Buddy Holly

Mac Davis obituary
Singer and songwriter who created Elvis Presley’s 1969 comeback hit In the Ghetto
Adam Sweeting
15, Oct, 2020 @12:12 PM

Ricky Valance obituary
Sixties pop singer who had a No 1 hit with Tell Laura I Love Her
Spencer Leigh
16, Jun, 2020 @5:25 PM

Live Aid to Sonic Death Monkey – the best gigs at the movies
As the Queen and Elton John biopics prove, great concert performances are at the heart of the best films about music. Here are 15 of the finest
Tom Fordy
29, May, 2019 @6:32 AM

Beatles biographer Philip Norman: 'Yoko was waiting for me – with two lawyers'
He has charmed Elton John, angered Paul McCartney – and horrified Yoko Ono. What will he uncover about the ‘murky’ death of Jimi Hendrix? The great rock writer reveals the pain – and pleasure – of chasing stars
Philip Norman
11, Nov, 2018 @3:00 PM

Readers recommend playlist: songs that made you fall in love with music
Saint Etienne, Buddy Holly, the Pogues and Motörhead are among artists sparking stories of a lifelong passion formed
Paul Hayes
15, Feb, 2018 @12:00 PM

Buddy Holly: Rave On review – oh Peggy Sue, these old dudes still love you
Among vintage music documentary cliches there’s plenty to fire the pulse as Brian May, Don McLean and Robert Wyatt remember Holly’s music and legacy
Sam Wollaston
13, May, 2017 @6:00 AM

Readers recommend playlist: songs about anticipation
This week’s playlist is the one you’ve been waiting for and includes tracks from Arctic Monkeys, Buddy Holly and P J Harvey
suzi
30, Jun, 2016 @11:00 AM

The short life and mysterious death of Bobby Fuller, rock'n'roll king of Texas
If the I Fought the Law singer hadn’t died in strange circumstances just as his band was taking off, he might have altered the history of pop as we know it
Chris Campion
16, Jul, 2015 @5:53 PM

The week in music: Race 'silos' on BBC radio, Hall & Oates smack down a cereal company and more
Our weekly music news roundup, from DJ Nihal’s scathing comments about a lack of diversity at BBC radio to a new museum exhibition about Björk and the Blurred Lines court case
Tshepo Mokoena
06, Mar, 2015 @4:38 PM

Buddy Holly plane crash : officials consider reopening 1959 probe
US transportation safety board reviewing a request to reopen the inquiry into 1959 crash that killed Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and pilot Roger Peterson
Ed Pilkington in New York
05, Mar, 2015 @8:29 AM

The History of Rock’n’Roll in Ten Songs review – erudite, passionate and magnificently subjective
Greil Marcus leads us on a playful, idiosyncratic journey down the wormholes and back alleys of rock, pop and soul, writes Kitty Empire
Kitty Empire
19, Oct, 2014 @11:00 AM

Willie Nelson's hair up for sale
Country star’s braids and Buddy Holly’s motorbike among items owned by the late Waylon Jennings that are being auctioned
07, Aug, 2014 @7:57 AM
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