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The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 American biographical musical drama film directed by Steve Rash which tells the life and career of rock and roll musician Buddy Holly. It features an Academy Award -winning musical score, adapted by Joe Renzetti and Oscar -nominated lead performance by Gary Busey .
Sep 6, 1978 · The Buddy Holly Story: Directed by Steve Rash. With Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis. The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.
On February 2, 1959 at the Clear Lake, Iowa stop on the Winter Dance Party Tour, J.P. Richardson (known as "The Big Bopper") (Gailard Sartain), a disc jockey from Beaumont, Texas, performs his hit "Chantilly Lace". From backstage, Buddy calls Maria to check on her and her pregnancy.
On February 3, 1959, a small plane crashed outside Mason City, Iowa, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. (The Big Bopper) Richardson. Don McLean sang about that day in 'American Pie.'
A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly (Gary Busey), who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are...
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before the beatles or the stones ever played a note, popular music was forever changed by the bespectacled kid from lubbock, texas - buddy holly… witness his story explode onto the stage in a toe-tapping, hand-clapping extravaganza, which will have you ‘up and dancing in the aisles’!
Feb 26, 2003 · In The Buddy Holly Story (1978), the legend from Lubbock, Texas, is reassessed in a thoroughly entertaining musical biography that mixes fact and fiction in equal parts, a practice Hollywood is unable to resist despite the potential for distortion and false allegations. Luckily, the film captures Holly's charm and stubborn individuality through ...
A chronicle of the rise to stardom and all-too-brief musical career of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly, who always aspired to unapologetically play music the way he wanted it to sound up until the moment he died in a plane crash at the age of 22.
The Buddy Holly Story. 1978 · 1 hr 55 min. PG. Drama · Music. The musical career of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly is chronicled, from the days when "Peggy Sue" was "Cindy Lou", a song about his first girlfriend, to the meteoric run of "That'll Be the Day" up the charts, to his marriage, breakup with the Crickets, reunion with the Crickets ...
THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY. Drama. Gary Busey gives an electrifying, Oscar (r) nominated performance (Best Actor-1978) as Buddy Holly, the musical genius from Lubbock, Texas, who changed the tune of rock n' roll history.
