# I'm Looking for Someone to Love guitar solo > Buddy Holly's guitar solo on I'm Looking for Someone to Love by The Crickets (1957) starts at about 0:50. From the album The "Chirping" Crickets. Canonical URL: The Crickets, 1957, from *The "Chirping" Crickets*. Solo by *Buddy Holly*. One of his most rhythmically inventive breaks, mixing rockabilly bends with syncopated chord stabs. I'm Looking for Someone to Love by The Crickets is #5 in our ranking of the best Buddy Holly guitar solos. The solo is played by Buddy Holly and the song was released in 1957. ## In our lists - [The Best Buddy Holly Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/buddy-holly-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1957](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1957/) — #18 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on I'm Looking for Someone to Love? Buddy Holly played the solo on The Crickets's I'm Looking for Someone to Love (1957). ### What guitar was used on the I'm Looking for Someone to Love solo? A fender stratocaster, according to widely reported accounts. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)