Happy 75 Years Buddy Holly

Happy 75 Years Buddy Holly: Don McLean immortalized the famous February 3, 1959, the "day the music died" in his song "American Pie". It was then that the rock and roll star 22 Buddy Holly died in a plane crash within the scope of Iowa. He was born September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, and he would have been 75 today. It made the day a large fully remember the legacy of the dominant rock and roll legend. Despite his very young when his life ended the influence of Buddy Holly on the future of pop and rock incalculable. He was one of the winners at the first Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Rolling Stone Buddy Holly listed No. 13 on the list of "Fifty Great artists of all time." Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley, won his first talent contest at least 5 years. As a teenager, he played with his best friend and songwriting partner Bob Montgomery. Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley has seen perform in Lubbock, Texas in 1955 and soon began to include works in rock and roll style. He received a recording contract recording contract in February 1956 at the age of 19 years. Buddy Holly formed his, own band, and is copied to the crickets. He also released records as a soloist, and crickets. Buddy Holly, recorded and released only three studio albums in his short life, but he managed to hit the pop top 40 in the United States seven times during his life. Buddy Holly, music and style was a major influence on later pop and rock legends. The Beatles honor of his music. The group's name was chosen partly out of respect for the crickets. Bob Dylan went to a concert of Buddy Holly, just days before the accident that took the lives of Buddy Holly. The Rolling Stones Keith Richards as Buddy Holly live, and one of the group’s early hits was a cover of "Not Fade Away." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gives him credit for pioneering what has become the norm for a rock band with two guitars, bass and drums. Buddy Holly was a powerful force whose musical creativity and a lasting influence on popular music in just a few years. See him perform one of his greatest hits here as we celebrate its 75th anniversary. Happy 75 Years Buddy Holly.