Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter)

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member of:	The Crickets (band originally with Buddy Holly) (from 1957-02 until 1959-02-03)
vocals support by:	The Picks (American vocal Quartet that backed Buddy Holly)
parents:	Ella Holly

part of:	Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame: Performers (number: 1986) (order: 1) Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (number: 174) (order: 174) Hollywood Walk of Fame (order: 196)

picture:	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buddy_Holly_cropped.JPG [info]
IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391398/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/272426 [info]
biographies:	http://rockhall.com/inductees/buddy-holly/bio/ [info] http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/h-k/buddy-holly.aspx [info] http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C118 [info] https://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/buddy_holly.htm [info]
official homepages:	http://www.buddyholly.com/ [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83147684 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6w67kn5 [info] https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204633 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895294r [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/118817574 [info] https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=69363 [info] https://imvdb.com/n/buddy-holly [info] https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1172629 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/buddy_holly [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83147684 [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/d352f5dd-3023-4565-a7bb-52396bf8821d [info] (until 2020-11-19)
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/3wYyutjgII8LJVVOLrGI0D [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/1437 [info]
lyrics page:	http://muzikum.eu/en/122-4043/buddy-holly/lyrics.html [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000538677 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/3328 [info]
VIAF ID:	196483 [info]
Wikidata:	Q5977 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/421966 [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/Buddy+Holly [info]
streaming page:	https://tidal.com/artist/25758 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	appears on video
1955	Elvis With Band / Colonel Tom Parker / Elvis on Stage: That’s Alright Mama			Elvis Presley	3:06
	instruments
1949	My Two Timin’ Woman (home recording)		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:15
1952	I’ll Just Pretend (home recording)		mandolin	Buddy and Bob	2:21
1952	Take These Shackles From My Heart (home recording)		mandolin	Buddy and Bob	1:49
1953	Footprints in the Snow		guitar	Buddy and Bob	1:20
1954 – 1955	Door to My Heart		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:23
1954 – 1955	Door to My Heart		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:23
1954 – 1955	Down the Line		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:05
1954 – 1955	Flower of My Heart		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:36
1954 – 1955	Flower of My Heart		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:35
1954 – 1955	Gotta Get You Near Me Blues		guitar	Buddy and Bob	1:54
1954 – 1955	Gotta Get You Near Me Blues		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:53
1954 – 1955	I Gambled My Heart		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:43
1954 – 1955	I Gambled My Heart		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:42
1954 – 1955	Soft Place in My Heart		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:16
1954 – 1955	Soft Place in My Heart		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:15
1954 – 1955	Soft Place in My Heart		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:15
1954 – 1955	Soft Place in My Heart (undubbed)		guitar	Buddy and Bob	2:16
1955-06-07	Down the Line		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:04
1955-06-07	Down the Line (version 1)		guitar	Buddy & Bob	2:04
1955-06-07	You and I Are Through		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:05
1955-06-07	You and I Are Through		guitar	Buddy and Bob	2:06
1955-06-07	You and I Are Through		guitar	Buddy and Bob	2:04
1955-08	Baby It's Love		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:51
1955-08	Baby It's Love		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:53
1955-08	Memories		guitar	Buddy & Bob	2:20
1955-08	Memories		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:16
1955-08	Memories		guitar	Buddy and Bob	2:16
1955-08	Queen of the Ballroom		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:23
1955-08	Queen of the Ballroom		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:22
