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Buddy Holly (video of Buddy Holly "Oh, Boy")Buddy Holly

Background info:

Buddy Holly & the Crickets

 

Listen to songs by Buddy Holly

That'll Be the Day

#1 in 1957; inspiration for the song reputed to by a John Wayne film (The Searchers); see entry in Dr. John's Bathroom ReaderBuddy Holly

 

Peggy Sue

This recording was made in 1971by Don McLean
and refers to Holly's plane crash ...

American Pie

Proposed lyric interpretations for "American Pie":

 

It Doesn't Matter Anymore

(#13, 1959)
topped the British charts for 6 consecutive weeks

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