Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Buddy Holly’s The Very Best Of returns him to the U.K. charts ...

Singer-songwriter Buddy Holly didn’t intentionally change the spelling of his last name: somebody at a record company changed it for him, and he decided one letter wasn’t worth the argument.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "My life has been what you might call an uneventful one, and it seems there is not much of interest to tell," Buddy Holly once ...

Within a year before Holly’s death on February 3, 1959, the two collaborated on three songs, including Jennings’ first single, a cover of the traditional cajun waltz “Jole Blon.” Holly produced the ...

It was a dark day in music history. On Feb. 3, 1959, rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson boarded a chartered plane after a concert in Clear Lake, Iowa. Minutes ...

From Billboard’s number three song of 1972, Don McLean’s “American Pie”: “And as the flames climbed high into the night To light the sacrificial rite I saw Satan laughing with delight The day the ...

The size of the J.I. Allison House is a surprise. Just a tiny one-story early 20 th century ranch house, it is barely big enough to accommodate a group of tourists walking through. Yet this is where ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the first tragedies to strike rock 'n' roll took place more than 60 years ago, when a plane carrying three of the genre's ...

The Beatles had several music influences, including Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, and Elvis Presley. Another influence was Buddy Holly, a significant figure for The Beatles, as his unique style became ...

Rock and roll musician Buddy Holly made his mark on the music world during a short but thriving career in the 1950s. Born Charles Hardin Holley on Sept. 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas, the ...

Singer-actor Mike Berry, known for his signature song "Tribute to Buddy Holly", would have turned 84 years old today.