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Buddy Holly (1936–1959)

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In recognition for his achievements, the city of Lubbock erected a life-size statue of Holly next to the convention center. The statue shows Holly strumming his Fender Stratocaster guitar and tapping his heel (he tapped his heel instead of his toe) which also serves as a monument to the West Texas Hall of Fame. At the base of Holly's feet, there are plaques with the names of famous Texans. See more trivia »

Born:

Charles Hardin Holley
in Lubbock, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 22) in Clear Lake, Iowa, USA
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2011-2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #20.72 (2012) (writer: "Everyday" - uncredited)
– Episode #20.32 (2011) (writer: "Well... All Right" - uncredited)
 
2011 So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV series)
– Top 22 Performance (2011) (performer: "Oh, Boy!")
 
2011 We Need to Talk About Kevin (writer: "Everyday" / performer: "Everyday")
 
2010-2011 Rock & Chips (TV series)
– The Frog and the Pussycat (2011) (performer: "Rave On")
– Pilot (2010) (writer: "True Love Ways" - uncredited / performer: "True Love Ways" - uncredited)
 
2011 Les toqués (TV series)
– Un nouveau départ (2011) (music: "Everyday" / lyrics: "Everyday")
 
2010/I Valentine's Day (writer: "Everyday")
 
2009 Did You Hear About the Morgans? (writer: "True Love Ways")
 
2009 Love Happens (writer: "Everyday")
 
2009 Mr. Nobody (writer: "Everyday" / performer: "Everyday")
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Round One: Part 2 (2009) ("Oh Boy!" - uncredited)
 
2008 Qwerty (TV series)
– Episode #2.38 (2008) (writer: "Everyday" / performer: "Everyday")
 
2008 Lost (TV series)
– There's No Place Like Home: Part 1 (2008) ("Everyday")
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #2.5 (2008) (writer: "Peggy Sue" / performer: "Peggy Sue")
 
2008 Fields of Fuel (documentary) (writer: "Not Fade Away" 1957 / as Charles Hardin)
 
2007 Juno (performer: "Dearest")
 
2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– Les Paul: Chasing Sound (2007) ("Peggy Sue")
 
2007 It Takes Two (TV series)
– Episode #2.8 (2007) (writer: "That'll Be The Day")
 
2007 Skins (TV series)
– Finale (2007) (performer: "True Love Ways" - uncredited)
 
2007 Jukebox Rock 'n' Roll Vol. 1 (video) (writer: "Peggy Sue" / performer: "Peggy Sue")
 
2006 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV series)
– One Guilty Deed (2006) (writer: "Peggy Sue" 1957 - uncredited / performer: "Peggy Sue" 1957 - uncredited)
 
2006 Glory Road (performer: "Rave On")
 
2005 Brokeback Mountain (writer: "It's So Easy")
 
2003 Big Fish (writer: "Everyday" / performer: "Everyday")
 
2002 Walking the Tracks: The Summer of 'Stand by Me' (video documentary short) (writer: "Everyday" - uncredited / performer: "Everyday" - uncredited)
 
2000 Almost Famous (music: "Peggy Sue" / lyrics: "Peggy Sue")
 
2000 Maybe Baby (writer: "Maybe Baby" / as Charles Hardin)
 
2000 The Sopranos (TV series)
– Funhouse (2000) (writer: "Maybe Baby" - uncredited)
 
1999 Walking Across Egypt (writer: "Not Fade Away" / as Charles Hardin)
 
1999 October Sky (writer: "That'll Be the Day" / performer: "That'll Be the Day")
 
1998 Pleasantville (performer: "Rave On")
 
1998 Space Bunnies Must Die! (Video Game) (performer: "Rave On")
 
1997 Gummo (writer: "Everyday" / performer: "Everyday")
 
1997 The Locusts (writer: "Everyday" / writer: "Maybe Baby" / as Charles Hardin / performer: "Maybe Baby", "Everyday")
 
1993-1996 As Time Goes By (TV series)
– Showered with Gifts (1996) (writer: "Everyday" - uncredited / performer: "Everyday" - uncredited)
– Visiting Rocky (1993) (performer: "Raining In My Heart" - uncredited)
 
1995 Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge (TV documentary) (writer: "Not Fade Away" / as Charles Hardin)
 
1995 The Beatles Anthology (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1994 Heartbeat (TV series)
– Trouble in Mind (1994) (writer: "Heartbeat" as 'theme' - uncredited)
 
1993 Lipstick on Your Collar (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.3 (1993) (performer: "Raining In My Heart")
 
