Guardian Music — The Shads' No 1 hit from 1960 conjures up the twang of the west … and a time before the Beatles ruled the airwavesThere was a time in the early 60s when an English guitarist and former skiffle player who looked rather like Buddy Holly seemed the ep... more info

Guardian Music — For four decades, Clark was not just the clean-cut face but the power-broker of American pop music. And he was a gentlemanDick Clark, who has died suddenly at the age of 82, was like a family member to Americans of all backgrounds – thanks both to ... more info

Impose Magazine — All too often bands channeling the doo wop sway and groove of the 50s are enslaved nostalgists who will swear they were born in the wrong era if you ask why they chose a 60-year old platform. They role with pin-ups girls, grease up or caridgan up, an... more info

Topix — The 8 Ball 03.26.12: Top 8 Buddy Holly Songs Posted by Wyatt E. on 03.26.2012 From "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue" to "Everyday," "Well...All Right," "Not Fade Away" and more, 411's Wyatt E. counts down his list of the top 8 Buddy Holly songs! W... more info

411 Mania — From "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue" to "Everyday," "Well...All Right," "Not Fade Away" and more, 411's Wyatt E. counts down his list of the top 8 Buddy Holly songs! more info

Guardian Music — Maker of legendary guitars strummed by Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton has filed flotation papers in New YorkFender Musical Instruments, the maker of legendary guitars strummed by the likes of Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, ha... more info

Guardian Music — Each week we invite a reader to tell us about the songs they've been listening to recentlyEach week we inviting a reader to share with us a playlist of songs they've been listening to recently. This week it's Joe Taylor, a 19-year-old who says he has... more info

Topix — Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . 1980 - The glasses that Buddy Holly had been wearing when he died were discovered in a police file in Mason, Iowa after being there for over 21 years. more info

Guardian Music — As Blur pick up their outstanding contribution award at the Brits, we travel back in time – courtesy of Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism, to March 1994, when Paul Moody met the band on the brink of their bre... more info

Guardian Music — 'I had an overwhelming urge to express the joy, the delirium, I felt listening to the radio and going to shows by the Stones and Dylan'Greil Marcus lives in a newly built, cedar-shingled house on the border between Oakland and Berkeley. Inside, the l... more info