Buddy Holly

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Is Buddy Holly Dead or Still Alive? Buddy Holly Birthday and Date of Death

Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly Death

Buddy passed away on February 3, 1959 at the age of 22 in Clear Lake, Iowa, USA. Buddy's cause of death was plane crash.

Buddy Holly death quick facts:
  • When did Buddy Holly die?

    February 3, 1959
  • How did Buddy Holly die? What was the cause of death?

    Plane crash
  • How old was Buddy Holly when died?

    22
  • Where did Buddy Holly die? What was the location of death?

    Clear Lake, Iowa, USA

Buddy Holly Birthday and Date of Death

Buddy Holly was born on September 7, 1936 and died on February 3, 1959. Buddy was 22 years old at the time of death.

Birthday: September 7, 1936
Date of Death: February 3, 1959
Age at Death: 22

Is Buddy Holly's father, Lawrence Odell, dead or alive?

Lawrence Odell's information is not available now.

Is Buddy Holly's mother, Ella Pauline, dead or alive?

Ella Pauline's information is not available now.

Buddy Holly - Biography

Buddy Holly was an American musician and singer-songwriter who was a central figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression; he learned to play guitar and to sing alongside his siblings. His style was influenced by gospel music, country music, and rhythm and blues acts, and he performed in Lubbock with his friends from high school.
He 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, Holly decided to pursue a career in music. He opened for Presley three times that year; his band's style shifted from country and western to entirely rock and roll. In October that year, when he opened for Bill Haley & His Comets, Holly was spotted by Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, who helped him get a contract with Decca Records.

Teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney saw Holly for the first time when he appeared on Sunday Night at the London Palladium. The two had recently met and begun their musical association. They studied Holly's records, learned his performance style and lyricism, and based their act around his persona. Inspired by Holly's insect-themed Crickets, they chose to name their band "The Beatles". Lennon and McCartney later cited Holly as one of their main influences.
Two nights before Holly's death, on January 31, 1959, 17-year-old Bob Dylan attended Holly's performance in Duluth. Dylan referred to this in his acceptance speech when he received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Time Out of Mind in 1998: " ... when I was sixteen or seventeen years old, I went to see Buddy Holly play at Duluth National Guard Armory and I was three feet away from him ... and he looked at me. And I just have some sort of feeling that he was ... with us all the time we were making this record in some kind of way".

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