Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Byname of:
Charles Hardin Holley
Born:
Sept. 7, 1936, Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Died:
Feb. 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa (aged 22)

Buddy Holly (born Sept. 7, 1936, Lubbock, Texas, U.S.—died Feb. 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa) American singer and songwriter who produced some of the most distinctive and influential work in rock music. Holly (the e was dropped from his last name—probably accidentally—on his first record contract) was the youngest of four children in a family of devout Baptists in the West Texas town of Lubbock, and gospel music was an important part of his life from an early age. A good student possessed of infectious personal charm, Holly was declared “King of the Sixth Grade” by his classmates. He ...(100 of 788 words)