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" Final Resting Place of Buddy Holly"

Buddy Holly 
7th September 1936 - 3rd February 1959
Born Charles Hardin Holley, Lubbock, Texas.
Rock musician who in his short career of 18 months changed the face of Rock N Roll music. Buddy was the first singer to sing with his fellow group members (The Crickets), which had until then been singers in front of a group. Way ahead of his time in using many recording features unheard of at that time. These included sound effects, acoustic &  voice dubbing. His music inspired the groups of the 60's including  "The Beatles" and "The Rolling Stones".  Buddy and his music still live on to this present day through films, radio, TV and stage shows. The Buddy Holly Appreciation Society still meet once a year to  remember Buddy and make sure the music never dies. Died in a plane crash with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper near Clear Lake, Iowa after appearing at the Surf Ballroom (picture above). There is a fans memorial at the crash site to the singers (see Picture above). Buddy has been immortalized in both film (The Buddy Holly Story) and song (Don McClean's  "American Pie"). Unlike many recordings from that time Buddy's records & sound have not dated and are still played by DJ's all over the world. Buddy's legacy is that he paved the way for all future groups and began many recording techniques which are still used today. A legend whose music still lives on and probably always will.
City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Texas. ( see picture above for his marker)
Crash Scene & Pictures.

Hit singles with chart placement in brackets:-
"That'll Be The Day" 1957 (1)* - "Peggy Sue" 1957 (6) - "Listen To Me" 1958 (16) - "Oh Boy" 1958 (3)* -
"Maybe Baby" 1958 (4)* - "Rave On" 1958 (5) - "Think It Over" 1958 (11)* - "Early in the Morning" 1958 (17) -
"It Doesn't Matter any More" 1959 (1) - "Peggy Sue Got Married" 1959 (13) - "Baby I Don't Care" 1961 (12) -
"Reminiscing" 1962 (17) - "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" 1963 (3) - "Bo Diddley" 1963 (4) - "Wishing" 1963 (10)
* Released under the name of The Crickets.

Albums:-
"Buddy Holly" 1958 - "The Chirping Crickets" 1958 - "Legend" 1974 - "Greatest Hits" 1974 - 
"The Nashville Sessions" 1975 - "20 Golden Greats" 1978 - "The Complete Buddy Holly (6 box LP set) 1979 -
"Love Songs" 1981 - "For the First Time Anywhere" 1983 - "Best Of" 1986 - 
"Buddy Holly- Historical Recordings Undubbed and Unreleased Versions" 1987.
Many CD's have since been released featuring all of Buddy's recordings.