Charles Hardin Holley ( September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959 ), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll.

Holly was among the first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

Holly was always called " Buddy " by his family.

In the liner notes to Buddy Holly: The Definitive Collection, Billy Altman notes that " Peggy Sue " was originally written as " Cindy Lou " ( after Holly's niece ), but Holly changed it prior to recording as a tip of the hat to Crickets drummer Jerry Allison's girlfriend, Peggy Sue Gerron.

" Holly went to her guardian's house the next morning and Maria came running at him and jumped into his arms, which was a sign to him that it was a " yes ".

Although Holly had already begun to become disillusioned with Norman Petty before meeting Maria Elena, it was through her and her aunt Provi, the head of Latin American music at Peer-Southern, that he began to fully realize what was going on with his manager, who was paying the band's royalties into his own company's account.

Holly was having trouble getting his royalties from Petty, so he hired the noted lawyer Harold Orenstein at the recommendation of his friends the Everly Brothers, who had engaged Orenstein following disputes with their own manager, Wesley Rose.

Holly was offered a spot in the Winter Dance Party, a three-week tour across the Midwest opening on January 23, 1959, by the GAC agency, with other notable performers such as Dion and the Belmonts, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. " The Big Bopper " Richardson.

In his biography of rock legend Elton John, Philip Norman recounted that by his early teens, John ( then known as Reg Dwight ) was wearing glasses " not because he needed them, but in homage to Buddy Holly.

During the January 1969 sessions for the Let It Be album, the Beatles played a slow impromptu version of " Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues " — although not written by Holly, it was popularized by him — with Lennon mimicking Holly's vocal style ; the recording was eventually released in the mid-1990s on Anthology 3.

The launch of Bobby Vee's successful musical career resulted from Holly's death, when he was selected to replace Holly on the tour that continued after the plane crash.

According to the band's website, although the group admired Holly ( and years later produced an album covering some of his songs ), their name was inspired primarily by the sprigs of holly in evidence around Christmas of 1962.

The demand for unissued Holly material was so great that Norman Petty resorted to overdubbing whatever he could find: alternate takes of studio recordings, originally rejected masters, " Crying, Waiting, Hoping " and the other five 1959 tracks ( adding new surf-guitar arrangements ), and even Holly's amateur demos from 1954 ( where the low-fidelity vocals are often muffled behind the new orchestrations ).

The last new Buddy Holly album was Giant ( featuring the single " Love Is Strange "), issued in 1969.

Holly was depicted in the Quantum Leap episode entitled " How the Tess Was Won " although his identity isn't revealed until the very end of the episode.

Holly was based in Lubbock as his career took off between 1956 and 1958.

He was also known as The Originator because of his key role in the transition from the blues to rock, influencing a host of acts, including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, The Who, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and George Michael, among others.

The fourth album, Playin ' Favorites was a top-40 hit in the UK in 1973 and included the Irish folk classic, " Mountains of Mourne " and Buddy Holly ’ s " Everyday ", a live rendition of which returned McLean to the UK Singles Chart.

Following this performance, Decca Records signed him to a contract in February 1956, misspelling his name as " Holly ".

Holly signed as a solo artist with another Decca subsidiary, Coral Records.

Other artists Stigwood signed to a management / recording deal included Mike Sarne, whose Meek-produced " Come Outside " charted in 1962, and another Meek protégé, Mike Berry, who had scored a hit with the Geoff Goddard-penned " Tribute To Buddy Holly ".

Eddie Cochran and fellow Texan Buddy Holly — both of whom Orbison had previously toured with — had died, to Orbison's deep astonishment.

The competition between Holly and Sebastian for the center ring develops into a romantic triangle as well, with both Sebastian and Brad vying for Holly as the aerialists ' acts become increasingly daring and dangerous.

Holly swoops down and saves her life, breaking both arms in the process.

In other plants, such as hazel, some flowers have only stamens, others only carpels, but the same plant ( i. e. sporophyte ) has both kinds of flower and so is monoecious. Flowers of European Holly, a dioecious species: male above, female below ( leaves cut to show flowers more clearly )

In 2006, Neil and Tim Finn were both honoured by a slew of women re-recording and re-interpreting a selection of their songs with the album She Will Have Her Way which featured artists performing Neil Finn's songs such as Kasey Chambers, Clare Bowditch, Boh Runga with her band Stellar *, Renée Geyer, Brooke Fraser, Holly Throsby, Sarah Blasko, Amiel and Natalie Imbruglia.

Holly Hill's city limits lie entirely on the Florida mainland, unlike the larger cities on either side of it, Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach, which encompass both the mainland and the barrier island ( beach front ) across the Halifax River.

After a few years both the Monroes and the Woods left Holly Hill to return to Newport News.

Mickey ( Woody Allen ), as both the former husband of Hannah and the eventual husband of Holly, is shown primarily in scenes outside of the primary story.

In Tithe by Holly Black, a kelpie is portrayed both as a horse and as a man.

Another early arrival was the sassy bisexual Susie Ross ( Tina Landini ), who took a job at The Lock and romanced both Duncan and his twin sister Holly.

She, who is veiled and lies behind a partition, warns Holly that the power of her splendour arouses both desire and fear, but he is dubious.

The figure of She both inspires male desire and dominates male sovereignty, represented in her conquest of the enlightened Victorians Holly and Leo.

The two Englishmen embody the powers of manhood, with Leo a reflection of masculine physicality and Holly a representation of man's intellectual strength ; but both are conquered by the feminine powers of She, who rules as much through sex-appeal as through sorcery, immortality, and will.

With the help of a few allies on both sides ; Oracle, Holly Robinson, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Penguin, and Slam Bradley, Selina taps into Hush's assets, leaving him penniless and suffering from wounds inflicted by Batman.

The crowd surrounding Andy Warhol's Factory scene of the ' 60s -' 80s also included some drag queens who achieved a certain amount of fame, such as Candy Darling and Holly Woodlawn, both immortalized in the Lou Reed song " Walk on the Wild Side ".

Curtis began to write his own plays immediately after this experience, often featuring famous transsexuals, such as Candy Darling and, later, Holly Woodlawn, both of whom appeared in his productions, which enjoyed successful runs at La MaMa and were well-reviewed.

Holly Cole ( born November 25, 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian jazz singer, particularly popular in Canada and Japan for both her versatile and distinctive voice, along with her adventurous repertoire, which spans such divergent genres as show tunes, rock, and country music.

In 1979, a new plant in Mount Holly, North Carolina and a parts manufacturing plant in Gastonia, North Carolina, were constructed, both in the Charlotte metropolitan area.

Two Wagnerian rock songs written by Jim Steinman were part of the soundtrack: " Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young " and " Nowhere Fast ", both performed by Fire Inc. with Holly Sherwood as lead vocal.

This book formed the third part of the " She " trilogy, although in chronological terms, it necessarily served as a prequel to the first two " She " books, since Holly and Leo, the protagonists of the first two books, both die at the end of the second novel.

Jazz then entered a feud with Stratus after she attacked both her and Molly Holly, after Stratus retained her title.

Holly Sherwood is an American rock vocalist, best known for her work with Jim Steinman, providing both lead and backing vocals.