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.

On September 7, 1994 ( Holly's 58th birthday ), Weezer released their single, " Buddy Holly ".

Holly's life story inspired a Hollywood biographical film, The Buddy Holly Story ( 1978 ).

According to this episode, Dr. Sam Beckett ( Scott Bakula ) influences Buddy Holly to change the lyrics from " piggy, suey " to " Peggy Sue ", thus setting up Holly's future hit song.

He cut the Crickets ' act from two songs to one, and when introducing them mispronounced Holly's name, so it came out vaguely as " Buddy Hollett.

Smith has recorded a cover of Buddy Holly's classic " Words of Love " for the CD Rave On Buddy Holly, a tribute album tied to Holly's seventy-fifth birthday year which was released June 28, 2011.

Nicks contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's " Not Fade Away " for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, which was released in September 2011.

Idle contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's " Raining in My Heart " for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released 6 September 2011.

The remainder of the album consisted of cover versions, several of which had been staples of The Beatles ' live shows years earlier, especially in Hamburg, Germany and at The Cavern in Liverpool, including Chuck Berry's " Rock and Roll Music ", Buddy Holly's " Words of Love ", and two by Carl Perkins, " Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby ", sung by Harrison and " Honey Don't ", sung by Ringo Starr.

Also in 2011 Wilson contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's " Listen To Me " to the tribute album, Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released on September 6, on Verve Forecast.

In 1956 Holly's band ( then known informally as Buddy and the Two Tones ( meaning Buddy Holly with Sonny Curtis and Don Guess ), posthumous releases refer to The Three Tunes ) recorded an album's worth of rockabilly numbers in Nashville, Tennessee for Decca ; the records were no more than mildly successful, and the band didn't hit pay dirt until 1957, when producer and recording engineer Norman Petty hosted Holly's sessions in Clovis, New Mexico.

Some disc jockeys referred to the band as " Buddy Holly and The Crickets ," but the record labels never used this wording until after Holly's death.

Allison and Mauldin are still touring with Sonny Curtis, a highly successful songwriter and childhood friend / bandmate of Buddy Holly's, on vocals and guitar.

* February 29 – Buddy Holly's trademark glasses and the Big Bopper's wristwatch are " rediscovered " in old police files by the Mason City, Iowa, sheriff ( both were killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, along with singer Ritchie Valens ).

** Buddy Holly's first recording sessions for Decca Records take place in Nashville, Tennessee

Axton, however, agreed a publishing deal with Buddy Killen, a young Nashville bass player, who had recently set up his own publishing company called Tree Publishing.

The film opens with Buddy Holly's beginnings as a teenager in Lubbock, Texas and his emergence into the world of rock and roll with his fictional good friends and bandmates, drummer Jesse Charles ( Don Stroud ) and bass player Ray Bob Simmons ( Charles Martin Smith ), soon to be known as The Crickets.

* Lewis Peter " Buddy " Morgan, who started impersonating Randy Meisner, the former bass player of the Eagles in 1988.

He taught older brother Buddy, the only youngster in the family with a driver's license, to play the bass and also instructed classmate and future musical star, Boz Scaggs, a few guitar chords so that he could join the band.

* Somebody Loves Me, a re-issue of tracks cut in the mid-70s for the Groove Merchant label, featuring Sims on tenor and soprano with Bucky Pizzarelli ( guitar ), Milt Hinton ( bass ), and Buddy Rich ( drums ).

He recorded Devotion in early 1970 on Douglas Records ( run by Alan Douglas ), a high-energy, psychedelic fusion album that featured Larry Young on organ ( who had been part of Lifetime ), Billy Rich on bass and the R & B drummer Buddy Miles.

Guest stars include Richie Cannata ( saxophone player from Billy Joel ), Steve Holley ( drummer from Wings ), Buddy Bowzer ( saxophone player from The New York Dolls ), Andy Shernoff ( bass player from The Dictators ) and Jeff Magnum ( bass player from The Dead Boys ).

The band consists of Chris Demakes ( vocals, guitar ), Roger Manganelli ( vocals, bass ), Vinnie Fiorello ( drums, lyrics ), Buddy Schaub ( trombone ) and Peter " JR " Wasilewski ( saxophone ).

Buddy is involved in a side band called PB & J ; in which he provides the bass, vocals and occasional trombone, as well as the bands Black Ice that he plays all instruments for.

