"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 wrote in a high school essay. Still, the young student — born Charles ...

What else is there to say about Buddy Holly? He was one of the first “teen idols” to shake the nation back in the early days of rock ‘n’ roll—a face known nationwide, and groundbreaking guitar work ...

Seventy years ago today, on Oct. 15, 1955, a 19-year-old musician from Lubbock, Texas, walked onto the stage at the Cotton Club's "Big D Jamboree" to open for Elvis Presley. That young performer was ...

Buddy Holly only recorded for a few years before his untimely death in 1959. But in that time, he left behind a treasure trove of pristine pop songs and rockabilly-tinged ramblers for other artists to ...