Musician Buddy Holly

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This paper explains that, although he died in a plane crash at the age of 22, Buddy Holly accomplished what some might only achieve in a lifetime; he is one of the greatest America musicians. The author relates that having met Elvis Presley in 1955, Buddy started writing songs like Elvis', Buddy started recording "Rock n' Roll", the new craze; his first hit was "That'll Be the Day", followed by the even bigger hit, "Peggy Sue". The paper concludes that, even in his short life, Buddy had written and sung over a 120 songs and influenced the British Music Invasion including the Beatles and the Hollies who sang his songs and copied his singing style.

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"Charles Hardin Holley was born on September 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas. His parents thought that it was too long a name for a child, so they nicknamed him Buddy. Buddy's interest in music started early at the age of eight when he started playing the violin, however, like his nine-month piano career this affliction did not last long. It was not until late the ninth year of his life that he took up the guitar, which he eventually played for the rest of his life. With his talent forming for the guitar at the age of thirteen, he moved to a new school and met Bob Montgomery in the fall of 1949. Bob Montgomery had a lot of the same interests that Buddy did, including music and they began a country and blues band."

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