Genres: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Early Pop/Rock Active: 50's Born: September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, TX
Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, Rick Nelson, Bill Haley, Johnny Burnette, The Everly Brothers, The Crickets, The Collins Kids, Eddie Cochran, The Big Bopper, Johnny Tillotson, Terry Noland, Sid King, Ronnie Self, Brenda Lee, Johnny Horton, Glen Glenn, Boyd Bennett, Sonny Burgess Ritchie Valens, Joe Ely, The Beatles, Del Shannon, Bobby Fuller, The Rolling Stones, Bobby Fuller Four, John Lennon, Buddy Knox, The Blue Things, Marshall Crenshaw, Johnny Duncan, Mike Laure, George Bedard, Grateful Dead, The Hollies, Peter & Gordon, Falling Wallendas, Mea Culpa |  |
Buddy Holly is perhaps the most anomalous legend of '50s rock & roll -- he had his share of hits, and he achieved major rock & roll stardom, but his importance transcends any sales figures or even the particulars of any one song (or group of songs) that he wrote or recorded. Holly was unique, his legendary status and his impact on popular music all the more extraordinary for having been achieved in barely 18 months. Among his rivals, Bill Haley was there first and established rock & roll music; Elvis Presley objectified the sexuality implicit in the music, selling hundreds of millions of records in the process, and defined one aspect of the youth and charisma needed for stardom; and Chuck Berry defined the music's roots in blues along with some of the finer points of its sexuality, and its youthful orientation (and, in the process, intermixed all of these elements). Holly's influence was just as far-reaching as these others, if far more subtle and more distinctly musical in nature.
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Release: August 17, 2010
Label: Proper Records (UK)
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Release: October 27, 2009
Label: Snapper Music
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