"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It is hard to believe that nearly 67 years have passed since Buddy Holly’s life was cut tragically short on February 3, 1959, when 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 ...
More concert-like than your typical book musical, the show features explosively-rendered live on-stage performances of more than 20 classic songs which highlights Holly's spirit of youthful ambition ...
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — The toe-tapping story of Buddy Holly is taking over the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, showcasing the young man from Texas who changed the sound of rock 'n' roll forever before ...
Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article about Buddy Holly and the ...