Buddy Holly's been dead 52 years. He died at 22 in a plane crash described "as the night the music died" by singer Don McLean in his classic-rock anthem "American Pie." Though his recording career ...

On an icy February night 60 years ago the most famous musician in the history of West Texas, Buddy Holly, lost his life in an airplane crash. That catastrophic event would later be christened “The Day ...

It’s no small achievement that bespectacled ’50s rock icon Buddy Holly—who was tragically killed in a 1959 plane crash, aged 22—still inspires countless artists today. However, his impact runs much ...

Tribute albums tend to be terrible. Whether well-intentioned or cynical and exploitative, they skate by on the idea that the musicians participating transcend criticism because they're doing it "from ...

Lonesome Onry and Mean’s buddy doesn’t like the new tribute to Buddy Holly, Rave On, which features a major-league lineup of artists ranging from Sir Paul McCartney, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, and Graham ...

It's Buddy Holly's birthday today (he would have been 82). My deejay license would be revoked if we didn't tip our caps to the Lubbock, Texas native. His songs have been interpreted in myriad ways by ...

Time has been as kind to Buddy Holly in memory as it was cruel to him in life, and a new PBS fund-raising special reminds us again that his memory deserves it. They all performed for a CD that Asher ...

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Audio for this feature is no longer available. The cover of Rave On Buddy Holly is wisely splashed with huge names, from Paul McCartney and Lou Reed to The Black Keys, Fiona Apple, Cee Lo Green and ...

Buddy Holly transcended the ’50s because he was not only a dynamic singer and performer, he was a great songwriter whose explosive growth presaged the rise of do-it-all groups like the Beatles, Beach ...