Sixty-seven years ago today, Buddy Holly and the Crickets topped the chart for the first time with a song inspired by a classic Western film.

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 ...

Esther Covington has lived and breathed rock ’n’ roll icon Buddy Holly for the past six years, playing the role of ivory-tickling Vi Petty in “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” in theaters across the ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Jerry Allison, who played to screaming crowds as a teenager as a member of the seminal 1950s rock band Buddy Holly and the Crickets and co-wrote some of their biggest ...

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 ...

Their first big break with a recording contract turns out to be a bit of a bust in that Decca is not interested in their rock and roll sound and Buddy comes home to try other avenues for reaching his ...

It's a fitting tribute to the boy with the glasses who, in just 18 months, revolutionised contemporary music and influenced ...