Check out 11 of the best Buddy Holly quotes and song lyrics. Pictured: A Buddy Holly statue at Buddy Holly Plaza in Lubbock, Texas. Getty Images/Ronald Martinez On this day in 1936, rock ‘n’ roll ...

The Beatles had several music influences, including Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, and Elvis Presley. Another influence was Buddy Holly, a significant figure for The Beatles, as his unique style became ...

Part of the lasting appeal of Buddy Holly and the Winter Dance Party — the infamous tour of the Midwest that ended tragically with a Feb. 3, 1959, plane crash — is the allure of youthful promise cut ...

But last week it was revealed that behind the classic lyrics lies a bitter love-triangle that, half a century on, is threatening to erupt into an explosive courtroom drama. Buddy's widow, Maria Elena, ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — The Texas woman who inspired the 1958 Buddy Holly song "Peggy Sue" has died at a Lubbock hospital. Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham of Lubbock died Monday at University Medical Center, ...

Weezer’s 1994 debut album is flawless. It’s one of the best albums of the ’90s and, positively, one of the best rock debuts in history. Frontman Rivers Cuomo cracked the code on writing a perfect pop ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, at only 22 years old, Buddy Holly left this world as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll. Now, 60 years after the crash that killed Holly, Mexican-American star Ritchie ...

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It was a three-hour drive between my small hometown and college, mostly on two-lane roads. Ample time for radio, then still in an AM world. Plenty of time for a song running 8 ½ minutes if WLS or some ...

Unfortunately some fans at this show were selling crash-site photos, which I thought was in extremely bad taste. I think the prospect of the National Transportation Safety Board delving into the crash ...