Buddy expressed a longing for a break in the grueling rock n It spent 22 weeks on, Suddenly, Buddy Holly was in great demand. Other objects left behind are believed to be Big Bopper's watch back plate and a Zippo lighter. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee: 1987, Tragic figure, two of his children died in two separate fires, wife, died in a car accident, and he died suddenly in 1988 during a career, Different musical path than the others, Orbison never really felt, like he was a Rockabilly artist, it wasnt his thing, but Sam Phillips, Didnt come into his own until the 1960s after leaving Sun, Born in 1935 in Texas and died in 1988 in Tennessee, Played Rockabilly in high school with the Teen Kings, but was, Only song that charted on Billboard, and as a result, of that, Sam Phillips let him go fairly quickly, because he didnt have a very warm reception w the, This song hinted at what was to come, a new career, Orbison hit his stride after leaving Sun, when he became, 22 hits in the Top 40 after leaving Sun during the 1960s. Coincidentally, the currently accepted definitive biographies of both men were published a year apartPeter Guralnicks, Back in Lubbock in 1955, though, Elvis was clearly Buddy Hollys idol. Born on September 07, 1936 Among the areas in the musical education provided are songwriting, production, arranging, orchestration and performance education. On August 15, 1958, less than two months after their first date, she married Holly at Tabernacle Baptist Church in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas. Best Known For: Buddy Holly was a singer/songwriter whose records, conveying a sense of the wide-open spaces of West Texas and unstoppable joie de vivre, remain vital today. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Rock-and-roll icon Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash at age 22, The small plane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959, Two months after the accident, a local farmer found Holly's belongings, consisting of his eyeglass frames without the lenses, a watch band, watch, and dice, This photo shows debris spread out across the crash scene and the mangled red-and-white Beechcraft Bonanza plane, Buddy Holly, center, died at the peak of his career, The body of one of the singers killed is seen on the ground after the 1959 crash, February 3, 2023, marks the 64thanniversary of the tragic plane crash, Buddy Holly died alongside his fellow Rock-and-roll stars Ritchie Valens and J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson, Flowers were seen at the memorial for Buddy Holly on Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, Holly, who was born in Lubbock, Texas, was a country music singer before changing his style to Rock-and-Roll, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). You can listen to the song down below! When his other brother, Travis, came home from the war in 1945, he taught Buddy how play the guitar. It refers to his 1957 hit song "Peggy Sue". Ancestor List for Buddy (Holley) Holly Uses the "ahnen" numbering system and presents seven generations in plain text. At the ballroom that night, they performed their hits, and for the finale they all came onstage for a jam that included Brown Eyed Handsome Man, La Bamba and Great Balls of Fire.. The authors state that Colonel Parkers assistant, Tom It was 19 below zero the morning when the Winter Dance Party musicians boarded another bus in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for the 340-mile journey to Clear Lake, but near Prairie du Chien, the heaters, as if on schedule, failed once again and had to be repaired. 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. Oh-oh, and youre Mary Tyler Moore/ I dont care what they say about us anyway/ I dont care bout that.Marry actually loved the song by Weezer, and had them sign some pictures for her! The next day we became Elvis clones." In early 1956, Holly and his band began recording demos and singles in Nashville under the name Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes, but the group's lineup was later revised and dubbed The Crickets. The song's title and refrain are a reference to a line uttered by John Wayne in the 1956 film The Searchers. "I can't remember if I cried. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. An error has occured while loading the map. On June 19, 1958, she met Holly and his band the Crickets while working as a receptionist at Peermusic. As a result of psychological trauma from the incident, Santiago miscarried with her husband's child on February 4. It was the beginning of kids really starting to think for themselves, figuring things out, realizing things that they would never even have thought of before., Buddys brother Larry remembers when Elvis was late for one of his early 1955 appearances at Lubbocks Fair Park Coliseum. Texas Monthly reports that in 1958, he met Maria Santiago, a receptionist at a music publishing company in New York. Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi. It was a little bit of heaven. Maria Elena, who now lives in Dallas, met Buddy in June 1958 in New York when she was 25; they got married two months later. When asked whether rock 'n' roll music would still be around after six or seven months, Holly replied, "I rather doubt it.". . In early 1959, Buddy Holly, with a pregnant wife and living off the generosity of his wifes aunt, did something he didnt want to dohe signed on for still another all-star package tour. Buddy even made a leather guitar case for his J-45 that matched the one Elvis used to carry his Martin D-28. His autopsy report painted a gruesome sight of what occurred to his body when the plane crashed. The "Winter Dance Party" was to be a twenty-four-day meander across the upper mid-West in a converted school bus in the dead of winter. Buddy and Elvis got along pretty good, Larry claimed. There were obvious differences, as well. When Im inside a song, I know exactly who I am. According It was a concert that never escaped his mind. Clarkes saloon, and sometime during our dinner, Buddy left the table and returned with a red rose and proposed to me right then and there. Soon after returning from Australia, Buddy and the Crickets left for England, arriving on March 1, 1958, for a twenty-five-day British tour. Deciding to give it one more try, he formed another band and drove ninety miles northwest of Lubbock to record at Norman Pettys recording studio in Clovis, New Mexico. Holly was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. Holly was an accomplished guitar player and songwriter; Elvis was neither. And this became the backbone of a lot of Beatles works John singing lead and me singing harmony. Sid King, another musician on the show that night, described Buddy as virtually a carbon copy of Elvis.. This story is from the February 5, 2009 issue of Rolling Stone. Buddy had five entriesThatll Be the Day, Not Fade Away, Rave On, Peggy Sue, and Everydayon, Like Elvis fans, the Buddy Holly faithful honor their rock idol by gathering each year on the anniversary of his death. I was not feeling well when he left. Holly, Valens, and Richardson were memorialized by legendary singer-songwriter Don McLean approximately 12 years after the crash. In Elvis absence, Buddy and his front band blew the roof off the coliseum, playing until Elvis came on, Amburn reported. Santiago did not go to the funeral and has never gone to visit his grave. In the growing conflict between C&W and rock n roll country music would be split down the middle, RCA and at least half of the C&W establishment fleeing to rockabilly and the other half remaining straight country singers. Some at RCA may have had their doubts, but they allowed Presley to do his thing. When we hit those chords and were stompin on the floor of the bus and we were rockin and taking solos and taking verses man, that was home, that was family, that was the connection, that was a bit of salvation, that was touching the very center of my heart.. That fall, however, Buddy and his wife left Lubbock and moved to New York City. Late in the year, Buddy and his band performed on "The Big D Jamboree," Dallass Saturday night country and western radio show. Image via (L) hologramusa.com (R) ellingtoncms.com. Holly had clearly set his sights on something other than growing up to join his brothers in their tiling business. On November 10 that year, a station DJ recorded an acetate of the duo singing and playing. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. By 1957, he released his song "That'll Be the Day" with his band, The Crickets. As 1957 dawned, Buddy was penniless, his career no further along than it had been 12 months before. Santiago-Holly went on one tour (October 1958) with her husband and took on promotional duties. Source: Getty Images Article continues below advertisement Meanwhile, Buddys Nashville Decca session on January 26 was a disaster that led to nowhere. He made his first appearance on local . The most beautiful girls in Lubbock were trying to climb the bales to get at him. Im going to marry that girl.. Buddy Holly's wife has spoken about being reunited with her husband as a hologram - sixty years after the "Day the Music Died." Maria Elena Holly, now 86, had only been married for six months . There was no definite horizon, But February made me shiver, With every paper Id deliver. The plane crashed within minutes of leaving the ground, killing all aboard. [2] Buddy Holly also formed the Maria Music publishing company with which "Stay Close to Me" was filed. Enervated from singing his guts out in nightly rock shows, Amburn Holly married Maria Elena Santiago in 1958, but her surname was mistakenly recorded as "Holmes," which was the surname of Holly's mother. We want to hear it. Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly (far right) in Lubbock, June 3, 1955, Everything changed for Buddy when Elvis came to Lubbock five different times in 1955. They settled down in Lubbock until Buddy broke up with the Crickets, and they moved to New York. versions of some R&B classics, including Good Rockin Tonight, Ready His funeral was held at the Tabernacle Baptist Church back in Lubbock. His chest had been crushed, and he had multiple fractures, including in his left forearm, right elbow, and his thighs and legs. Unlike Elvis, though, who headlined his own tours, tightly controlled by Colonel Parker, Buddys only option was to join the great rock n roll package tours, organized by promoters like Alan Freed and Dick Clark. Thatll Be the Day and Peggy Sue are on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fames list of songs that shaped rock n roll. Although differences in musical tastes and ambition had led Holly to split from the group just before his ill-fated tour, a reconciliation had been in the works. I guess hes one of them, Buddy responded. Bad news on the doorstep. You know what I like!), was a recent Top 10 hit. It happened to be rock n roll. He frequently opened for more prominent national acts that toured through town. Bandmate Sonny Curtis viewed Holly's opening for .css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Elvis Presley in 1955 as a crucial turning point for the singer. "Holly," the altered form of his last name, would later result from a misspelling in his first recording contract. I didnt know 30 below zero. Buddy Holly could have been a country singer, or pop crooner, could have and probably would have fitted his talent to whatever music was happening when he came along. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. The day the music died.". In addition to being charter members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both Hollys and Presleys images appeared on U.S. "[8] She also visited the apartment building where she and Holly had lived. Alan Mitchell, a former Chicago radio disc jockey who was there that night with his girlfriend, recalls, I was 15 and was wearing my Thompson High School letter jacket. I know it sounds a bit mystical, but I felt that I somehow knew Buddy from before, she says. Upon his arrival there, Buddy asked the Surf Ballroom manager to charter a flight from the nearby Mason City airport to Fargo. Now a solo artist, Holly reluctantly agreed to do the Winter Dance Party Tour in the Midwest in early 1959. It takes you right back with a slam. In January 1957, without a manager, a band, or a recording contract, Buddy returned to Lubbock and considered quitting the music business. Its not quite the same as the candle-light vigil at Graceland during Elvis Week, but those who are moved to do so can trek through the snow to a nearby cornfield where a marker memorializes the lonely spot where the music died back in 1959. McLean released his hit song "American Pie" in 1971 about the horror February accident. Holly had two more of his own compositions lined up to follow his first hitPeggy Sue and Oh Boy, both recorded at Clovis in July 1957. Their first album, "The Chirping Crickets" was released in 1957. Holly was also among the first artists to use studio techniques such as double-tracking on his albums. View our online Press Pack. Buddy Holly, whose career was on the rise, was only 22 years old (per History). After a successful show at the Surf Ballroom, the trio headed to the nearby Mason City airport and departed before 1 a.m. Buddy even made a leather guitar case for his J-45 that matched the one Elvis used to carry his Martin D-28. No Graceland exists for Buddy Holly pilgrims. Please try again. And Buddy said, No, I dont have the time. . She was pregnant when Buddy was kill and became a widow after barely six months of marriage and miscarried soon after. [7], While visiting New York City in May 2008, Santiago-Holly visited Washington Square Park, where Holly often played his guitar. Its not quite the same as the candle-light vigil at Graceland during Elvis Week, but those who are moved to do so can trek through the snow to a nearby cornfield where a marker memorializes the lonely spot where the music died back in 1959. Down on Highway 51, near the town of Hurley, Wisconsin, in the early hours of the morning, a piston on the tour bus had gone through the engine block. Many have no idea, but the two of these pop culture icons were a lot closer than most people know! Between August 1957 and August 1958, Holly and the Crickets charted seven different Top 40 singles. Texas Monthly reports that in 1958, he met Maria Santiago, a receptionist at a music