Buddy Holly News

Grammy-winning pop legend and actress Whitney Houston, 48, was found dead on February 11, 2012 in a Beverly Hills hotel.

The legendary singer was clearly overjoyed as he took to the podium, and said: 'Way back in history, in Liverpool when we were kids and we were listening to Buddy Holly and all the rock 'n' roll greats, I would have never thought.. the day would come when I'd be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.' 'That was like an impossible thing to ... (more)

Bill Haley, front, and the Comets are shown in a publicity photo from the 1956 film "Rock Around the Clock." Bravo to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for finally getting around to inducting six bands that should've gotten in a long time ago: Buddy Holly's Crickets, James Brown's Famous Flames, Bill Haley's Comets, Smokey Robinson's Miracles, Hank ... (more)

James Brown with the Famous Flames in New York in the early 1960s. From left are Lloyd Stallworth, Bobby Byrd, Bobby Bennett, band leader and sax-player Sinclair Pickney and Brown.

A helpful LAObserved reader has tipped off the public to some street name changes in Universal City that formerly honored the ridiculously brilliant musicians Patsy Cline , Buddy Holly , and Muddy Waters .

People taking part in the Frostbite Festival topped off Saturday by going back in time, to 1959, and hearing the music of Buddy Holly at A Center for the Arts.

The Parkway Theater in Minneapolis hosted actor Gary Busey for a Q&A and screening of 1978's 'The Buddy Holly Story'. Following the film, Busey and a band of locals performed a set of Holly classics including Maybe Baby, Rave On, That'll Be The Day, True Love Ways, Peggy Sue and more.

Rock stars J.P. Richardson , Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens died when the plane in which they were travelling crashed into an Iowa cornfield during a snowstorm.

Two years ago, the following was a then-current interview with Houston-based singer/songwriter, John Pickering, which was originally shared with readers by a publication known as Keep Rockin' magazine.

There's dancing and singing and people are having a good time. It is all happening at the Surf Ballroom .... as people from all over come to celebrate the Winter Dance Party.

Feb. 3 even was referred to by singer-songwriter Don McLean in hit song "American Pie" as nothing short of "the day the music died." His reference was to the crash of a private, chartered aircraft at high speed into a cornfield near Clear Lake, Iowa, immediately killing Lubbock-born music pioneer Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holly, along with two other ... (more)

The Jan. 20 death of 72-year-old rhythm-and-blues legend Etta James, just three days after the death of her mentor, bandleader Johnny Otis, is a sad reminder that the early pioneers of rock 'n' roll are a dying breed.

The Surf Ballroom's Winter Dance Party is officially underway. To start the week's events, the Surf is throwing a party to celebrate the fact that this well known ballroom has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The Jan. 20 death of 72-year-old rhythm-and-blues legend Etta James, just three days after the death of her mentor, bandleader Johnny Otis, is a sad reminder that the early pioneers of rock-n-roll are a dying breed.

This week marks 53 years since Texas born rock and roll icon Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash in Iowa, but the musician's long shadow continues to be felt across the music industry, and in his home town of Lubbock as well, 1200 WOAI news reports.

It's been more than 50 years since the day the music died -- but Green Bay rock 'n' roll fans proved Friday night it's very much alive.

Valentine's Day isn't so far away now, and if you're fortunate enough to be in a relationship with a movie buff, there are plenty of great options over the next few weeks to build up to the event.

The first year John Mueller took his tribute to the Winter Dance Party on the road in 1999, he and his band played the cities in the exact order that Buddy Holly and his entourage had in 1959.

Poundcake, the band that opened for Teddy Thompson on Thursday night at T.T. the Bear's Place, nearly outshined the headliner.

"People think we're closing," Linda Fox said with a laugh. "Why would you do that? Why would we count down the days to our closing?" The numbers in the storefront of Sine's 5 & 10, which Fox's parents own, are marking the countdown to the Quakertown store's 100th anniversary.