One band, the Hollies, named themselves after Holly. But they also liked experimenting in the studio with multi-tracking and overdubbing and inspired generations of musicians, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and other British Invasion rockers. The Crickets’ sound was often stripped down to rock ‘n’ roll basics: guitars, bass and drums behind Holly’s “hiccupping” vocals. and The Detroit Cobras, you’ve got enough underground firepower to reimagine and rediscover these songs in whole new contexts. Holly followed with “Peggy Sue Got Married,” later the title of a Francis Coppola film starring Kathleen Turner as a woman who travels back in time. Between She & Him, Justin Townes Earle, My Morning Jacket, Kid Rock, Fiona Apple and Jon Brion, Florence & The Machine, Karen Elson (whose understated Crying Waiting Hoping steals the show), Jenny O. “Peggy Sue” was covered by numerous artists, including John Lennon and the Beach Boys, and referenced in “Barbara Ann” and other songs. Allison’s teenage girlfriend (Peggy Sue Gerron, whom he later married) was the namesake for “Peggy Sue,” which features Allison playing one of rock’s most celebrated drum parts - a rolling pattern called paradiddles. Mauldin and Niki Sullivan, broke through in 1957 with “That’ll Be the Day,” followed by “Oh, Boy!”, “Maybe Baby,” and other singles. The two wrote numerous hits together as teenagers, including “That’ll Be the Day,” inspired by a line from John Wayne in the classic Western “The Searchers.” By the time he was 22 years old, he had recorded some 50 tracks, most of which he had written himself.Born in Hillsboro, Texas, Allison met Holly in junior high, and they started playing together in roller rinks and The Cotton Club in Lubbock in the early 1950s, predating the rise of rock music. In 2015, McLean wrote, “Buddy Holly would have the same stature musically whether he would have lived or died, because of his accomplishments. McLean’s dedicated the album American Pie to Holly. The song’s lyric recalls the incident “The Day the Music Died” became popularly associated with the crash. Holly’s funeral was held on February 7, 1959, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock Buddy Holly Grave in Lubbock Texas Cemetery Only Known Photos of Elvis and Buddy Hollyĭon McLean’s 1971 ballad “American Pie” was inspired by Holly’s tragic death. Holly had sustained fatal trauma to his head and chest and numerous lacerations and frac tures of his arms and legs. On February 3, 1959, Holly, Valens, Richardson, and Peterson were killed instantly when their plane crashed into a cornfield five miles northwest of the Mason City, Iowa airport shortly after take-off… The bodies of the all persons were all ejected from the plane on impact, while Peterson’s body remained entangled in the wreckage. Buddy Holly hits songs include: It Doesn’t Matter Anymore – It’s So Easy – Maybe Baby, Not Fade Away, Oh Boy! – Peggy Sue – Peggy Sue Got Married – Rave On – That’ll Be The Day – True Love Ways Buddy Holly, musician and singer-songwriter who was a central figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. They hung out together after the show… in other words, they picked up women together.Ĭharles Hardin Holley Born in Lubbock, Texas, on SeptemDied: February 3, 1959. The song’s lyric recalls the incident The Day the Music Died became popularly associated with the crash. When Elvis performed in Lubbock Texas, Holly’s hometown, in 1955, Holly opened for him and by some accounts stole the show. Don McLean’s 1971 ballad American Pie was inspired by Holly’s tragic death. Although Elvis Presley’s career developed much faster, the two men were only a year apart in age and came from similar backgrounds and family circumstances. Buddy Holly – Elvis Presley Texas – 1955 Fair Park Coliseum Elvis and Buddy Holly were friends who met often in 1955.