Keith Richards once picked this Buddy Holly song as one of his all-time favourites, discussing how the musician influenced ...

“I’ve had people drive in from Canada,” David claims. The Crickets had their short season in the sun. Buddy Holly had already moved on when he died on that cold February night in 195 ...

alongside Buddy Holly covers from The Libertines and PP Arnold. BBC Archive clips from Holly, the Crickets and Holly’s wife Maria Elena are also in the show, as well as quotes from The Who’s ...

and the Crickets, in rock’n’roll legend. Listen to the best of Buddy Holly on Apple Music and Spotify.

The first Buddy Holly record, The Chirping Crickets, released in 1957, would be cited by Richards in a 2011 interview with Q as the one LP that pushed him toward writing his own tunes. And it was ...

Movies like the “Buddy Holly Story” and “La Bamba” have built the memory of the young singers, and some of their songs are still popular. Holly’s band, The Crickets, continued to perform for many ...

Dion and The Belmonts were already on the tour and Holly's group, The Crickets, continued on as ... a tribute to Buddy on stage. I played his guitar and did excerpts of his songs, because I ...

Even Buddy Holly had a go at it ... remains one of the most beloved adaptations of the Bo Diddley beat, with The Crickets’ wordless backup vocals accentuating the rhythm and Jerry Allison ...