Buddy was the first guy who had confidence in me. ... I had as much star quality as an old shoe, but he really liked me, and believed in me.” ...

We worship our heroes in different ways. David Welborn thinks of his every time he walks past a Telecaster Guitar in his music store. Big brother Larry was 12 years his senior. “Did you play guitar ...

Most people I know still remember that 66 years ago on Feb. 3, Holly died in the crash of a small airplane after doing a rock and roll show in Clear Lake, Iowa, columnist Terry Woster writes.

On Feb. 3, 1959, plane accident took the lives of entertainers Holly, Valens, Richardson. Americans died in several other air ...

Dion and The Belmonts were already on the tour and Holly's group, The Crickets, continued on as well ... little bits and ...

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story ... and pivoted to rock ’n’ roll with the Crickets. The show culminates with Holly’s performance on his final tour — with Ritchie Valens and The Big ...

alongside Buddy Holly covers from The Libertines and PP Arnold. BBC Archive clips from Holly, the Crickets and Holly’s wife Maria Elena are also in the show, as well as quotes from The Who’s ...

February 3 became known as "The Day The Music Died" when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The ... off what was supposed to be a three-week tour dubbed the "Winter Dance Party" on Jan. 23 at ...