1989 American Boyfriends (writer: "True Love Ways")
 
1989 Quantum Leap (TV series)
– How the Tess Was Won - August 5, 1956 (1989) (writer: "Peggy Sue")
 
1989 Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center (TV movie) (writer: "Peggy Sue")
 
1988 Boulevard of Broken Dreams (performer: "True Love Ways")
 
1988 Salsa (writer: "Maybe Baby" / as Charles Hardin / performer: "Maybe Baby")
 
1988 Action Jackson (writer: "THAT'LL BE THE DAY")
 
1987 Rags to Riches (TV series)
– Foley vs. Foley (1987) (writer: "That'll Be the Day")
 
1987 Light of Day (writer: "True Love Ways")
 
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married (performer: "Peggy Sue Got Married")
 
1986 Stand by Me (performer: "Everyday" / "Everyday" / as C. Hardin)
 
1986 Best of Bandstand (video documentary) (performer: "Peggy Sue")
 
1986 Sword of Honour (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.1 (1986) (writer: "That'll Be Day" - uncredited)
 
1985 Desert Hearts (performer: "RAVE ON")
 
1985 Mischief (writer: "Maybe Baby", "Everyday", "Peggy Sue", "That'll Be the Day" / performer: "Maybe Baby", "Everyday", "Peggy Sue", "That'll Be the Day")
 
1984 Finders Keepers (writer: "Peggy Sue" - uncredited)
 
1983 Gorky Park ("It's So Easy")
 
1983 Christine (performer: "Not Fade Away")
 
1983 Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style (video documentary) (performer: "That'll Be The Day" - uncredited)
 
1978 The Buddy Holly Story (writer: "It's So Easy" - uncredited, "That'll Be the Day" - uncredited, "Peggy Sue" - uncredited, "Maybe Baby" - uncredited, "Well ... All Right" - uncredited, "Listen to Me" - uncredited, "Everyday", "Words of Love" - uncredited, "Not Fade Away" - uncredited / "True Love Ways")
 
1978 American Hot Wax (performer: "Oh Boy!", "Rave On")
 
1973 American Graffiti (writer: "Maybe Baby", "That'll Be the Day" / performer: "Maybe Baby", "That'll Be the Day")
 
1973 That'll Be the Day (writer: "That'll Be The Day")
 
1967 Poor Cow (writer: "Not Fade Away" - uncredited)
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
– Episode #2.22 (1965) (writer: "Heartbeat")
– Episode #1.27 (1965) (writer: "That'll Be the Day")
 
1965 Anna, My Darling (writer: "That'll Be the Day" - uncredited)
 
1958 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.8 (1958) (performer: "It's So Easy", "Heartbeat")
 
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2010 The Day the Music Died (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (10 titles)
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Buddy Holly: Rave On (2001) … Himself
 
1986 Best of Bandstand (video documentary)
Himself
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Good Times: Rhythm and Blues … Himself
 
1957-1958 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 October 1958 (1958) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 August 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1958 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.8 (1958) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1958 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.22 (1958) … Himself
 
1957-1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.18 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #11.10 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The Arthur Murray Party (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 December 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The Ted Steele Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 August 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1955 Off the Record (TV series)
Themselves - Performers (as Buddy Holly & the Crickets)
 
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2008 The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2007 Jukebox Rock 'n' Roll Vol. 1 (video)
Himself
 
2003 Lubbock Lights (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 American Bandstand's 50th Anniversary Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
The Final Day (TV mini-series)
 
1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
 
1996 Not Fade Away: Remembering Buddy Holly (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 1 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Twist (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll
 
1989 Rock 'n' Roll History Video: Fabulous Fifties (video documentary short)
 
1985 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
1984 Rock and Roll: The Early Days (video documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style (video documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Hits include "That'll Be The Day", "Rave On", "Oh Boy", "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", "Bo Diddley", "Listen To Me", "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "Wishing", "Peggy Sue", "Every Day", See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Biographical Movies  | 3 Print Biographies  | 13 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Estate of Buddy Holly c/o CMG Worldwide | See more »

Alternate Names:

Buddy Holly & the Crickets

Height:

5' 11½" (1.82 m)
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Personal Quote:

None of us could have made it without Elvis. See more »

Trivia:

In recognition for his achievements, the city of Lubbock erected a life-size statue of Holly next to the convention center. The statue shows Holly strumming his Fender Stratocaster guitar and tapping his heel (he tapped his heel instead of his toe) which also serves as a monument to the West Texas Hall of Fame. At the base of Holly's feet, there are plaques with the names of famous Texans. See more »

Trademark:

Fender Stratocaster See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo