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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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse María Elena Holly ⓘ
stageName Buddy Holly self-link ⓘ
yearOfHonor 1986 ⓘ

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Weezer Blue Album → hasSingle → Buddy Holly ⓘ
American Graffiti → musicBy → Buddy Holly ⓘ
Weezer → notableWork → Buddy Holly ⓘ
Buddy Holly → stageName → Buddy Holly self-link ⓘ
Weezer Blue Album → track → Buddy Holly ⓘ
Paul Anka → wroteSongFor → Buddy Holly ⓘ