1955-08	You and I Are Through		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:07
1955-12-07	Don't Come Back Knockin'		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:00
1955-12-07	I Guess I Was Just a Fool		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:14
1955-12-07	Love Me		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:52
1955-12-07	Moonlight Baby (Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight)		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:53
1955	Baby Let's Play House (I Wanna Play House With You)		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:22
1955	Baby, Let's Play House		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:28
1955	Bo Diddley		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:23
1955	Down the Line (undubbed)		guitar	Buddy and Bob	2:04
1955	Down the Line (version 2)		guitar	Buddy Holly & Bob Montgomery	2:19
1956-01-26	Midnight Shift		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:11
1956-01 – 1956-04	Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:58
1956-01 – 1956-04	Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:57
1956-01 – 1956-04	Changing All Those Changes		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:42
1956-01 – 1956-04	I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:19
1956-02 – 1956-04	Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:55
1956-02 – 1956-04	Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:57
1956-02 – 1956-04	Because I Love You		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:41
1956-02 – 1956-04	Changin’ All Those Changes		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:44
1956-02 – 1956-04	Changing All Those Changes		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:41
1956-02 – 1956-04	I Guess I Was Just a Fool		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:17
1956-02 – 1956-04	I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:19
1956-02 – 1956-04	It's Not My Fault		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:52
1956-02 – 1956-04	It’s Not My Fault		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:22
1956-02 – 1956-04	Rock-A-Bye Rock		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:23
1956-02 – 1956-04	Rock‐a‐Bye Rock		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:24
1956-07-22	Girl on My Mind		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:18
1956-07-22	Girl on My Mind		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:18
1956-07-22	I'm Changin' All Those Changes		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:14
1956-07-22	Rock Around With Ollie Vee		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:13
1956-07-22	Rock Around With Ollie Vee		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:14
1956-07-22	That’ll Be the Day		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:29
1956-07-22	Ting‐A‐Ling		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:43
1956-11 – 1956-12	Ain’t Got No Home		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:02
1956-11 – 1956-12	Blue Monday		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:57
1956-11 – 1956-12	Blue Monday		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:01
1956-11 – 1956-12	Blue Suede Shoes		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:54
1956-11 – 1956-12	Bo Diddley		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	2:19
1956-11 – 1956-12	Brown-Eyed Handsome Man		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	2:08
1956-11 – 1956-12	Gone		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:12
1956-11 – 1956-12	Gone		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:15
1956-11 – 1956-12	Gone (alternate take)		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:16
1956-11 – 1956-12	Gone (version 3)		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:11
1956-11 – 1956-12	Good Rockin' Tonight		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:57
1956-11 – 1956-12	Good Rockin’ Tonight		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:58
1956-11 – 1956-12	Have You Ever Been Lonely		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:21
1956-11 – 1956-12	Have You Ever Been Lonely (alternate take)		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:28
1956-11 – 1956-12	Have You Ever Been Lonely (take 3)		guitar	Buddy Holly	0:54
1956-11 – 1956-12	Have You Ever Been Lonely (version 1)		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:27
1956-11 – 1956-12	Holly Hop		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:44
1956-11 – 1956-12	Holly Hop		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:38
1956-11 – 1956-12	Holly Hop (undubbed)		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:40
1956-11 – 1956-12	Honky Tonk		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	3:26
1956-11 – 1956-12	Honky Tonk		guitar	Buddy Holly	3:28
1956-11 – 1956-12	Rip It Up		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:25
1956-11 – 1956-12	Rip It Up		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:25
1956-11 – 1956-12	Shake Rattle and Roll		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:23
1956-11 – 1956-12	Shake, Rattle and Roll		guitar	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:21
1956-12 – 1957-01	Bo Diddley		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:20
1956-12 – 1957-01	Bo Diddley		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:21
1956-12 – 1957-01	Brown Eyed Handsome Man		guitar	Buddy Holly	2:05
1956	Holly Hop		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:43
1957-02-25	I'm Looking for Someone to Love		guitar	The Crickets	1:57
1957-02-25	I’m Lookin’ for Someone to Love		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:56
1957-02-25	I’m Looking for Someone to Love		guitar	Buddy Holly	1:58
1957-02-25	I’m Looking for Someone to Love		guitar [rhythm]	The Crickets	1:58
1957-02-25	I’m Looking for Someone to Love		guitar [lead]	The Crickets	1:58
1957-02-25	That’ll Be the Day		guitar [rhythm guitar]	The Crickets	2:17
1957-02-25	That’ll Be the Day		guitar [lead guitar]	The Crickets	2:17
1957-02 – 1957-12	Mona (rehearsal)		acoustic guitar	Buddy Holly	2:06
1957-02 – 1957-12	Mona (version 1)		acoustic guitar	Buddy Holly	1:14
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	performed
	Peggy Sue Got Married			Buddy Holly	1:50
	produced
	Jole Blon			Waylon Jennings	1:50
	vocals
1949	My Two Timin’ Woman (home recording)			Buddy Holly	2:15
1952	I’ll Just Pretend (home recording)			Buddy and Bob	2:21
1952	Take These Shackles From My Heart (home recording)			Buddy and Bob	1:49
1953	Footprints in the Snow			Buddy and Bob	1:20
1954 – 1955	Door to My Heart			Buddy Holly	2:23
1954 – 1955	Door to My Heart			Buddy Holly	2:23
1954 – 1955	Down the Line			Buddy Holly	2:05
1954 – 1955	Flower of My Heart			Buddy Holly	2:35
1954 – 1955	Flower of My Heart			Buddy Holly	2:36
1954 – 1955	Gotta Get You Near Me Blues			Buddy Holly	1:53
1954 – 1955	Gotta Get You Near Me Blues			Buddy and Bob	1:54
1954 – 1955	I Gambled My Heart			Buddy Holly	2:42
1954 – 1955	I Gambled My Heart			Buddy Holly	2:43
1954 – 1955	Soft Place in My Heart			Buddy Holly	2:15
1954 – 1955	Soft Place in My Heart			Buddy Holly	2:16
1954 – 1955	Soft Place in My Heart			Buddy Holly	2:15
1954 – 1955	Soft Place in My Heart (undubbed)			Buddy and Bob	2:16
1955-06-07	Down the Line			Buddy Holly	2:04
1955-06-07	Down the Line (version 1)			Buddy & Bob	2:04
1955-06-07	You and I Are Through			Buddy and Bob	2:06
1955-06-07	You and I Are Through			Buddy Holly	2:05
1955-06-07	You and I Are Through			Buddy and Bob	2:04
1955-08	Baby It's Love			Buddy Holly	1:53
1955-08	Baby It's Love			Buddy Holly	1:51
1955-08	Memories			Buddy and Bob	2:16
1955-08	Memories			Buddy & Bob	2:20
1955-08	Memories			Buddy Holly	2:16
1955-08	Queen of the Ballroom			Buddy Holly	2:22
1955-08	Queen of the Ballroom			Buddy Holly	2:23
1955-08	You and I Are Through			Buddy Holly	2:07
1955-12-07	Don't Come Back Knockin'			Buddy Holly	2:00
1955-12-07	I Guess I Was Just a Fool			Buddy Holly	2:14
1955-12-07	Love Me			Buddy Holly	1:52
1955-12-07	Moonlight Baby (Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight)			Buddy Holly	1:53
1955	Baby Let's Play House (I Wanna Play House With You)			Buddy Holly	2:22
1955	Baby, Let's Play House			Buddy Holly	2:28
1955	Bo Diddley			Buddy Holly	2:23
1955	Down the Line (undubbed)			Buddy and Bob	2:04
1955	Down the Line (version 2)			Buddy Holly & Bob Montgomery	2:19
1956-01-26	Blue Days (a.k.a. Blue Days, Black Nights)			Buddy Holly	2:05
1956-01-26	Blue Days, Black Nights			Buddy Holly	2:05
1956-01-26	Don't Come Back Knockin'			Buddy Holly	2:13
1956-01-26	Don't Come Back Knockin' (alternate)			Buddy Holly	2:32
1956-01-26	Love Me			Buddy Holly	2:07
1956-01-26	Love Me			Buddy Holly	2:07
1956-01-26	Midnight Shift			Buddy Holly	2:11
1956-01-26	Midnight Shift (false start, alternate)			Buddy Holly	2:50
1956-01 – 1956-04	Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight			Buddy Holly	1:58
1956-01 – 1956-04	Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight			Buddy Holly	1:57
1956-01 – 1956-04	Changing All Those Changes			Buddy Holly	1:42
1956-02 – 1956-04	Baby Won’t You Come Out Tonight			Buddy Holly	1:55
1956-02 – 1956-04	Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight			Buddy Holly	1:57
1956-02 – 1956-04	Because I Love You			Buddy Holly	2:41
1956-02 – 1956-04	Changin’ All Those Changes			Buddy Holly	1:44
1956-02 – 1956-04	Changing All Those Changes			Buddy Holly	1:41
1956-02 – 1956-04	I Guess I Was Just a Fool			Buddy Holly	2:17
1956-02 – 1956-04	I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down			Buddy Holly	2:19
1956-02 – 1956-04	It's Not My Fault			Buddy Holly	1:52
1956-02 – 1956-04	It’s Not My Fault			Buddy Holly	1:22
