Buddy Holly and The Crickets were the archetypal rock 'n' roll band. They were a self-contained unit that wrote their own material and performed it in a unique way. They became the blueprint for ...

An earworm of a song, “Maybe Baby” was written by Holly and released by him and the Crickets in 1958. It was a top-40 hit in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. Photo by Steve Oroz/Michael Ochs ...