Sixty-nine years ago today, Buddy Holly and the Crickets were at No. 1 with a song his label originally refused to release.

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 ...

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 ...

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. He was ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Today (February 3) marks 61 years since musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie ...