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Buddy Holly influenced the Beatles in countless ways, including one eye-opening way you might not have considered.
Buddy Hollys Microphone from The Day The Music Died Donated to Surf Ballroom On the Surf Ballroom's 77th anniversary, musician Austin Allsu ...
As a kid, Graham Nash was impressed by the same larger-than-life American rock stars as his classmates, but one performer inspired him in a different way.
A look at how The Beatles may have been the kings of the 1960s, yet shared the airwaves with many forgotten acts and bands ...
The 1950s have long passed, but many elements of rock music from that era can still be heard today, proving the OG genre's lasting influence.
Songwriters have long leant on the giants of classical music for inspiration: A Whiter Shade of Pale – among the bestselling ...
Don McLean, born Donald McLean III on October 2, 1945, in New Rochelle, New York, is an American singer-songwriter and ...
The Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi, the world’s oldest parliament, is established. 1547: Champion of the Protestant Reformation, Philip I, ...
The son of the late Tommy Allsup, the guitarist with Holly's band on the Winter Dance Party Tour that stopped at the Surf on ...
Buddy is a musical celebration of the legendary singer/songwriter Buddy Holly, who shot to stardom in 1957, only to die in a plane crash two years later alongside 17-year-old Ritchie Valens and J ...
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story will be at the Towngate Theatre from Tuesday, September 2 to Saturday, September 6, 2025. The rock and roll musical, which tells the story of Buddy Holly's rise to ...
Gailard Sartain, the character actor best known for his role in “The Buddy Holly Story” and his work on variety shows like “Hee Haw,” died Tuesday, June 17, at the age of 78.