Buddy Holly Lyrics
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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
Other Songs
Aint Got No Home
An Empty Cup
An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date)
Baby Its Love
Baby Let's Play House
Baby Wont You Come Out Tonight
Be-Bop-A-Lula
Because I Love You
Blue Days - Black Nights
Blue Days (aka Blue Days, Black Nights)
Blue Days Black Knights
Blue Days Black Nights
Blue Monday
Blue Suede Shoes
Blueberry Hill
Bo Diddley
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Changin' All Those Changes
Changing All Those Changes
Chantilly Lace
Come Back Baby
Come on, Let's Go
Crying Waiting Hoping
Dearest
Dont Come Back Knockin
Don't Ever Change [Bonus Track]
Door To My Heart
Down The Line
Fade Away
Flower Of My Heart
Fools Paradise
Framed
Girl On My Mind
Gone
Good Rockin Tonight
Gotta Get You Near Me Blues
Great Balls of Fire
Have You Ever Been Lonely
Holly Hop
Honky Tonk
I Fought the Law
I Gambled My Heart
I Guess I Was Just A Fool
I Wanna Play House With You
Im Changing All Those Changes
Im Gonna Love You Too
Im Gonna Set My Foot Down
Im Lookin For Someone To Love
Im Looking For Someone To Love
I'm Walkin' [Previously Unreleased Track]
It Doesnt Matter Any More
Its Not My Fault
Its Too Late
Jailhouse Rock
Jole Blon
Last Night
Learning The Game
Listen To Me
Little Baby
Lonesome Tears
Look At Me
Love Is Strange
Love Me
Loves Made a Fool of You
Loves Made Me A Fool Of You
Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
Memories
Midnight Shift
Modern Don Juan
Moondreams
Not Fade Away
Now Were One
Peggy Sue Got Married
Queen Of The Ballroom
Ready Teddy
Real Wild Child
Reminiscing
Rip It Up
Rock Around With Ollie Vee
Rock Me My Baby
Rock-A-Bye Rock
Rocket 88
Rockhouse
See You Later, Alligator
Send Me Some Lovin
Shake Rattle and Roll
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Slippin And Slidin
Smokey Joes Cafe
Soft Place In My Heart
Someone, Someone
Take Your Time
Tell Me How
That Makes It Tough
Thats My Desire
Thats What They Say
Ting-A-Ling
True Love Ways
Ummm Oh Yeah
(Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest
Valley Of Tears
Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie
Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie
Wake Up Suzy
Well... All Right
Well Alright
Well...All Right
What To Do
When You Ask About Love
Wishing
Wishing (Will Make It So)
Words Of Love
Worlds of Love
You And I Are Through
You Are My One Desire
Youre A Heartbreaker
Youre So Square
(Youre So Square) Baby I Dont Care
Youre The One
Youve Got Love
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