Buddy Holly Compilation - History Of Rock Music

Laramar Ballroom – One Of The Final Concerts For Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & Big Bopper

On Friday January 30, 1959, before their untimely death in a plane crash after playing at the Surf Ballroom…

Bob Dylan was at the show and he named it as an inspiration at the 1998 Grammy Awards…

Cincinnati Gardens was an indoor arena located that opened in 1949. When it opened, its…

Tommy Allsup was the lead guitarist for Buddy Holly and the Crickets…

The Buddy Holly Center has dual missions; preserving, collecting and promoting the legacy…

Following a performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2…

The Big Bopper is best remembered for his song “Chantilly Lace” and for…

In addition to having The Little River Band, Loverboy, The Righteous Brothers, The Temptations…

Norman Petty was a singer and songwriter, but he is probably best known…

Holly has been described as “the single most influential creative force in early…

In 1958, Holly had left the Crickets and moved to New York City to be closer…

Dick Clark is best remembered as the host of American Bandstand. He went on to…

MCA Records was part of the Music Corporation of America (MCA). In 2003, it was bought…

Alan Freed presented live rock shows here including those by artists like Buddy Holly…