Death is very often referred to as a good career move.
I'm not trying to stump anybody... it's the beauty of the language that I'm interested in.
If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel.
Without Elvis none of us could have made it.
Died when his chartered plane (N 3794 N) crashed. Also on board and killed in the crash were Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson).
His date of death (February 3, 1959) was forever immortalized as "The Day the Music Died" in the song "American Pie" by Don McLean.
Many, including Holly's father and his manager, were against Buddy's marriage to Maria Elena Santiago, a young Puerto Rican girl he met in New York months before his death.
Waylon Jennings was part of Buddy's backup group and was supposed to be on the fateful flight but instead allowed an ill Big Bopper to take his place.
Buddy's group was The Crickets. They stayed together after his death.
had a cat named Booker T. & a dog named Alonzo
1955 graduate of Lubbock High School
High school girlfriend was named Echo.
brothers Larry (1925 - ), Travis (1927 - ) & sister
Surname was originally spelled "Holley" but misspelled "Holly" on his first recording contract & the error was never corrected.
Pictured on one of four 29? US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, issued in booklet form 16 June 1993. This Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues set of stamps also honored Otis Redding, Dinah Washington, and Elvis Presley.
He was voted the 13th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
Is portrayed by Gary Busey in The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Is portrayed by Joe W. Davis in Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999) (TV)
His wife was pregnant at the time of his death. She later suffered a miscarriage.
Is portrayed by Marshall Crenshaw in La Bamba (1987).
Ironically, Holly was a member of an independent Baptist church in Lubbock called Tabernacle Baptist Church (whose music standards probably clashed with his). His brother is still a member of the church.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986.
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