Flashback: A big trip down memory lane on this most famous rockers birthday…

Charles Hardin Holley later known as Buddy Holly was born today, many years ago, on the 7th September 1936 in in Lubbock, Texas. His surname was misspelled on his first record contract and he decided to leave it that way. As we all know, Holly was an American singer-songwriter and is said to be the pioneer of rock and roll. Sadly, his success was to last only a year and a half before he died in an airplane crash. Holly was one of the inaugural inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  when it kicked off in 1986.  In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Holly No. 13 among “The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time”

Holly bridged the racial divide among Americans and set the template for the standard rock and roll band: two guitars, bass, and drums.

He was one of the first in the genre to write, produce, and perform his own songs.

Everyone here knows that Buddy Holly released three albums in his lifetime. H

owever, he recorded so prolifically that Coral Records was able to release brand-new albums and singles for 10 years after his death.

Which ones did you own?

What was your favourite song by Buddy Holly?

Let’s take a trip down memory lane… Rave on was on of his last hits before he died and it is one of my favourites…

and That’ll be the day… wow!

Mum says Peggy Sue is her favourite… How about you?