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Maybe Baby (from "The Buddy Holly Story")

From "The Buddy Holly Story" (1978) soundtrack. Composed by Buddy Holly, sung by Gary Busey.

Basic Biittner : Travelin' Man, part 2

One of those young men was a guy from Happy, Texas named Buddy Knox, whose "Party Doll," recorded at Petty Studios, became a big hit in the new world of Rock and Roll, and In March of that year, three young men from Lubbock, Texas, which is about 90 miles east of Clovis, came to record in Clovis. Charles Hardin Holley changed the spelling of his last name to "Holly," used his nickname of "Buddy," and his backup group (Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin and, sometimes, Niki Sullivan) was christened the Crickets. For the record, the Crickets did not sing the backing vocals on their records. These were provided by one of three small groups - Guy and Ramona Tollett, the Picks, or the Roses. The group's first record, "That'll Be the Day," which they had previously recorded at a New York studio and had been rejected by Decca records, was a monster hit. And the rest, as they say, is history. Pivotal rock and roll history.

Holly was just 22 when he was killed in the tragic plane crash of Feb. 2,

The Buddy Holly Story 1978 - Bookshelf


History in the media, film and television
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History in the media, film and television

The Buddy Holly Story (1978) In keeping with the retrospective temper of the times is The Buddy Holly Story (1978), a somewhat superficial but well-made ...

The Buddy Holly story, John Goldrosen ; [introd. by Dave Marsh ; foreword by Ralph M. Newman].
257 pages
The Buddy Holly story, John Goldrosen ; [introd. by Dave Marsh ; foreword by Ralph M. Newman].

For 1978, Buddy Holly Week began with a special midnight showing of The Buddy Holly Story, which had not yet been released in Britian. ...

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This Date in Music History: May 18
This Date in Music History: May 18 On this date in 1978, The Buddy Holly Story — featuring Busey in the title role — premiered. The film covered Rock legend Buddy Holly's all-too-short life, up through when he died in a plane crash in 1959 at the age of 22. Busey was 34 when the film

Buddy an iconic jukebox musical
By Joe Couture, Leader-Post May 17, 2012 Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, the last show of the season for Regina's Globe Theatre, is "musically just so much fun," according to its director, Valerie Ann Pearson. "It's such an upbeat show," she said.

Regina's Globe Theatre putting on iconic jukebox musical
By JOE COUTURE, for the Leader-Post May 16, 2012 REGINA — Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story, the last show of the season for Regina's Globe Theatre, is “musically, just so much fun,” according to its director, Valerie Ann Pearson. “It's such an upbeat

Sticks Mix in Lax Flick
Sticks Mix in Lax Flick It also helps that director Steve Rash, whose career dates back to the 1978 biopic The Buddy Holly Story, accents the scenes involving Joe's extended Sunaquot family with warmth and good humor. Chipping in worthy moments are Chelsea Ricketts as Joe's

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Steve Nash (“The Buddy Holly Story”) directed; with Brandon Routh and Chelsea Ricketts. FOR GREATER GLORY An account of Mexico's Cristero War (1926-29), which found a group of Roman Catholics in revolt against the anticlerical provisions of Mexico's