When Buddy Holly was killed on 3rd February 1959 ... Here we look back at his tragically short life. 1936: Charles Hardin Holley is born on September 7 in Lubbock in west Texas.

To this day there are artifacts and sites all around Lubbock, Texas that honor Buddy Holly, as his legacy has made a lasting ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were three of the biggest names in Rock and Roll when they played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 2, 1959. Watch the video above ...