Gone to Early: Buddy Holly, the Father of Modern Rock and Roll

in #music7 years ago (edited)

I was just 6 years old when Buddy Holly died in palm crash on February 3, 1959 ( “ the day the music died”) at the age of 22.

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You-Tube sourced video of Buddy and the Crickets performing their iconic smash hit, “That’ll be the Day” on the Ed Sullivan Show: