On January 26, 1956, Buddy and the Two Tones made their first ever recordings. Buddy and the who, you might be saying? We didn’t know it then, but this was the studio debut of the future legend ...

On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and JP (The Big Bopper) Richardson died in a tragic plane crash. It’s an event that has come to be known as ‘the day the music died.’ ...

Blondie released their stellar cover of Buddy Holly’s famed hit “I’m Gonna Love You Too” back in 1978 for the album Parallel Lines. The original track was already pretty upbeat ...

As unforgiving as Iowa winters can be, perhaps the most unforgiving happened nearly 66 years ago when rock ‘n’ roll pioneers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson made the ...

LUBBOCK, Texas— The Buddy Holly Hall Performing Arts and Sciences is gearing up to host a special event that will pull Lubbock’s heartstrings on Friday, February 14. A social media post from ...

Sir Paul McCartney has hailed the late Buddy Holly as an “all-inclusive one-man band” as he spoke of the influence the singer had on The Beatles. The US musician, who has been regarded as a ...

with the Dartford band covering a lot of their heroes during their earliest moments both on the circuit and in the recording studio. However, one of those idols from his past would also give him the ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were three of the biggest names in Rock and Roll when they played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 2, 1959. Watch the video above ...

Charles Hardin Holley, or Buddy Holly as he was better known, died tragically in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, aged just 22 along with fellow musicians, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson.

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