Buddy Holly Lyrics
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From the Album
1. Baby Wont You Come Out Tonight
2. Blue Days Black Nights
3. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
4. Changing All Those Changes
5. Crying Waiting Hoping
6. Dearest
7. Dont Come Back Knockin
8. Down The Line
9. Early In The Morning
10. Everyday
11. Fools Paradise
12. Girl On My Mind
13. Heartbeat
14. Holly Hop
15. Im Gonna Love You Too
16. Im Gonna Set My Foot Down
17. Im Looking For Someone To Love
18. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
19. Its So Easy
20. Its Too Late
21. Learning The Game
22. Listen To Me
23. Little Baby
24. Lonesome Tears
25. Look At Me
26. Love Me
27. Loves Made a Fool of You
28. Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
29. Maybe Baby
30. Midnight Shift
31. Modern Don Juan
32. Not Fade Away
33. Now Were One
34. Oh Boy!
35. Peggy Sue
36. Peggy Sue Got Married
37. Raining In My Heart
38. Rave On
39. Ready Teddy
40. Reminiscing
41. Rock Around
42. Rock Me My Baby
43. Rock-A-Bye Rock
44. Smokey Joes Cafe
45. Soft Place In My Heart
46. Take Your Time
47. Tell Me How
48. That Makes It Tough
49. Thatll Be The Day
50. Think It Over
51. Ting-A-Ling
52. True Love Ways
53. Well...All Right
54. What To Do
55. Wishing
56. Words Of Love
57. You And I Are Through
58. Youre So Square
59. Youre The One
60. Youve Got Love
From the Album
1. Maybe Baby
2. That Makes It Tough
3. Crying Waiting Hoping
4. Lonesome Tears
5. Thats My Desire
6. Real Wild Child
7. Peggy Sue Got Married
8. Fools Paradise
9. Learning The Game
10. Thats What They Say
11. Reminiscing
12. What To Do
From the Album
1. Love Is Strange
2. Good Rockin Tonight
3. Blue Monday
4. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)
5. Slippin And Slidin
6. Youre The One
7. (Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest
8. Smokey Joes Cafe
9. Aint Got No Home
10. Holly Hop
From the Album
1. I Wanna Play House With You
2. Door To My Heart
3. Baby Its Love
4. I Gambled My Heart
5. Memories
6. Wishing
7. Down The Line
8. Soft Place In My Heart
9. Queen Of The Ballroom
10. Gotta Get You Near Me Blues
11. Flower Of My Heart
12. You And I Are Through
From the Album
1. Shake, Rattle & Roll
2. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
3. Honky Tonk
4. I Guess I Was Just A Fool
5. (Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest
6. Youre The One
7. Blue Suede Shoes
8. Come Back Baby
9. Rip It Up
10. Loves Made Me A Fool Of You
11. Gone
12. Girl On My Mind
From the Album
1. Reminiscing
2. Slippin And Slidin
3. Bo Diddley
4. Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie
5. Baby Wont You Come Out Tonight
6. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
7. Because I Love You
8. Its Not My Fault
9. Im Gonna Set My Foot Down
10. Changing All Those Changes
11. Rock-A-Bye Rock
From the Album
1. Raining In My Heart
2. Early In The Morning
3. Peggy Sue
4. Maybe Baby
5. Everyday
6. Rave On
7. Thatll Be The Day
8. Heartbeat
9. Think It Over
10. Oh Boy!
11. Its So Easy
12. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
From the Album
1. Im Gonna Love You Too
2. Peggy Sue
3. Look At Me
4. Listen To Me
5. Valley Of Tears
6. Ready Teddy
7. Everyday
8. Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
9. Words Of Love
10. (Youre So Square) Baby I Dont Care
11. Rave On
12. Little Baby
From the Album
1. You Are My One Desire
2. Blue Days Black Nights
3. Modern Don Juan
4. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
5. Ting-A-Ling
6. Girl On My Mind
7. Thatll Be The Day
8. Love Me
9. Im Changing All Those Changes
10. Dont Come Back Knockin
11. Midnight Shift
From the Album
1. Oh Boy!
2. Not Fade Away
3. Youve Got Love
4. Maybe Baby
5. Its Too Late
6. Tell Me How
7. Thatll Be The Day
8. Im Looking For Someone To Love
9. An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date)
10. Send Me Some Lovin
11. Last Night
12. Rock Me My Baby
Other Songs
An Empty Cup
Baby Let's Play House
Be-Bop-A-Lula
Blue Days - Black Nights
Blue Days (aka Blue Days, Black Nights)
Blue Days Black Knights
Changin' All Those Changes
Chantilly Lace
Come on, Let's Go
Don't Ever Change
Don't Ever Change [Bonus Track]
Fade Away
Have You Ever Been Lonely
I Fought the Law
Im Lookin For Someone To Love
It Doesnt Matter Any More
Jailhouse Rock
Jole Blon
Matchbox
Moondreams
Oh You Beautiful Doll
See You Later, Alligator
Shake Rattle and Roll
Someone, Someone
Ummm Oh Yeah
(Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest
Untitled Instrumental
Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie
Wake Up Suzy
Well... All Right
Well Alright
When Sin Stops
Wishing (Will Make It So)
Worlds of Love
Youre A Heartbreaker
Charles Hardin Holley, known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his siblings. Holly's style was country and western music which he performed in Lubbock with his friends from high school.
