Friday, May 23, 2025

"All My Loving"

I recently listened to a compilation album of Buddy Holly and noticed the phrase "all your lovin'" in "That'll Be the Day" ("Well, you give me all your lovin' and your turtle-dovin' / All your hugs and kisses and your money, too").  Of course, this is very similar to the title phrase in "All My Loving."  In the immediate context, the sentiment in both songs is basically the same, too, just inverted, even structurally:  instead of "You give me all your lovin'," it's "All my lovin' I will send to you."

The Beatles were certainly familiar with "That'll Be the Day" (as the Quarry Men, they recorded a version of it in 1958), so this resemblance seems to be an indication of Holly's influence.