publishing company in New York. Moreover, both of his ears were bleeding and his face and scrotum were lacerated. The items collected at the crash site were placed in an envelope with the names of the deceased handwritten on it. ", "The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation Names Ambassador", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mara_Elena_Holly&oldid=1126502691, This page was last edited on 9 December 2022, at 18:06. According to Wide Open Country, Holly's wife, Santiago, learned of his death through the news. Username and password are case sensitive. . Without Elvis, Buddy once said, none of us could have made it. Though rock n roll had burst on the world of West Texas the previous year with Bill Haleys Shake, Rattle, and Roll, it was Elvis who whispered freedom into the ears of embattled Baptist boys like Buddy and unleashed a new generation of rockabillies., Elvis changed Buddy, singer Waylon Jennings, then another young West Texas musician, later told Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick. Despite his untimely and premature death he enjoyed several chart-topping hits such as Peggy Sue and Everyday. Buddy was married to Mara Elena (Santiago), until his death. Mara Elena Holly (ne Santiago; born December 20, 1932) [1] is the widow of American rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly. And in Johns case, he had to wear heavy horn-rimmed glasses, just like Buddy, which he would always whip off when any girls came near. Buddys second release for Decca also failed miserably, and at years end the label declined to renew his contract. And almost every morning, Buddy would take Maria Elena and his Gibson guitar to nearby Washington Square Park, where, unrecognized in his dark glasses, he would sit by the fountain and play with the young musicians and give them pointers. While 1956 would turn out to be a spectacular breakout year for Elvis, for Buddy it was a year of failure and exploitation that would test his resolve to make it as a professional entertainer. With the Crickets, he appeared three times on. According to Amburn, though, when Buddy first heard Fats Domino sing on the radio, he saw his future. Maria was pregnant with his child when he learned of his death on TV and had a miscarriage. Trump Melts Down Over Murdoch Admitting Fox Lied About Election Fraud I was weepy, but a friend took me in and announced to the doorman, This is Mrs. Elvis again after their 1955 encounters in Lubbock, their paths almost crossed Puerto Rican-born Maria Elena Santiago was working at the New York offices of Peer-Southern Music, where her aunt Provi was . The Texas native's legacy lives on as he later influenced The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and many more (per The Buddy Holly Story). On February 2nd, 2009, the Surf Ballroom and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Winter Dance Party with a concert at the Surf Ballroom, MCd by DJ Cousin Brucie Morrow and featuring, among others, Graham Nash, Bobby Vee, Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Joe Ely, Wanda Jackson and the Crickets. At Decca, noted Amburn, Buddys mentors would prove less amenable to the new music; in fact, they hated rock n roll.. Photographs from the crash scene show the body of one of the three singers killed in the single-engine plane crash. As Buddy Holly's widow, she owns the rights to his name, image, trademarks, and other intellectual property. Holly was joined on the doomed flight by fellow performers Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. It was where all the would-be rebels and music freaks would congregate. At Christmas time in 1957 Buddy co-starred with Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Everly Brothers on Holiday of Stars Twelve Days of Christmas Show in Times Square. During a visit to the offices of Peer-Southern, Holly met Mara Elena Santiago. TRUE LOVE WAYSby Rick Thorne. However, Holly and the Crickets would soon part ways due to creative differences. Both charted in the top 10 late in the year. Married his 14-year-old cousin, but he also neglected to divorce his first wife beforehandb. Starting in February 1979, on the 20th anniversary of his death, the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, where Buddy gave his final show on February 2, 1959, has hosted an annual Buddy Holly tribute weekend. Due to legal and financial problems resulting from the band's breakup, Holly reluctantly agreed to tour through the Midwest in 1959 with The Winter Dance Party. Growing up in the late and post-Depression years, both Buddy and Elvis were mamas boys, due to weak father figures. Holly also found love. By the time Thatll Be the Day became Buddys first hit record, Elvis already had five #1 singles and eight gold records. Those famous . Holly wanted to stay in