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Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his two siblings.
[13] [14] In 2011, Allison was still touring with Sonny Curtis, a childhood friend and bandmate of Holly's, on vocals and guitar. On April 14, 2012, the Crickets were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by a special committee charged with correcting the omission of the band with Holly when he was first inducted in 1986. [15]
María Elena Holly (née Santiago; born December 20, 1932) [1] is the widow of American rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly. As a receptionist at Peermusic, she met with Holly and his band the Crickets on June 19, 1958, and Holly proposed to her after five hours on their first date.
“After Buddy got killed, we were all in a lawyer’s office with [Holly’s widow] Maria Elena, and she said, ‘I know Buddy co-wrote ‘Peggy Sue,”’ and I said, ‘Of course he did.’
Rock and roll pioneer helped pen some of Holly's classics, including "Peggy Sue" and “That’ll Be the Day” Jerry Allison, Drummer and Songwriter for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Dead at 82 ...
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William Gary Busey (/ ˈ b juː s i /; born June 29, 1944) is an American actor.He portrayed Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor.
Jerry Ivan Allison (August 31, 1939 – August 22, 2022) was an American musician. He was best known as the drummer for the Crickets [1] and co-writer of their hits "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue", recorded with Buddy Holly. [2]