Holly made his first appearance on local television in 1952, and the following year he formed the group Buddy and Bob with his friend Bob Montgomery. In 1955, after opening for Elvis Presley as part of the Louisiana Hayride's habit of seeking out local bands to add to the show, Holly decided to pursue a career in music. Subsequently, he played with Presley three times that year and his band's style shifted from country and western to entirely rock and roll. In October that year, when Holly opened for Bill Haley & His Comets, he was spotted by Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, who helped him get a contract with Decca Records.
Holly's recording sessions at Decca were produced by Owen Bradley, who had become famous for producing orchestrated country hits for stars like Patsy Cline. Unhappy with Bradley's musical style and control in the studio, Holly went to producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico, and recorded a demo of "That'll Be the Day", among other songs. Petty became the band's manager and sent the demo to Brunswick Records, which released it as a single credited to The Crickets, a name chosen by the band to subvert Decca's contract limitations. It became the name of Holly's band. In September 1957, as the band toured, "That'll Be the Day" topped the US and UK singles charts. Its success was followed in October by another major hit, "Peggy Sue".
The album The "Chirping" Crickets, released in November 1957, reached number five on the UK Albums Chart. Holly made his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in January 1958 and soon after toured Australia and then the UK. In early 1959, he assembled a new band, consisting of future country music star Waylon Jennings (bass), famed session musician Tommy Allsup (guitar), and Carl Bunch (drums), and embarked on a tour of the mid-western US. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered an airplane to travel to his next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson in a tragedy later referred to by Don McLean as "The Day the Music Died" in his song "American Pie".
During his short career, Holly wrote and recorded many songs. He is often regarded as the artist who defined the traditional rock-and-roll lineup of two guitars, bass, and drums. This was unfounded considering he first saw Elvis with this line-up in Lubbock in 1955 when Holly was strictly a country music band.
Holly was a major influence on later popular music artists, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Cliff Richard, the Hollies, Elvis Costello, Jeff Beck, Dave Edmunds, Fiona Apple, Lou Reed, Marshall Crenshaw, Freddie Mercury and Elton John. Holly was among the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1986. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 13 in its list of 100 Greatest Artists in 2010.
Birth Name: Charles Hardin HolleyHolly made his first appearance on local television in 1952, and the following year he formed the group Buddy and Bob with his friend Bob Montgomery. In 1955, after opening for Elvis Presley as part of the Louisiana Hayride's habit of seeking out local bands to add to the show, Holly decided to pursue a career in music. Subsequently, he played with Presley three times that year and his band's style shifted from country and western to entirely rock and roll. In October that year, when Holly opened for Bill Haley & His Comets, he was spotted by Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, who helped him get a contract with Decca Records.
Holly's recording sessions at Decca were produced by Owen Bradley, who had become famous for producing orchestrated country hits for stars like Patsy Cline. Unhappy with Bradley's musical style and control in the studio, Holly went to producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico, and recorded a demo of "That'll Be the Day", among other songs. Petty became the band's manager and sent the demo to Brunswick Records, which released it as a single credited to The Crickets, a name chosen by the band to subvert Decca's contract limitations. It became the name of Holly's band. In September 1957, as the band toured, "That'll Be the Day" topped the US and UK singles charts. Its success was followed in October by another major hit, "Peggy Sue".
The album The "Chirping" Crickets, released in November 1957, reached number five on the UK Albums Chart. Holly made his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in January 1958 and soon after toured Australia and then the UK. In early 1959, he assembled a new band, consisting of future country music star Waylon Jennings (bass), famed session musician Tommy Allsup (guitar), and Carl Bunch (drums), and embarked on a tour of the mid-western US. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered an airplane to travel to his next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson in a tragedy later referred to by Don McLean as "The Day the Music Died" in his song "American Pie".
During his short career, Holly wrote and recorded many songs. He is often regarded as the artist who defined the traditional rock-and-roll lineup of two guitars, bass, and drums. This was unfounded considering he first saw Elvis with this line-up in Lubbock in 1955 when Holly was strictly a country music band.
Holly was a major influence on later popular music artists, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Cliff Richard, the Hollies, Elvis Costello, Jeff Beck, Dave Edmunds, Fiona Apple, Lou Reed, Marshall Crenshaw, Freddie Mercury and Elton John. Holly was among the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1986. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 13 in its list of 100 Greatest Artists in 2010.
Born: September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Died: February 3, 1959 (at age of 22) in Clear Lake, Iowa, U.S.
Spouse(s): María Elena Santiago (m. 1958)
Genre(s): Rock and roll, rockabilly, pop, country
Instrument(s): Vocals, guitar
Occupation(s): Singer, songwriter
Active From: 1952-1959
Associated Acts: The Crickets
Did You Know:
• Cause of death - Blunt trauma as a result of a plane accident
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