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Buddy HollyRock Musician
Born: 7 September 1936 Died: 3 February 1959 (airplane crash) Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas Best known as: Rock music pioneer who sang "Peggy Sue" Name at birth: Charles Hardin Holley Buddy Holly was an early star of rock music whose most famous songs are "That'll Be The Day" and "Peggy Sue." Holly jumped into rock 'n' roll from a background in country and western music. He played the guitar and sang, and he had a keen interest in recording studio production techniques; he is credited with being the first to use overdubbing and double-tracking. He was killed in a plane crash in 1959, along with fellow rockers Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. Extra credit: Holly's fatal plane crash was recalled as "the day the music died" in Don McLean's song "American Pie"... Holly's backing band was known as the Crickets, which inspired Paul McCartney and John Lennon to name their band the Beatles... Francis Ford Coppola borrowed Holly's song title for his 1986 movie Peggy Sue Got Married. Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Buddy Holly from Infoplease:
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