Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley
American
Pioneer of Rock and Roll
Buddy Holly was a musician and singer-songwriter from Lubbock, Texas. - AsNotedIn
Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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The Crickets | 1957 | 1958 |
Buddy Holly was a musician and singer-songwriter from Lubbock, Texas. - AsNotedIn
Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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The Crickets | 1957 | 1958 |
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1936/09/07 | Ella Pauline Drake, wife of Lawrence Odell Holley, gives birth to a son, Charles Hardin Holley, at home, 1911 Sixth St (lost) in Lubbock, Texas. | Born | Lubbock, TX | Texas | Buddy Holly's Birthday | ||
1955/02/13 | The Country and Western duo "Buddy and Bob", Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery, open for Elvis Presley during a 4pm matinee at the Fair Park Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas. Elvis lends Buddy his Martin guitar for the performance. | Performer | Fair Park Coliseum, Lubbock | Lubbock, TX | |||
1955/05/27 | Buddy Holly graduates from Lubbock High School. | Education | Lubbock High School | Lubbock, TX | |||
1956/06/00 | Buddy Holly, J I Allison and musician Sonny Curtis watch the movie "The Searchers". Star John Wayne's repeated use of the phrase "that'll be the day" stuck with the songwriters. | Life | The Searchers | ||||
1956/06/00 | Buddy Holly, J I Allison and musician Sonny Curtis watch the movie "The Searchers". Star John Wayne's repeated use of the phrase "that'll be the day" stuck with the songwriters. | Life | That'll Be the Day | ||||
1957/02/25 | "That'll Be the Day" is recorded at the Norman Petty Recording Studio, Clovis, New Mexico | Singer, Songwriter | That'll Be the Day | ||||
1958/03/25 | Before a Gaumont Palace show, Buddy Holly and the typically quiet Joe B Mauldin get in a dressing-room fistfight started by Mauldin lighting up a cigar. | Last UK Concert | Hammersmith Apollo | Hammersmith | Buddy Holly and the Crickets Final UK Tour | ||
1958/06/00 | Buddy Holly proposes to Maria Elena Santiago on their first date, table 53 | Life | P J Clarke's | New York City | |||
1958/10/00 | Buddy Holly breaks from The Crickets and moves to NYC. The Holly's settle in at the Brevoort, 11 5th Ave, Apt 4H, in Greenwich Village. Due to legal and financial problems resulting from Holly's departure, he will reluctantly join the Winter Dance Party. | Life | |||||
1958/11/00 | Many mornings, Buddy takes wife Maria Elena and his Gibson guitar to the fountain at Washington Square Park where he jams with young musicians. Wearing dark sunglasses, Holly can give them pointers without attracting a crowd. | Life | Washington Square Park, NYC | New York City | |||
1958/11/00 | Night owls, Maria and Buddy Holly, Elena, explore their bohemian neighborhood, stopping in the coffeehouses, listening to poetry readings and folk singers. Buddy frequents the Five Spot, the Half Note, the Village Gate and the Village Vanguard. | Life | Greenwich Village | ||||
1958/12/00 | December 1958 and January 1959, Buddy writes and records on his Ampex home tape recorder in his NYC apartment many songs including "That Makes it Tough", "The Learning Game", "Crying, Wating, Hoping", and "Peggy Sue Got Married". | Musician | |||||
1958/12/00 | In late 1958 or early January 1959, Maria Elena, Buddy Holly and Phil Everly dine at El Chico (lost), 82-84 Grove Street. | Life | Shenandoah Tower, NYC | New York City | |||
1959/01/31 | At the 'Winter Dance Party', the girls go absolutely gaga over Buddy Holly - screaming, jumping, clapping. When he sings "Peggy Sue", the place goes wild. | Performer | Duluth Armory | Duluth, MN | Winter Dance Party Tour | ||
1959/02/02 | The Winter Dance Party Tour makes an extra stop in Clear Lake, Iowa, where The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens will give their last performances. | Musician | Surf Ballroom | Clear Lake | Winter Dance Party Tour | ||
1959/02/03 | Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and their pilot Roger Peterson are killed in a plane crash less than 6 miles from Mason City Municipal Airport, 0.4 mi E of Gull Ave near 315th St. | Died | American Pie | Clear Lake | Iowa | The Day the Music Died |
1 Creative Work by Buddy Holly »
Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
That'll Be the Day | Singer, Songwriter | Song | 1957/02/25 |
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