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The Day The Music Died: 50 Years Later

6072 days ago
I Guess I'm FloatingGuiding hipsters' fashion sensibilities even in death. I gotta find me a pair of those wingtop wayfarers man, shit. Today's biggest news item: not the fact that Buddy Holly died 50 years ago today, but that "the music" is bigger, better, more diver... more info

Buddy Holly - Hollys Music Brings Widow Heartache After 50 Years

6072 days ago
ContactMusicThe widow of rock 'n' roll pioneer BUDDY HOLLY still finds it difficult listening to his music, 50 years to the day after his tragic death. Holly's singing career lasted only ... more info

News Roundup: 2/3/2009

6072 days ago
Allmusic BlogIt’s the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (a.k.a. the Big Bopper). [NYDailyNews.com] Bonnarooo has unveiled it’s official 2009 lineup, with featured headlining stints by... more info

Glasvegas' James Allan: 'Buddy Holly was a real rebel, a real punk'

6072 days ago
Guardian MusicWhen I was younger, I always knew there were two things that could make my sister Denise laugh. One of them was an impression of Goofy, and the other was to sing like Buddy Holly. I'd do it in the almost hiccuping style that Buddy used: "Love like yo... more info

Buddy Holly on Line One

6072 days ago
WFMU's Beware of the BlogBad business decisions practically defined Buddy Holly as much as his role as a rock n' roll icon/pioneer/visionary/legend/statue/freakish cult figure (for some). During his short musical career, Holly ended up on the losing end of many legal ent... more info

February 3 'The Day The Music Died' - Buddy Holly remembered

6072 days ago
NMEFebruary 3 is - according to Don McLean's 'American Pie' - "the day the music died", as it marks the anniversary of the plane crash with claimed the life of Buddy Holly. more info

Buddy Holly - Hollys Widow Still Haunted By Plane Crash

6072 days ago
ContactMusicBUDDY HOLLY's widow still blames herself for the rocker's untimely death - because she is convinced she could have stopped him from boarding the plane which ultimately crashed ... more info

Buddy Holly - Holly Dreamed Of Charles Collaboration

6073 days ago
ContactMusicLate music legend BUDDY HOLLY was so determined to record a duet with RAY CHARLES he once embarked on a road trip to track down the star. The Peggy Sue hitmaker dreamed ... more info

50 years since Buddy Holly's death

6073 days ago
Scotsman.comTODAY marks 50 years since "the day the music died", when Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash in snowy weather. more info

Don McLean: Buddy Holly was a genius

6073 days ago
CNN ShowbizOf all the unique oddities of my career, I am perhaps proudest of the fact that I am forever linked with Buddy Holly. more info

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