Buddy Holly
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican rock and roll singer (1936-1959)
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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.
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Buddy Holly and the Crickets in 1957 (top to bottom: Allison, Holly and Mauldin)
Cashbox advertisement, August 3, 1957
Signpost near the Clear Lake crash site
Monument in front of Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa
Holly's headstone in the City of Lubbock Cemetery
Poster for the ill-fated "Winter Dance Party" tour
The Buddy Holly Center, a museum in Lubbock, TexasListen
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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.
Country
United StatesCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 1959 · aged 22
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