"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 ...

He was a star who was gone too soon – and his life is celebrated in a musical that has traveled the world. “Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story” is the latest installment of Broadway in the Basin’s 2017-18 ...

Jerry Allison released a single in 1958 under his middle name, Ivan. It only reached No. 68 on the charts. However, as a drummer and songwriter with Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Allison had much more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The jukebox show about the late, great musical artist Buddy Holly might just be Chicago’s most frequently produced show. Alan Janes’ “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” has been seen at the Shubert Theatre ...

John Lennon said he was more familiar with early rock songs than he was with The Beatles’ songs. For example, he said he could play one of Buddy Holly’s songs “backwards.” Notably, John recorded the ...

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 ...

Jerry Ivan (J.I.) Allison, the drummer for Buddy Holly's Crickets who is celebrated for his pivotal role in the Lubbock-based band that changed the music world as well as a successful career of his ...

Varèse Sarabande Records has released The Buddy Holly Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to digital streaming for the first time ever, unveiling a deluxe edition of the soundtrack to the 1978 ...