Buddy Holly was a rock pioneer. In an era when almost all stars were manufactured by the music industry, he wrote his own material, led his own group, played a Fender Strat, and recorded classic songs like That'll Be the Day,” Peggy Sue,” Not Fade Away,” and It's So Easy,” in the process influencing everyone from the Beatles to Elvis Costello. Remembering Buddy Holly traces in consumate detail Holly's life from his birth in Lubbock, Texas in 1936 to his tragic death in a plane crash twenty-three years later. In celebration of Holly's sixtieth birthday, this definitive biography was once again made available.

Remembering Buddy: The Definitive Biography Of Buddy Holly

Goldrosen, John

Beecher, John

Humor & Entertainment

Da Capo Press

An in-depth profile of the life and career of the rock star examines his impact on the world of rock and roll in its infancy and as a cult hero after his untimely death in 1959

The Buddy Holly Story

Arts & Photography

Music

Quick Fox

The Death of a Rock Singer--The Birth of a Legend John J. Goldrosen's brilliantly researched biography will never be surpassed, for he spent two years putting together the real Buddy Holly story--from his childhood in Lubbock, Texas, throughout each stages of his career to eventual stardom, and to the fatal crash remembered in Don McLean's words as 'the day the music died.'

Buddy Holly: His Life and Music

Popular Press

Remembering Buddy: The definitive biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Pavilion

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