Unlike the transition that was played out between Chris and Rita and Michael and Holly, no on-screen explanation was given for Michael and Holly's departure.

The movie was widely criticized by the rock community and Holly's friends and family for its inaccuracies.

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.

There are also a few antecedents to folk rock present in pre-British Invasion American rock ' n ' roll, including Elvis Presley's 1954 cover of the Bill Monroe bluegrass standard " Blue Moon of Kentucky "; Buddy Holly's self-penned material, which strongly influenced both Dylan and The Byrds ; Ritchie Valens ' recording of the Mexican folk song " La Bamba "; Lloyd Price's rock ' n ' roll adaptation of the African-American folk song " Stagger Lee " ( which had originally been recorded by Mississippi John Hurt in 1928 ); Jimmie Rodgers ' rock ' n ' roll flavored renditions of traditional folk songs ; and the folk and country-influenced recordings featured on The Everly Brothers ' 1959 album, Songs Our Daddy Taught Us.

While Charles and his singers were comfortable with Holly's brand of rock and roll, their repertoire moved into new directions.

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.

After Holly's death in 1959 the band continued to tour and record with different vocalists, releasing new material into the 21st century.

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.

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.

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

In the books it is revealed that when Holly's intelligence was at its peak he didn't believe in Silicon Heaven, but as his IQ slowly declined his faith became " unshakable ".

Things become even worse when it is discovered that she never had the abortion that was the cause of Mac and Holly's breakup years ago, and that Mac has a son.

His first unsuccessful solo recording was a cover version of Hank Williams ' " Kaw-Liga ", but in 1957 his recording of a calypso called " Last Train To San Fernando " became the seventeenth most popular recording of that year in the UK, when its only rivals were Buddy Holly's " That'll Be The Day "; " True Love " by Bing Crosby and " Diana " by Paul Anka.

He was also backstabbed by Briar Cudgeon, someone he had known since childhood, when it seemed like Root was handling Holly's kidnapping.

However, Eileen is due for yet another shock on 9 April 2007 when Holly's mother returns, claiming that Jason's deceased employer, Charlie Stubbs ( Bill Ward ), is in fact the father, after she sees his picture in the paper, during Tracy Barlow's ( Kate Ford ) trial for his murder.

He risks his own position in the LEP when he defends Holly's unauthorized actions to rescue him and Commander Root.

He opened " Crash Holly's School of Professional Wrestling " in Salisbury, North Carolina, the town where his wife grew up, in 2002.

) The Beatles did a cover version of " Words of Love " that was a close reproduction of Holly's version, released on late 1964's Beatles for Sale ( in the U. S., in June 1965 on Beatles VI ).

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.

Keith Richards attended one of Holly's performances, where he heard " Not Fade Away " for the first time.

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 ).

" In addition, Sullivan saw to it that the microphone for Holly's electric guitar was turned off.

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.

As Holly's group had been the backing band for all of the acts, Holly, Valens and Dion DiMucci ( of Dion and the Belmonts ) took turns playing drums for each other at the Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Clear Lake, Iowa, shows.

Holly's guitarist, Tommy Allsup, agreed to flip a coin with Ritchie Valens for the remaining seat ; Valens won.

Improvements in the regional transportation network and the economic growth of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area, and Mount Holly's strategic location between Charlotte and Gastonia, have created conditions for an expanding population in recent years.

In addition, Sullivan saw to it that the microphone for Holly's electric guitar was turned off.

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

Other hits for the duo included " I Go to Pieces " ( US No. 7, but not a hit in the UK ), written by Del Shannon and given to Peter and Gordon after the two acts toured together, and remakes of Buddy Holly's " True Love Ways " ( US No. 14 and UK No. 2 in 1965 ), and The Teddy Bears ' " To Know Him Is To Love Him ", retitled " To Know You Is To Love You " ( US No. 24 and UK No. 5 in 1965 ).

Holly's Fire Protection and Water System, an integrated system designed to deliver water under a steady pressure for public safety, brought him worldwide fame in 1863.

), the oratorio The Seasonings ( Haydn's The Seasons ), Diverse Ayres on Sundrie Notions, a Sonata for Viola Four Hands, the chorale prelude Should, a Notebook for Betty Sue Bach ( Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach and Buddy Holly's " Peggy Sue "), the Toot Suite, the Grossest Fugue ( Beethoven's Grosse Fuge ), a Fanfare for the Common Cold ( Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man ) and the canine cantata Wachet Arf!

At Holly's request, the three also performed the Hunters & Collectors ' " Throw Your Arms Around Me ", a song they had frequently covered in the group's later years, at her funeral.

Released as " Holly Woods & Toronto " which hints at Holly's increasing control and autonomy in the band at this time.

Among its highlights is the Willis-Palmer co-write " Girl in Lust ", which, like " I Confess " from Holly's previous album, was later also recorded and performed by Bubbles & Cheesecake.

* Vera & Meg Talbrook are Holly's foster parents.

One of Holly's closest friends is Terry Ellis of the popular R & B group En Vogue.

Holly's funeral was held on February 7, 1959, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock.

Meanwhile, Holly's funeral was held on February 7, 1959, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock.

" Vincent Canby, who saw the film at its Festival debut, called it a " cool, sometimes brilliant, always ferociously American film "; according to Canby, " Sheen and Miss Spacek are splendid as the self-absorbed, cruel, possibly psychotic children of our time, as are the members of the supporting cast, including Warren Oates as Holly's father.

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.

Because of Mount Holly's geographical location, residents there have access to a number of public and private colleges and universities, including Belmont Abbey College, Gaston College, Central Piedmont Community College, Queens University of Charlotte, Pfeiffer University, Johnson and Wales University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Johnson C. Smith University.

Almost immediately, Holly's son Cyril becomes a target of a demon's malign interest, and rescuing him helps Tim to decide that his presence is putting those he loves at risk.

When they arrive back at Artemis and Holly's time, they find that three years have passed in their own dimension.

Starting from the late 1990s, they were progressively shut down across the country, with the last Holly's at Kmart Horsham closing down on June 25, 2010.

Many of Holly's best and most polished efforts were produced at the Clovis studio.

Meanwhile Ben is intrigued by what Holly told him about her mother, and with Holly's help, Jean and Ben finally meet and Jean finds her ' perfect man ' at last.

They are interrupted by Holly's boyfriend returning, at which point she tells Nat to leave.

Like former The Girls Next Door co-star, Kendra Wilkinson, Madison starred in her own reality show, Holly's World, which revolved around her life at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.