Curfew, which consisted of Buddy Zabala on bass, Raimund Marasigan on drums and Marcus Adoro on guitars met up with Sunday School, which consisted of Ely Buendia on vocals and Raimund as session drummer in December of the same year.

On many modern Stratocasters, the first tone affects the neck pickup ; the second tone affects the middle and bridge pickups ; on some Artist Series models ( Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy signature guitars ), the first tone is a presence circuit that cuts or boosts treble and bass frequencies, affecting all the pickups ; the second tone is an active midrange booster that boosts the midrange frequencies up to 25dB ( 12dB on certain models ) to produce a fatter humbucker-like sound.

In January, 1980, he moved to New York City, and in November 1981 got the bass chair, and toured with, Buddy Rich's band.

Kermit Driscoll has recorded and performed with: The American Composers Orchestra, Patti Austin, Chet Baker, Bang-on-a-Can All Stars, Don Byron, John Cale, Dave Douglas, Robert Dick, Buddy Emmons, Michael Feinstein, Erik Friedlander, Bill Frisell ( a band member from 1987 to 1996 ), George Garzone, Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Gordon, Gerry Hemingway, John Hollenbeck, Wayne Horvitz, Stephan Houben, David Johansen, Russ Johnson, Ben E. King, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur, Philharmonia Virtuosi, The Pointer Sisters, Buddy Rich ( bass chair 1981 ), Mick Rossi, Elliott Sharp, Keely Smith, Phoebe Snow, Soldier String Quartet, Toots Thielmans, Mel Torme, Tony Trischka, Emil Viklicky, Kenny Werner and John Zorn.

* Buddy Hayes, bass / tuba ( 1955 – 1966 )

* Buddy Clark, bass / tuba ( 1966 – 1967 )

The band was formed in 1962 in Bergenfield, New Jersey by brothers Beau Charles ( guitar & vocals ) and John Charles ( bass & vocals ) ( birth names: Robert and John Carlos Cecchino respectively ) with fluctuating personnel until 1964, when they met Buddy Randell ( vocals & sax ) ( birth name: William Crandall ).

* Bobby Ogdin, piano ; Charlie McCoy, harmonica / trumpet / tuba ; Pete Wade, guitar ; Buddy Harman, drums ; Russ Hicks, steel guitar ; Bob Wray, bass ; Kip Paxton, bass ; Buddy Blackman, banjo ; Buddy Spicher, fiddle ; Hargus " Pig " Robbins, piano ; Dennis Solee, clarinet ; Gene Chrisman, drum – musicians on 12 Golden Country Greats

* 1951 – Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager

* Buddy MacMaster, fiddle player.

Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were members of the band, and Davis was brought in on third trumpet for a couple of weeks because the regular player, Buddy Anderson, was out sick.

The name of the city figures in the title of Michael Ondaatje's novel about legendary jazz player Buddy Bolden: Coming Through Slaughter.

" Buddy " Napper, attorney, former state representative, and minor league baseball player

The role of the Scarecrow had already been assigned to another lean and limber dancing studio contract player, Buddy Ebsen.

Musicians on Archies records included guitarist Hugh McCracken, bassists Chuck Rainey and Joey Macho, keyboard player Ron Frangipane, and drummers Buddy Saltzman and Gary Chester.

During his time there, he worked with harmonica player Paul Butterfield and jammed with blues greats Muddy Waters, Howlin ' Wolf and Buddy Guy, all of whom offered the young guitarist encouragement to pursue a musical career.

Musial also played one season on the newly revived Donora High School baseball team, where one of his teammates was Buddy Griffey, father of MLB player Ken Griffey, Sr. and grandfather to MLB player Ken Griffey, Jr.

* Buddy Lewis ( John Kelly Lewis, 1916 – 2011 ), baseball player

Soon after, trombone player Buddy Schaub joined the band.

* Buddy Tinsley – player ( OT / DT ), 1982 ( Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1950 – 60 ).

Buddy was a great natural player.

The player plays as Lester's alien friend, who is nicknamed " Buddy ".

The game switches the player's role from Another World ; this time the player takes control of Buddy, the main character's alien ally from the previous game.

During this time the leader of the Cleopatra Revue band, Armenian-American dumbeg player Buddy Sarkissian, met Hagopian and immediately hired him after hearing him play the oud and sing.