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“The Chirping Crickets” was the first album for Buddy Holly and his band. It contains Rock N Roll classics such as “Maybe Baby”, “That’ll Be the Day,” and “Oh Boy!” which on a 78 as seen here can get you $400.00. Recorded when Buddy Holly was just twenty-one-years old, “The Chirping Crickets” album was released by Brunswick Records in 1957 and is worth up to $750.00 today.

Working as a secretary at Motown paid off big time for Martha Reeves. In need of background singers at a recording session, she was called upon to back up Marvin Gaye on his songs, “Stubborn Kind Of Fella” and “Hitch Hike.” Soon thereafter she became a Motown star herself. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave” and “Dancing in the Street” are two of the most popular dance songs of the sixties. “Dancing in the Street” along with its picture sleeve, released on Gordy Records in 1964, is worth up to $250.00 today.

Clambake” is used many times as an example of a bad Elvis movie. By 1967, his movies had been so poorly received that “Clambake” was the last film for which Elvis could command a million dollar salary. The 1967 soundtrack album released by RCA is worth up to $50.00 in stereo and $300.00 in mono. A 12 X 12 bonus photo of Elvis and Priscilla on their wedding day, inside the cover of either version, would add another $50.00 to the value.

Creedence Clearwater Revival was a band with numerous Rock N Roll classics beginning with “Suzie Q” in 1968 followed by “Proud Mary” the same year. In 1969 came four more hits including “Bad Moon Rising” and “Green River.” Three more hits followed in 1970 including “Travelin Band.” However, before they were CCR, John Fogerty and the boys recorded as the Golliwogs. Their 1966 single, “Walking on the Water,” on Scorpio Records is worth up to $200.00 today. As Creedence Clearwater Revival their most valuable 45 is “45 Revolutions per Minute.” Released on Fantasy records in 1970, a copy either commercial or promo as seen here can sell for $300.00 today.

Dizzy Gillespie was a Jazz innovator responsible for a style known as Be-bop. He was also known for the weird shape of his trumpet. A recipient in 1990 of the Kennedy Center Honors Award, Dizzy was famous as well for his pouched cheeks as he blew magic through his trumpet. Twenty of his records are worth up to $100 or more, among them his 1952 album, “Horn Of Plenty,” released by Blue Note Records. It’s worth up to $200.00 today.  His 1954 album,“Afro Dizzy,” on Norgran Records can fetch $400.00.

There wasn’t that much vinyl being produced by 1997, but some albums that were have become collectible such as “Flaming Pie” by Paul McCartney. Critics acclaimed it as one of his better albums with the charm he had exemplified on his 1971 “Ram” album. “Flaming Pie,” released on Capitol Records, is worth up to $100.00 today with another $25.00 added if with “World Tonight” cover sticker as shown here.

Before the Supremes became household names with hits like “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love” and “Stop In The Name Of Love,” the ladies released a few lesser-known singles that can be quite valuable today. Among them is their 1962 single, “Your Heart Belongs To Me.” Issued by Motown, the 45 is worth up to $350.00 and the picture sleeve by itself, as shown here, is worth up to $2,500.00 today.

Mickey Gilley who is cousin to Rock N Roll icon Jerry Lee Lewis and preacher Jimmy Swaggart and owner of Gilley’s, the world’s largest honky tonk and where the girls all look prettier at closing time, is best known for his hit, “Room Full of Roses.” On Playboy Records it’s not much of a collectible at up to $5.00 but his first record in 1957, “Ooh Wee Baby,” released on Minor Records, is worth up to $800.00 today.

The Heavy Metal, hard rockin’ Punk band Guns ‘N’ Roses holds the record for the biggest selling debut album in the history of Rock N Roll with the 1987 release of “Appetite For Destruction.” But they did release an EP prior to that, and that is where the bigger money is. “Live Like a Suicide,” as seen here and released on UZI Suicide Records in 1986, is worth up to $300.00 today.

Genesis is one of the most popular and well-known groups of the seventies and eighties. They really had two different sounds, first with Peter Gabriel who was known for art rock and influencing such groups as Kansas and Styx. And then there’s the Genesis with Phil Collins as lead singer opting for a more romantic and commercial sound. The first Genesis single, “The Silent Sun,” released on a black Parrot Records label in 1968 is worth up to $4,500.00 today. The promo copy on an orange label is easier to find and worth up to $400.00.