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.

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.

American pulp Western writer Holly Martins arrives in Post-World War II Vienna seeking his childhood friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job.

DiMucci was offered a seat on the plane by Holly, but thought the fee of $ 36 was too much for such a short plane ride and declined.

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.

Jennifer Beals, Jennifer Grey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Glenn Close, Ally Sheedy, Diane Keaton, Stockard Channing, Annie Potts, Robin Wright, Nancy Allen, Joan Allen, Rosanna Arquette, Kim Basinger, Ellen Barkin, Patricia Clarkson, Geena Davis, Laura Dern, Linda Fiorentino, Bridget Fonda, Carrie Fisher, Jodie Foster, Melanie Griffith, Linda Hamilton, Daryl Hannah, Helen Hunt, Holly Hunter, Goldie Hawn, Anjelica Huston, Amy Irving, Nicole Kidman, Diane Lane, Christine Lahti, Jessica Lange, Sally Field, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Heather Locklear, Andie MacDowell, Madonna, Virginia Madsen, Demi Moore, Emma Thompson, Uma Thurman, Tatum O ' Neal, Annette O ' Toole, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Greta Scacchi, Elisabeth Shue, Mary Steenburgen, Julia Roberts, Mimi Rogers, Isabella Rossellini, Meg Ryan, Meryl Streep, Sissy Spacek, Kathleen Turner, Sigourney Weaver and Debra Winger were all offered but turned down the role of Catherine Tramell.

Nixon created the role of Carla and offered Holly a role on her new show.

Ayesa was studying communications at Macquarie University in Sydney when he was offered the role of Ritchie Valens in the theater production of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.

In December 2011, just a few days before Christmas, Branson's daughter Holly married long term boyfriend Freddie Andrewes on the island " at exactly the same spot " where Branson had married years earlier.

During the " Winter Dance Party Tour ," in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a plane to arrive at the next venue.

Holly then hired Jennings to play electric bass for him during his " Winter Dance Party Tour ".

After terminating his partnership with The Crickets, Buddy Holly assembled a new band consisting of Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup and Carl Bunch to be a part of the " Winter Dance Party " tour.

With the success of " Chantilly Lace ", Richardson took time off from KTRM radio and joined Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Dion and the Belmonts for a " Winter Dance Party " tour.

He has toured on the " Winter Dance Party " tour with Buddy Holly impersonator John Mueller on some of the stages where his father performed.

Moorhead is also mentioned in the 1978 film The Buddy Holly Story as the next stop in the ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour.

* Carl Bunch was the drummer for Buddy Holly during the " Winter Dance Party " tour in 1959 in which Holly died ( the Day the Music Died ), and a later for Hank Williams, Jr. and Roy Orbison.

In 1959, Dion and The Belmonts were part of the historic Winter Dance Party tour that lost three performers in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa ; Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. Richardson " The Big Bopper ".

* 2004 – Holly Brooks, BA Sociology, Environmental Studies, Winter Olympian in Nordic skiing.

He has to go on the ill-fated Winter Party Dance Tour with Buddy Holly ( Marshall Crenshaw ) and " The Big Bopper " ( Stephen Lee ) after his hits, " La Bamba " and " Donna ", reach the top of the Billboard charts.

Hill, Pee Wee Crayton, Harry Choates, Lightnin ' Hopkins, Gatemouth Brown, Leadbelly, Big Mama Thorton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey, Mance Lipscomb, Scott Joplin, Hot Lips Page, Gene Ramey, Jack Teagarden, Teddy Wilson, Kenny Dorham, Ella Mae Morse, Charles Brown, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, George Jones, Leon Payne, Tex Ritter, Roger Miller, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Horton, George Strait, Jim Reeves, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Ray Price, Doug Sahm / Sir Douglas Quintet / Texas Tornados, Clifton Chenier, T-Bone Burnett, Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Taylor, Lydia Mendoza, Flaco Jimenez, Santiago Jimenez Sr., Beto Villa, Narcisco Martinez, Archie Bell & the Drells, Dustin Adams, Johnny Guitar Watson, Yolanda Adams, Ornette Coleman, King Curtis, Mickey Newbury, Phil Ochs, Townes Van Zandt, Selena Quintanilla, Pantera, Steve Miller Band, Boz Scaggs, Charlie Sexton, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top, Eric Johnson and many others.

The team representing Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics was Mitchell Allan ( halfpipe ), Torah Bright ( halfpipe ), Andrew Burton ( halfpipe ), Holly Crawford ( halfpipe ), Damon Hayler ( snowboard cross ), Ben Mates ( halfpipe ), Emanuel Oppliger ( parallel giant slalom ), Johanna Shaw ( parallel giant slalom ) and Emily Thomas ( snowboard cross ).

Artists appearing in the first five years included most of the stars of the burgeoning women ’ s music movement, such as Holly Near, Margie Adam, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Linda Tillery, The Dance Brigade, Mary Watkins, Alive !, Edwina Lee Tyler, Teresa Trull, Alix Dobkin, Maxine Feldman, Cris Williamson, Meg Christian, Ferron, and Casselberry & Dupree.

As Holly grew up, she excelled at speech and drama and joined the Paradise Performer's Dance Academy, where she participated in various classes such as jazz, ballet and tap dancing, and also took part in eisteddfods, winning many awards.

* Bill Holly (" All Request Morning Show " and Modern Rock Dance Party producer )

While working in KLLL, Jennings met Buddy Holly, during the broadcasts of Sunday Party.

* Clifton DeBerry ( 1924 – 2006 ), born in Holly Springs, was the first black American nominated for President of the United States by a political party ( Socialist Workers Party, 1964, 1980 )

; The Archies Christmas Album ( 2008 ): Here Comes Santa Claus / Up on the Housetop / Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree / Holly Jolly Christmas / Jingle Bell Rock / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Run Rudolph Run / Santa Claus is Coming to Town / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / Sleigh Ride / Archies Christmas Party / Christmas in Riverdale

These cover versions included " Three Steps to Heaven " ( originally by Eddie Cochran in 1960 ), " Heartbeat " ( originally written and recorded by Buddy Holly ), " Under the Moon of Love " ( originally a U. S. hit for Curtis Lee in 1961 and co-written by Tommy Boyce ), " When " ( originally by the Kalin Twins ), " You Got What It Takes " ( originally by Marv Johnson ) and " Dancin ' Party " ( originally by Chubby Checker ).

She starred in Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party.

" She was featured in a movie titled Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party.