"My life has been what you might call an uneventful one, and it seems there is not much of interest to tell,” Buddy Holly once wrote in a high school essay. Still, the young student — born Charles ...

Before his tragic death in a plane crash, along with Ritchie Valens, JP “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and pilot Roger Peterson on February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly wrote and recorded some of his final ...

At least one: Buddy Holly, whose legacy lives in recordings, movies (Gary Busey was Oscar-nominated for playing him) and stage shows such as "Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story," now playing at the History ...

Paul McCartney revealed his favorite among Buddy Holly’s songs. In addition, he discussed playing Holly’s songs with John Lennon and George Harrison when they were young. Notably, Paul’s favorite ...

While Buddy Holly’s music career was tragically short, he still significantly impacted the most successful musical act ever, The Beatles. The Beatles considered him a rock hero and paid tribute to the ...

Buddy Holly only recorded for a few years before his untimely death in 1959. But in that time, he left behind a treasure trove of pristine pop songs and rockabilly-tinged ramblers for other artists to ...

Roy Orbison died of a heart attack at age 52 in 1988, while Buddy Holly was killed in a tragic plane crash at age 22 on “The Day the Music Died” in 1959. But you can still watch them perform live in ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and pilot Roger Peterson died in a plane crash outside of Clear Lake, Iowa. Holly was 22. Though Feb. 3 is often called ...

Although musician J.P. McDermott played in what he describes as a “skinny tie, new wave” band through high school and college, he always felt a connection with the music of Buddy Holly. “To me, Buddy ...

Zachary Stevenson stars as Buddy Holly in “A Tribute to Buddy Holly” for two shows Jan. 18. Zachary Stevenson has been singing Buddy Holly songs longer than Holly did at this point. “A Tribute to ...