# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-holly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:53:53.918Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-holly"
name: "Buddy Holly"
slug: "buddy-holly"
description: "Charles Hardin Holley, known professionally by his stage name Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his two siblings."
tagline: "American rock and roll singer (1936–1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_Holly_cropped.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-09-07"
deathDate: "1959-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           29.021424
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialbuddyholly"
    handle:    "officialbuddyholly"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391398/"
    handle:    "nm0391398"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "3wYyutjgII8LJVVOLrGI0D"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.buddyholly.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بودي هولي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بادی هالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бадзі Холі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бъди Холи"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μπάντι Χόλι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly"
    title: "Buddy Holly"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
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    title: "بادی هالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly"
    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly"
    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly"
    title: "Buddy Holly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump