The+life+of+Buddy+Holly


 * 1936** - September 7th 1936 Charles Hardin "[|Buddy Holly]" Holley was born in Lubbock Texas.


 * 1949 **- By the fall, Buddy Holly met Bob Montgomery in Hutchinson Junior High School. The shared a commen intrest of music which led them to the duo team of Buddy and Bob.


 * 1955 **- Charles turned to rock music after hearing [|Elvis Presley]. “Without Elvis none of us could have made it,” Quotes Buddy Holly himself! Holly's transition to rock was finalized when he opened for Bill Haley and his Comets at a local rock show. As a result to this unforgetable preformance, Buddy Holly was offered a contract with [|Decca Records]to work as a solo artist, which he accepted.


 * 1956 **- Buddy Holly signed the Decca contract, which was when his public name changed from "Holley" to "Holly" when there was a misspelling of his name on the contract.

"Peggy Sue" hit number 3 on Billboard Pop Single and "That'll Be the Day hit number 1. media type="youtube" key="GKGDDWzVWbc" width="425" height="350"media type="youtube" key="l0RbdVE8Pj4&hl=en" height="355" width="425" His second album, //Buddy Holly// was released. ** 1959 ** - The Crickets split when Buddy Holly wanted to go to New York and the rest of his bandmates were interested in returning home to Lubbock. "It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” becomes the last release from Buddy Holly before his death.
 * 1957 **- Holly returned to Texas and formed the band known as The Crickets. They recorded an unsucessful version of "That'll Be The Day" played slower and an octive higher than the hit version.
 * 1958 **- Buddy Holly Toured the U.K. and met Maria Elena Santiago, and they get married back in Buddy's home town Lubbok Texas. "Oh, Boy becomses his third Top10 hit.

1986 **: Buddy Holly is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the first induction dinner, held in New York City. Holly’s widow, Maria Elena, accepts on his behalf.
 * 1959 **- Holly began his solo tour with Dion DiMucci, Ritchie Valnes and J.P. Richardson. Buddy's plane took off at 12:55 am on February 3rd but crashed only a few minutes later. The wrechage from the plane was discovered several hours later by Jerry Dwyer, the planes owner. The crash killed Buddy Holly, Valens, Richardson, and the 21-year-old pilot, Roger Peterson due to tremendous impact. Holly's pregnant wife became a widow after barely six months of marriage and miscarried soon after.[[image:http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/52071651.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=CE4E9E095E35B071683BC502CB3749DB284831B75F48EF45]]
 * 1969 **: The Buddy Holly Story, a best-of album that has been in print since 1959, is certified gold (500,000 copies sold).

Information from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/buddy-holly

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