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.

As Holly was signed both as a solo artist and a member of the Crickets, two debut albums were released: The " Chirping " Crickets on November 27, 1957 and Buddy Holly on February 20, 1958.

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.

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.

She came to international prominence for her roles as Holly Sargis in Terrence Malick's 1973 film Badlands, and as Carrie White in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie ( based on the first novel by Stephen King ) for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination.

The township was renamed Mount Holly as of November 6, 1931, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier.

The early incarnations of the Misfits are associated with the hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s, though American Hardcore author Steven Blush notes that " though crucial to the rise of hardcore, were in fact in a league of their own ... The Misfits delivered a hyper-yet-melodic assault based in 50 / 60s-style rock, taking the Buddy Holly / Gene Vincent foundation and making it nuclear.

* Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corps based in Mount Holly, New Jersey, in the United States

Similarly, the original Truman Capote novella on which Breakfast at Tiffany's was based ended with Holly Golightly's going off to Brazil and disappearing from the protagonist's life — while in the film it was changed to her accepting the love he offered her and their famous kiss in the rain.

International recording artists Therése Neaimé, Holly Major and the band Borrison Ivy have all been based in Dubai for part of their careers.

In 1931, Arthur Holly Compton championed the idea of human freedom based on quantum indeterminacy and invented the notion of amplification of microscopic quantum events to bring chance into the macroscopic world.

One of the independently produced series of webisodes based upon the Greatest American Hero begins with a flashback to Holly not Ralph, before jumping ahead to the present day, some months after her murder, and centers on her former foster daughter and a biological daughter named Morgan Hathaway, who apparently gets the suit.

Holly with his female face, from Series III-V. After meeting his female counterpart, Hilly, he fell so madly in love with her that he had a " computer sex change " and based his new face on hers.

Nowadays, along with the Touch Radio stations in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon and Coventry, the station operates from a new complex based on the Holly Farm Business Park near Kenilworth.

The Maddux family is not expected to receive the money, rather the lawsuit was based on the rumor that Holly Maddux's murderer Ira Einhorn was expected to sign a book deal with a European publisher.

The Mexico City session produced two notable outtakes: " Peco's Blues ," an instrumental based on the traditional " What Does The Deep Sea Say ?," and the song " Goodbye Holly.

Holly is based on the character Holly Golightly ( Audrey Hepburn ) from the film Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Princess Ann is based on the character from Roman Holiday.

Holly Hobbie ( born 1944 ) is an American writer and illustrator, and the name of a fictional character based on this person.

Holly Palmer ( born c. 1971 ) is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California.

He appeared as Christie in the TV movie The Diviners ( 1993 ) based on the Governor General's Award-winning novel by Margaret Laurence, and as Holly Hunter's ailing father, Tug Jones, in the TV movie Harlan County War ( 2000 ).

Holly K. Hacker of The Dallas Morning News said that " Richardson school district leaders credit the strong showing at their high schools to attitude -- a refusal to accept poor performance based on changing demographics.

* The Spiderwick Chronicles ( 2008 ) Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, and PC, published by Sierra, based on the Paramount film ( adapted from the illustrated children's fantasy books written by Holly Black and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi ).

* The Spiderwick Chronicles ( 2008 ) Wii, Xbox360, PS2, and PC, published by Sierra, based on the Paramount film ( adapted from the illustrated children's fantasy books written by Holly Black and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi ).

Many of the characters in Dangerous Women were based on the original characters of Prisoner: The characters of Karen Travers and Lynne Warner from the latter became Maria Trent and Holly Warner in Dangerous Women and both of their opening storylines were based on those originally shown in Prisoner.

Hutchinson Junior High School now has a mural honoring Holly, and Lubbock High School, where he sang in the school choir, also honors the late musician.

Holly saw Elvis Presley sing in Lubbock in 1955, and began to incorporate a rockabilly style, similar to the Sun Records sound, which had a strong rhythm acoustic and slap bass.

On October 15, 1955, Holly, along with Bob Montgomery and Larry Welborn, opened the bill for Presley in Lubbock, catching the eye of a Nashville talent scout.

The ambitious Holly became increasingly interested in the New York music / recording / publishing scene, while his band mates wanted to go back home to Lubbock.

The Buddy Holly Center, a museum located in Lubbock

On May 9, 2011, the City of Lubbock held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Buddy and Maria Elena Holly Plaza, the new home of the statue and the Walk of Fame.

* Buddy Holly news archives at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Buddy Holly terminated his association with The Crickets and his manager Norman Petty during a reunion in Lubbock, Texas, on November 3, 1958.

The Crickets are a rock & roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer / songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s.

David Box, a native of Lubbock, Texas and a near identical Buddy Holly soundalike, would join the group as lead vocalist for their 1960 single of " Dont Cha Know " ( Side A ), and " Peggy Sue Got Married "( Side B ) released as Coral 62238 after the departure of Earl Sinks.

US 84 continues in a southeasterly direction through cotton fields and small towns such as Anton and Shallowater, eventually entering Lubbock, the largest city in the South Plains and the birthplace of Buddy Holly.

She controversially wanted to charge the city of Lubbock to use Buddy's name in various ways, including in relation to a music festival, a street named the " Buddy Holly Walk of Fame ", and a terrace named " Buddy Holly Terrace.

Lubbock sound is a genre of American music that began with the popularity of Lubbock, Texas native Buddy Holly.

A tragedy to Lubbock Sound was the Day the Music Died, when Buddy Holly and others died in a plane crash in Iowa en route to a concert.

The spirit of Buddy Holly and Lubbock Sound are preserved in the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock's Depot District.

Bob Montgomery met Buddy Holly at Hutchison Junior High School in Lubbock, Texas in 1949.

* Lubbock sound, a genre of American music that began with the popularity of Lubbock native Buddy Holly

Part of the Lubbock Independent School District, the school is known for its academic program and for the fact that it has produced a number of talented musicians, vocalists, businessmen, and scientists over the years ( including Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Natalie Maines, Ralna English, and Mac Davis ).

Clyde worked at the Adair musicstore in Lubbock and was known for selling Buddy Holly his first Fender Stratocaster.

In 1953 Jack gave a young Buddy Holly a break when he let him perform with his friend Jack Neal as the Buddy & Jack duo on the talentshow " Around Lubbock.