"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not many people have the privilege of inspiring a hit song. Peggy Sue Gerron is one of the lucky few. Buddy Holly’s classic 1957 hit song “Peggy Sue” was inspired by a beautiful woman who later fell ...

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 ...