Buddy Holly

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guitarist human recording artist rock and roll musician singer-songwriter

Buddy Holly was a pioneering American rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist of the 1950s whose innovative style and songwriting profoundly influenced later popular music.

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Label	Occurrences
Buddy Holly canonical	58
“Buddy Holly” (drums)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ rock and roll musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1959 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1952 ⓘ
burialPlace	City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Texas, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	aircraft accident ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1936-09-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1959-02-03 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage	1958-08-15 ⓘ
familyName	Holley ⓘ
fullName	Charles Hardin Holley ⓘ
genre	pop rock ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ rockabilly ⓘ
givenName	Charles ⓘ
honor	inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced	Bob Dylan ⓘ Don McLean ⓘ Elton John ⓘ The Beatles ⓘ The Rolling Stones ⓘ
influencedGenre	popular music ⓘ rock music ⓘ
instrument	guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	plane crash ⓘ
memberOf	The Crickets ⓘ
middleName	Hardin ⓘ
notableEvent	The Day the Music Died ⓘ
notableWork	Everyday ⓘ Maybe Baby ⓘ Oh, Boy! ⓘ surface form: Oh Boy! Peggy Sue ⓘ Rave On ⓘ That'll Be the Day ⓘ
occupation	guitarist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Lubbock, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	near Clear Lake, Iowa, United States ⓘ
recordLabel	Brunswick Records ⓘ Coral Records ⓘ Decca Records ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	María Elena Holly ⓘ
stageName	Buddy Holly self-link ⓘ
yearOfHonor	1986 ⓘ

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Think It Over (song) → vocalist → Buddy Holly ⓘ

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