Buddy+Holly

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=Born September 7 1936 in Lubbock Texas and died in 1959 in a plane crash= =**Played in a neighboring town when he was 5 with his brothers got 5 dollars. When he was 11 he took piano lesions, quit after 9 months started to take steel guitar lesions and eventually taught him self how to play the acoustic guitar.**= =**The red Beechcraft Bonanza, named ”Miss American Pie," took off from Mason City, ten miles east of Clear Lake, at around 1:50 AM on February 3, 1959. The weather was cold and snowy. The plane crashed just after taking off, eight miles from the Mason City airport. The pilot, Valens, Richardson, and Holly, who was found twenty feet from the point of impact, died.**= =“Without Elvis none of us could have made it.”=

=“If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel.”= == =__Buddy Holly__=

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Born in Sept 7, 1936 in Lubbock, TX

Raised in a music loving family

Formed the band //The Crickets// and was the lead singer. (Band had four musicians)

Holly's music was a major influence for such rock music legends as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen, and Elvis Costello.

The song “Miss American Pie” was written about him by Don McLean

Died February 3, 1959 in an airplane crash with two other music artists

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