1956-02 – 1956-04	Rock-A-Bye Rock			Buddy Holly	2:23
1956-02 – 1956-04	Rock‐a‐Bye Rock			Buddy Holly	2:24
1956-07-22	Girl on My Mind			Buddy Holly	2:18
1956-07-22	Girl on My Mind			Buddy Holly	2:18
1956-07-22	I'm Changin' All Those Changes			Buddy Holly	2:14
1956-07-22	Rock Around With Ollie Vee			Buddy Holly	2:13
1956-07-22	Rock Around With Ollie Vee			Buddy Holly	2:14
1956-07-22	That’ll Be the Day			Buddy Holly	2:29
1956-07-22	Ting‐A‐Ling			Buddy Holly	2:43
1956-11-15	Modern Don Juan			Buddy Holly	2:43
1956-11-15	Modern Don Juan			Buddy Holly	2:39
1956-11-15	Rock Around With Ollie Vee (Nov.)			Buddy Holly	2:19
1956-11-15	You Are My One Desire			Buddy Holly	2:23
1956-11-15	You Are My One Desire (false start)			Buddy Holly	0:10
1956-11 – 1956-12	Ain’t Got No Home			Buddy Holly	2:02
1956-11 – 1956-12	Blue Monday			Buddy Holly	2:01
1956-11 – 1956-12	Blue Monday			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:57
1956-11 – 1956-12	Blue Suede Shoes			Buddy Holly	1:54
1956-11 – 1956-12	Bo Diddley			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	2:19
1956-11 – 1956-12	Brown-Eyed Handsome Man			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	2:08
1956-11 – 1956-12	Gone			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:15
1956-11 – 1956-12	Gone			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:12
1956-11 – 1956-12	Gone (alternate take)			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:16
1956-11 – 1956-12	Gone (version 3)			Buddy Holly	1:11
1956-11 – 1956-12	Good Rockin' Tonight			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:57
1956-11 – 1956-12	Good Rockin’ Tonight			Buddy Holly	1:58
1956-11 – 1956-12	Have You Ever Been Lonely			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:21
1956-11 – 1956-12	Have You Ever Been Lonely (alternate take)			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:28
1956-11 – 1956-12	Have You Ever Been Lonely (take 3)			Buddy Holly	0:54
1956-11 – 1956-12	Have You Ever Been Lonely (version 1)			Buddy Holly	1:27
1956-11 – 1956-12	Holly Hop			Buddy Holly	1:44
1956-11 – 1956-12	Holly Hop			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:38
1956-11 – 1956-12	Rip It Up			Buddy Holly	1:25
1956-11 – 1956-12	Rip It Up			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:25
1956-11 – 1956-12	Shake Rattle and Roll			Buddy Holly	1:23
1956-11 – 1956-12	Shake, Rattle and Roll			Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1:21
1956-12 – 1957-01	Bo Diddley			Buddy Holly	2:20
1956-12 – 1957-01	Bo Diddley			Buddy Holly	2:21
1956-12 – 1957-01	Brown Eyed Handsome Man			Buddy Holly	2:05
1956	Holly Hop			Buddy Holly	1:43
1957-02-25	I'm Looking for Someone to Love			The Crickets	1:57
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	instruments
1958-09	Jole Blon		guitar	Waylon Jennings
	performed
	True Love Ways			Buddy Holly / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
	photography
1958	For the First Time Anywhere			Buddy Holly
	dedications
	American Pie			Don McLean
	Fool's Paradise			Hot Chickens
	tribute albums
	Listen to Me: Buddy Holly			Various Artists
	Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly)			Various Artists
	Nublomenaje a Buddy Holly			Various Artists
	Tribute to Buddy Holly			Mike Berry
	composed
	Comment ça fait ?
	Crying, Waiting, Hoping
	I'm Changing All These Changes
	L'amour nous rend fous
	Learning the Game
	Lieveling (Dutch version of “Words of Love”)
	Listen to Me
	Lonesome Tears
	Maybe Baby
	Peggy Sue gaat trouwen
	Peggy Sue Got Married
	Quand ce jour-là viendra
	That Makes It Tough
	Words of Love (Buddy Holly song)
	彩虹的微笑
	dedicated works
	Tribute to Buddy Holly
	lyrics
	Crying, Waiting, Hoping
	I'm Changing All These Changes
	Learning the Game
	Lieveling (Dutch version of “Words of Love”)
	Listen to Me
	Lonesome Tears
	Maybe Baby
	Peggy Sue gaat trouwen
	That Makes It Tough
	Words of Love (Buddy Holly song)
	wrote
	't Is zo heerlijk
	Baby It’s Love
	Because I Love You
	Christmas Time Is Here Again
	Don't Come Back Knockin'
	Down the Line
	Everyday
	Faut que tu y penses
	Holly Hop
	I Gambled My Heart
	I Guess I Was Just a Fool
	I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love
	I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down
	Iedere dag
	Ik weet wel dat je liegt
	Immer mehr und mehr
	It’s So Easy
	Itseteossa
	Jij bent van mij
	Last Night
	Liefde is als zoete wijn
	Little Baby
	Look at Me
	Love Me (Buddy Holly Song)
	Love’s Made a Fool of You
	Luister naar mij
	Not Fade Away	Charles Hardin Holley
	Olla võib
	Peggy Sue (french version)
	Peggy Sue
	Peggy Sue
	Peggy Sue
	Rock-a-Bye Rock
	Stap voor stap
	Stay Close to Me
	Take Your Time
	Tell Me How
	That's What They Say
	That’ll Be the Day
	Think It Over
	True Love Ways
	Well All Right (Dutch version)
	Well… All Right
	What to Do
	Wishing
	You’re the One

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