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Florence & The Machine Cover Buddy Holly For New Album - Listen

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June 06, 2011 by Jason Gregory | Photo by WENN.com
Florence & The Machine Cover Buddy Holly For New Album - Listen

Florence & The Machine have recorded a cover of Buddy Holly's 'Not Fade Away' for a new album dedicated to the late singer.

The track, which you can hear below, is one of nineteen songs on the album, entitle 'Rave On Buddy Holly'.

The LP also includes cover versions by My Morning Jacket, Cee Lo Green, Justin Townes Earle, The Black Keys, She & Him, Modest Mouse, Paul McCartney and The Strokes' Julian Casablancas.

Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Fiona Apple and John Brion, Graham Nash, The Detroit Cobras, Kid Rock, John Doe and Karen Elson have also taken part.

Buddy Holly would be 75 years old on September 7 this year. The singer died in 1959 at age 22.

'Rave On Buddy Holly' track listing:

The Black Keys – 'Dearest'
Fiona Apple & John Brion – 'Every Day'
Paul McCartney – 'It's So Easy'
Florence & The Machine – 'Not Fade Away'
Cee Lo Green -  '(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care'
Karen Elson – 'Crying, Waiting'
Julian Casablancas – 'Rave One'
Jenny O – 'I'mg Gonna Love You To'
Justin Townes Earle – 'Maybe Baby'
She & Him – 'Oh Boy'
Nick Lowe – 'Chaning All Those Changes
Patti Smith – 'Words Of Love'
My Morning Jacket – 'True Love Ways'
Modest Mouse – 'That'll Be The Day'
Kid Rock – 'Well...All Right'
The Detroit Cobras – 'Heartbeat'
Lou Reed – 'Peggy Sue'
John Doe – 'Peggy Sue Got Married'
Graham Nash – 'Raining In My Heart'

Florence And The Machine - 'Not Fade Away':

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