History Music / BuddyHolly

* The self-contained band that wrote its own songs. Previously, agents known as "Artists and Repertoire", or A&R men, would hook up singers with songs, and instruments were played by session musicians. Music/TheBeatles are the ones most credited with changing that, but they were actually following the Crickets. (Incidentally, a cover of "That'll Be the Day" was the very first song recorded by the Quarry Men, the Beatles' precursors. And the Fabs would go on to cover Holly's "Words of Love" on ''Beatles for Sale'' years later.)

* ExcitedShowTitle: "Oh Boy!"

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/{{Weezer}} Ooo-wee-oo, he looks just like Rivers Cuomo]].]]

Born Charles Hardin Holley, Buddy Holly (September 7, 1936 -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died February 3, 1959]]) was a tragic pioneer of RockAndRoll, and one of the three musicians whose death became known as [[Music/AmericanPie The Day the Music Died]]. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, into a family where almost everybody played an instrument and sang CountryMusic. He got his nickname Buddy as a child. He started learning piano and guitar at 11, and was influenced by country & western, bluegrass, rhythm & blues, and the music of his church. He formed a band with his best friend Bob Montgomery, and got a gig at a local radio station, adding bassist Larry Welborn and drummer Jerry Allison. There he heard, and covered, the first rock songs, just as they were coming out in 1954 and '55, before rock became mainstream.

Born Charles Hardin Holley, Buddy Holly (September 7, 1936--[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died February 3, 1959]]) was a tragic pioneer of RockAndRoll, and one of the three musicians whose death became known as [[Music/AmericanPie The Day the Music Died]]. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, into a family where almost everybody played an instrument and sang CountryMusic. He got his nickname Buddy as a child. He started learning piano and guitar at 11, and was influenced by country & western, bluegrass, rhythm & blues, and the music of his church. He formed a band with his best friend Bob Montgomery, and got a gig at a local radio station, adding bassist Larry Welborn and drummer Jerry Allison. There he heard, and covered, the first rock songs, just as they were coming out in 1954 and '55, before rock became mainstream.

Born Charles Hardin Holley, Buddy Holly (September 7, 1936--February 3, 1959) was a tragic pioneer of RockAndRoll, and one of the three musicians whose death became known as [[Music/AmericanPie The Day the Music Died]]. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, into a family where almost everybody played an instrument and sang CountryMusic. He got his nickname Buddy as a child. He started learning piano and guitar at 11, and was influenced by country & western, bluegrass, rhythm & blues, and the music of his church. He formed a band with his best friend Bob Montgomery, and got a gig at a local radio station, adding bassist Larry Welborn and drummer Jerry Allison. There he heard, and covered, the first rock songs, just as they were coming out in 1954 and '55, before rock became mainstream.

->''"Yeah...Buddy Holly...check m' out...bad motherfucker. Holly passed it on via Music/TheBeatles and via [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand us]]. He's in everybody...this is not bad for a guy from Lubbock, right?"''
-->--'''Music/KeithRichards'''

->''"Yeah...Buddy Holly...check m' out...bad motherfucker. Holly passed it on via Music/TheBeatles and via [[Music/TheRollingStones us]]. He's in everybody...this is not bad for a guy from Lubbock, right?"''