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Name: Buddy Holly

Real name: Charles Hardin Holley

Biography: Charles Hardin Holley a legend of rock n roll and a famous song writer was born on September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas. He was belonging to a musical family so at a young age he learned playing Piano, guitar, and fiddle. His parents were calling him Buddy .His first known recording was of Hank Snow's "My Two Timin' Woman" on a wire recorder .He teamed up with his friend Bob Montgomery and made a group named as "Buddy and Bob" and they sang duets at local clubs and high school talent shows influenced by blue grass music. His musical interest boosted in his school life.

Holly was inspired by Elvis Presley’s live performance and he turned to Rock music on early 1955. Holly continues to transition to the rock when he began to Bill Haley and his comets at a local rock show organized by Eddie Crandall who was earlier manager of Marty Robbins. Decca Records signed him to a contract after this great performance and during this contract his last name was misspelled to “Holly” from “Holley” and he also adopted his misspelled last name for ever .

Holly formed a nameless band which lately named as “The Crickets”. On January 22, 1957,Decca refused to renew the contract with Holly but made an agreement that for 5 years he can’t sing the same songs . While Elvis made black music more acceptable to whites, Holly won the all-black audience, the crickets were scheduled for the Apollo Theater in New York for August 16-22 , 1956.

Holly married to Maria Elena Santiago who was a receptionist .Holly was offered a
Winter Dance Party by the GAC agency and it was a three week tour. With other great performers such as Dion and the Belmonts, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. Holly had to attend another show on 2nd Feb 1959 the next day of the Riverside Ballroom,2nd feb show was not scheduled but it added lately and to go there Holly had to go with other friends with the chartered plane which crashed due to bad weather within minute of departure which killed holly and other board members. Don McLean referred to the sad day as "The Day the Music Died". Holly's pregnant wife became a widow after six months of marriage and she miscarried and never attended the funeral as well as visited the grave yard and she gave the reason as sorrowness and blamed herself for the accident as she was not with Holly.

Log comment: Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them."

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