any commercial success. It was later recorded by
Buddy Holly and the Crickets between June 29 and July 1, 1957, at Petty Studios in
Clovis, New Mexico, with Holly singing lead vocals and
The Picks providing backing vocals. The song is in an A-A-B-A format with a
12-bar blues verse and an 8-bar bridge. (Holly also covered another West song, "Rave On".)