New York, while his bandmates wanted to return home. In Lubbock there is the Buddy Holly Center, inside of which is The Buddy Holly Gallery, a permanent display featuring, according to the centers web site, Artifacts owned by the City of Lubbock, as well as other items that are on loan. Included in the display are Buddy Hollys Fender Stratocaster, a songbook used by Holly and the Crickets, clothing, photographs, recording contracts, tour itineraries, Hollys glasses, homework assignments, and report cards., Like Elvis fans, the Buddy Holly faithful honor their rock idol by gathering each year on the anniversary of his death. When the tour made its way into Iowa, Buddy Holly was over it and decided to charter a plane that would take him and his tour mates to Fargo, North Dakota (their next show was in nearby Moorhead, Minnesota). Holly's mother and father, a tailor by trade, both proved to be very supportive of their son's burgeoning musical talents, generating song ideas and even penning a letter to the editor of Lubbock's newspaper in defense of rock 'n' roll-loving teenagers lambasted in a conservative editorial. February 3, 2023, marks the 64thanniversary of the tragic plane crash. The real Peggy Sue did marry Allison, and. One day this guy comes in through the door of Peer-Southern Music, where I was working as a receptionist, and I acted very reserved Can I help you? and he was with the Crickets and said, Oh, were not in a hurry, and then turned to them and said, You know what? Hall of Fame DJ Red Robinson interviewed both stars prior Rock legend Buddy Holly tragically passed away in a plane crash at the age of 22 in 1959, and recently, TV icon Mary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80. Buddy was a major influence on the Beatles. Two months after the accident, a local farmer found Holly's belongings, consisting of his eyeglass frames without the lenses, a watch band, watch, and dice. According to Peter hed rather sing songs that didnt require him to scream and shout., Elvis and Buddy both recorded their rock n roll And I have to chuckle when I remember my ducktail and lots of Brylcreem A little dab will do ya. We looked very cool then . And Ive brought him home with me now., Trending Valens dressed in a blue satin shirt, black bolero and vaquero pants. The only good news for Buddy Holly in the latter half of 1958 was his marriage to Maria Elena Santiago in August. It was before school opened, someone had the paper, and we were all huddled around reading it and were shocked and saddened by the news. Shortly after, the pair married in Texas. [2] Marry loved the theme song, of course, and was a big fan of Buddy Holly. By. "When Elvis came along," Curtis recalls, "Buddy fell in love with Elvis and we began to change. And we spent hours trying to work out how to play the opening guitar riff of Thatll Be the Day, and were truly blessed by the heavens the day we figured it out. Buddy came through eight weeks later with a package tour booked into the In 1955, Holly, then a teenager, opened for Elvis. Rock legendBuddy Holly tragically passed away in a plane crash at the age of 22 in 1959, and recently, TV iconMary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80. Buddy Holly version [ edit] On December 12, 1957, Jerry married his third cousin, Myra Gale Brown. It was as if the heavens had opened, Amburn explained. Mara E Holly, the wife of American rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly, was born on December 20, 1932. In August of that year, they were the first white act to take the stage at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater (via The Vintage News). We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! Santiago-Holly did not attend the funeral and has never visited the grave site. The foundation is a charitable corporation whose mission is to keep Buddy Holly's legacy alive by providing musical education to new generations regardless of income, ethnicity or educational limitations. I Forgot to Remember to Forget, Elviss Sun record that topped Billboards C&W chart in late 1955, was Buddys favorite Presley song. Peggy Sue Gerron unveils her new book "What Ever Happened to Peggy Sue" during a press conference in Tyler, Texas, on . recorded a Buddy Holly song, Buddy recorded one of Elvis' from the soundtrack of his 1957 film, While Buddy was still in abroad, cracks were beginning to appear in his career and in rock n roll music in general. His single releases of Maybe Baby and Rave On, both considered early rock classics today, stalled at #18 and #37 respectively on the Top 100. In January 1958, Buddy, along with Anka and Jerry Lee, flew out of New York for a tour in Australia. The two men had many other things in common. After getting married in Lubbock, Buddy and Maria Elena moved back to New York and rented a $1,000-a-month one-bedroom apartment in the Brevoort, on Fifth Avenue and 9th Street, where he recorded on his Ampex home tape recorder the legendary songs now known as the Apartment Tapes (among them, Crying, Waiting, Hoping and Peggy Sue Got Married), just released on the multi-CD sets Down the Line: Rarities and Memorial Collection. Notably missing from the list were Holly's signature eyeglasses, the most distinctive visual legacy of a man who influenced the sound and style of rock and roll immeasurably. The result was predictable. Jerry Allison, Drummer and Songwriter for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Dead at 82 The bus was unheated and broke down frequently (via Biography). This Day In Music. All three were killed in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, as they were traveling to Moorhead, Minnesota. In 1953, her father sent her to live with her aunt (Provi Garcia) in New York City. It would go down in history as rock & rolls Tour From Hell: the Winter Dance Party of 1959 that took place exactly 50 winters ago in February. On 3rd Feb 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a plane crash shortly after takeoff from Clear Lake, Iowa. Review for Quiz 1 (Chap 1-5) - NEW for ED. Elvis and Buddy both recorded their rock n roll On the 50th anniversary of his death in a plane crash, friends remember the rock & roll pioneer's final concerts and musicians salute his lasting influence, Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Singers of All Time: Buddy Holly, Exclusive Album Stream: Stars Salute Buddy Holly on Listen To Me, Buddy Hollys Widow Embraces Wave of Tributes, Fontaines D.C. Reimagine 'Cello Song' For Nick Drake Covers Album, Boygenius Take Fans on a Road Trip in Video for New Single 'Not Strong Enough', Travis Scott Allegedly Caused $12,000 in Damages During Nightclub Altercation. Jimmy Page, Don Henly, Little Richard, Bruce Springsteen, etc. A one-story, hangarlike structure, it looks as if it had materialized out of one of Stephen Shores photographs of the American vernacular roadside attractions he wittily calls Uncommon Places. Inside, clouds are projected on the ballrooms blue-painted domed ceiling and faux palm trees flank the stage, intended to simulate the atmosphere of a South Sea Island beach club. Holly wrote and recorded his breakthrough hit, "That'll Be the Day," with The Crickets in 1957. The rockstar, born Charles HardinHolley, died alongside his fellow bandmates Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson on February 3, 1959. "Peggy Sue Got Married/Crying, Waiting, Hoping" was a two-sided single, released after his death, in the summer of 1959 on Coral. A record company talent scout soon caught his act at a skating rink and signed him to a contract. 'The Buddy Holly Story' friends say the movie's not Cricket . Maria Elena did not attend Holly's funeral, as she had also just suffered a miscarriage. Amburn called Brunswick, a kind of trash-basket label in which Decca dumped its undesirables. Thatll Be the Day by the Crickets, the name of Buddys new band, was released nationally on May 27, 1957. In the following years, Mara Elena Holly remarried Puerto Rican government official Joe Diaz, with whom she had three children. With the Crickets, he appeared three times on American Bandstand and twice on The Ed Sullivan Show. When Elvis came to town, Buddy found him a girl. Holly's manager Norman Petty disapproved of the marriage and advised Holly to keep it secret to avoid upsetting Holly's female fans. With every paper, I'd deliver. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. The young rocker reportedly muttered, "If I had $10, I wouldn't be here." Petty took the acetate to Nashville and got Buddy a one-record contract on the Brunswick label. And the music lives on through all of the artists who've . Charles Hardin Holly better know as Buddy Holly was born on September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas. Buddy left behind his wife Maria Elena, to whom he had been married less than a year. Some of the lyrics to the eight-minute and 36-second song were as follows: "But February made me shiver. They arrived at the Ballroom just in time to perform their 8 p.m. show for the more than 1,200 teens who had paid $1.25 to attend the concert. With hits such as "Peggy Sue" and "That'll Be the Day," Holly was a rising star when a tragic plane crash struck him down in 1959 at age 22. When he and his band opened for Bill Haley and the Comets at Fair Park Coliseum in October 1955, Crandall was there to see Buddy. The musicians had kicked off their scheduled three-week tour on January 23rd at the Million Dollar Ballroom in Milwaukee. For his January 1956 Nashville session, the label asked Buddy to show up with four original songs. 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