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  1. Rock & roll as we know it wouldn’t exist without Buddy Holly. The bespectacled ’50s teen idol roughed up familiar musical influences—rhythm & blues, rockabilly, country & western—with upbeat tempos, a jittery vocal approach, and youthful lyrics filled with edgy declarations of love, lust and heartbreak. Buddy Holly.

  2. Feb 3, 2014 · On 3rd Feb 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a plane crash shortly after takeoff from Clear Lake, Iowa. The pilot of the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tour bus.

  3. Feb 3, 2016 · Buddy Holly, the first rocker to actually go on stage wearing horn-rimmed spectacles, who died in an air crash on 3 February 1959, and who thereby created rock’s very first tragic legend, was...

  4. Jul 13, 2022 · Without Buddy Holly, who played a major role in the development of the modern rock and roll sound and style, we may have never had musicians like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and a whole other host of groups that started their careers in the 1960s. This Buddy Holly Bio will cover Buddys life, career, and contributions to the world of music.

  5. Feb 3, 2019 · Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. On Feb. 3, 1959, at only 22 years old, Buddy Holly left this world as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll. Now, 60 years after the crash that killed...

  6. Buddy Holly songs feature Holly harmonizing with himself on this early work, creating a unique sound over the track's distinctive instrumentation. The Fab Four covered it in 1964 for their Beatles ...

  7. Jun 11, 2011 · Sat 11 Jun 2011 19.47 EDT. B uddy Holly was very important to Britain; he was almost single-handedly responsible for the sound and look of the Mersey groups. He was a new kind of hero, and he...

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