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Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American musician and singer-songwriter who was a central figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression; he learned to play guitar and to sing alongside his siblings. His style was influenced by gospel music, country music, and rhythm and blues acts, and he performed in Lubbock with his friends from high school. He made his first appearance on local television in 1952, and the following year he formed the group "Buddy and Bob" with his friend Bob Montgomery. In 1955, after opening for Elvis Presley, Holly decided to pursue a career in music. He opened for Presley three times that year; his band's style shifted from country and western to entirely rock and roll. In October that year, when he opened for Bill Haley & His Comets, Holly was spotted by Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, who helped him get a contract with Decca Records.
Holly's recording sessions at Decca were produced by Owen Bradley. Unhappy with Bradley's control in the studio and with the sound he achieved there, Holly went to producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico, and recorded a demo of "That'll Be the Day", among other songs. Petty became the band's manager and sent the demo to Brunswick Records, which released it as a single credited to "The Crickets", which became the name of Holly's band. In September 1957, as the band toured, "That'll Be the Day" topped the US "Best Sellers in Stores" chart and the UK Singles Chart. Its success was followed in October by another major hit, "Peggy Sue".
The album Chirping Crickets, released in November 1957, reached number five on the UK Albums Chart. Holly made his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in January 1958 and soon after, toured Australia and then the UK. In early 1959, Holly assembled a new band, consisting of future country music star Waylon Jennings (bass), famed session musician Tommy Allsup (guitar), and Carl Bunch (drums), and embarked on a tour of the midwestern U.S. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered an airplane to travel to his next show, in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and the pilot, in a tragedy later elegized by Don McLean as "The Day the Music Died".
During his short career, Holly wrote, recorded, and produced his own material. He is often regarded as the artist who defined the traditional rock-and-roll lineup of two guitars, bass, and drums. Holly was a major influence on later popular music artists, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and Elton John. He was among the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1986. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 13 in its list of "100 Greatest Artists".
"True Love Ways" is a song co-written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and recorded with the Dick Jacobs Orchestra in October 1958, four months before the singer's death.
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TV star celebrates 80 years of Buddy Holly
Lancaster Guardian – August 10, 2016
Buddy Holly, was on of the first artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is known to have an ... this was later referred to as 'The Day the Music Died.' Show producer Michael Taylor said: "Had Buddy not been taken from the ...
Buddy Holly premieres at Matunuck theatre
ricentral.com – June 2, 2016
By the time I arrived, Buddy Holly was talking to a radio host who was berating his refusal to shed his identity and make country music instead of rock and roll, which, at the time, was not performed by white people. Holly had already produced several ...
Buddy Holly tribute opens Thursday downtown
hendersonvillelightning.com – August 9, 2016
Flat Rock Playhouse favorites Jeremy Sevelovitz and Christopher Fordinal, fresh from their acclaimed run of Million Dollar Quartet, perform the hits of Buddy Holly in the new Music on the Rock show opening Thursday and running through Aug. 21 at the ...
ranker.com – July 28, 2016
Charles Hardin Holley, known as Buddy Holly, was an American musician and singer-songwriter, often considered one of ... Influenced by country music and rhythm and blues acts, Holly performed locally with high school friends. He made his first appearance ...
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