Buddy Holly’s career was cut short when he died in a plane crash in 1959. While he was only 22, his music still had a massive impact on the band that would become the most popular musical act ever.

And while his daily "Buddy Holly" TikTok posts have come to an end, Marsalli isn't going to stop playing the riff. "I guess I've got to keep practicing this thing so I don't mess it up in front of ...

“If I sat down in a room and just started playing, if I had a guitar now and we were just hanging out singing, I would sing all the early and mid-’50s stuff — Buddy Holly and all. I remember ...

In fact, Buddy Holly started out playing country music in his hometown, only making the shift into rock ‘n’ roll after opening for an Elvis Presley show in 1955. Videos by American Songwriter ...

Holly died in a plane crash—along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper—on Feb. 3, 1959. But his musical legacy continues to challenge expectations of what rock and roll can be.

Whatever it was, Norman Petty’s engineering, Buddy’s guitar playing … it would’ve been hard to have been more commercial. It was a lovely, lovely time and people liked it and we were ...

Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens (Diego Guevara) are playing their final concert at the Surf Ballroom and the Brunswick audience is transported back in time to witness that historic event.

Allison also had a minor solo hit, “Real Wild Child,” which he released under the name Ivan, with Holly backing him on guitar and vocals. The tune peaked at No. 68 on the Hot 100 in 1958.

Jerry Allison, who played drums with Buddy Holly and was a co-writer of two of his signature late-1950s songs, “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue,” died on Monday at his home near ...