Charles Hardin Holley

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American musician guitarist human recording artist rock and roll musician singer-songwriter

Charles Hardin Holley, better known as Buddy Holly, was a pioneering American rock and roll singer-songwriter whose innovative style and songwriting profoundly influenced popular music in the 1950s and beyond.

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Charles Hardin Holley canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American musician ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
rock and roll musician ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1959 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1952 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Buddy Holly ⓘ
associatedAct The Crickets ⓘ
causeOfDeath airplane crash ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship USA ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-09-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1959-02-03 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1958-08-15 ⓘ
familyName Holley ⓘ
genre pop music ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
honor inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced Bob Dylan ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Don McLean ⓘ
Elton John ⓘ
Eric Clapton ⓘ
Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
legacy major influence on 1950s and later popular music ⓘ
pioneer of rock and roll ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accident ⓘ
memberOf The Crickets ⓘ
middleName Hardin ⓘ
name Charles Hardin Holley self-link ⓘ
notableEvent died in a plane crash during the Winter Dance Party tour ⓘ
notableWork Everyday ⓘ
Maybe Baby ⓘ
Oh, Boy! ⓘ
Peggy Sue ⓘ
Rave On ⓘ
That'll Be the Day ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lubbock, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Clear Lake, Iowa, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Brunswick Records ⓘ
Coral Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
residence Lubbock, Texas, United States ⓘ
rockAndRollHallOfFameInductionYear 1986 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse María Elena Santiago NERFINISHED ⓘ
stageName Buddy Holly ⓘ
tour Winter Dance Party ⓘ

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Buddy Holly → fullName → Charles Hardin Holley ⓘ
Charles Hardin Holley → name → Charles Hardin Holley self-link ⓘ
City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Texas, United States → burialPlaceOf → Charles Hardin Holley ⓘ
subject surface form: City of Lubbock Cemetery