"My life has been what you might call an uneventful one, and it seems there is not much of interest to tell,” Buddy Holly once wrote in a high school essay. Still, the young student — born Charles ...

In a chat with Dan Rather, Billy Gibbons reveals how Buddy Holly's 'Peggy Sue Got Married' inspired ZZ Top's 'La Grange,' ...

While Buddy Holly’s music career was tragically short, he still significantly impacted the most successful musical act ever, The Beatles. The Beatles considered him a rock hero and paid tribute to the ...

What else is there to say about Buddy Holly? He was one of the first “teen idols” to shake the nation back in the early days of rock ‘n’ roll—a face known nationwide, and groundbreaking guitar work ...

Being the opening act for a famous artist is no small deal. It can open doors of all sorts and effectively take someone from ...

The jukebox show about the late, great musical artist Buddy Holly might just be Chicago’s most frequently produced show. Alan Janes’ “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” has been seen at the Shubert Theatre ...

Before his tragic death in a plane crash, along with Ritchie Valens, JP “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and pilot Roger Peterson on February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly wrote and recorded some of his final ...

Buddy…The Buddy Holly Story is basically a concert attached to a flimsy afterthought of a plot. Buddy Holly was one of the pioneers of rock and roll, and a huge ...

Although February is the shortest calendar month of the year, it has served as one of the most significant months for momentous musical events — both happy and sad. On Feb. 3, 1959, a plane crash near ...

Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic “I Fought the Law” and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the theme song ...