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An enormously important and influential performer, Buddy Holly
started in his native Texas doing \country music with boyhood friend
Bob Montgomery, eventually adding \R&B numbers to the set list
after meeting Elvis Presley. He recorded early \rockabilly sides in
Nashville, resulting in the Decca singles &"Blue Days, Black
Nights" (April 1956) and &"Modern Don Juan" (December 1956). But
success didn't come until he formed the Crickets and recorded in
Norman Petty's New Mexico studio, producing the number one hit
&"That'll Be the Day" (May 1957). Holly and Petty experimented
in the studio, utilizing double-tracking (&"Words of Love" [June
1957]), different forms of echo (&"Peggy Sue" [September 1957],
a second gold-selling Top Ten hit), and close-miking techniques, now
commonplace in the industry. Holly recorded under his own name and
the name of the Crickets interchangeably (&"That'll Be the Day"
was credited to the group, &"Peggy Sue" to him alone). With the
Crickets, he had the further chart hits &"Oh, Boy!" (October
1957) (another Top Ten), &"Maybe Baby" (February 1958), and
&"Think It Over"/&"Fool's Paradise" (May 1958), while
&"Rave On" (April 1958) was a Holly "solo" hit.
Holly went
solo for real during 1958, however, marrying and relocating to New
York. He charted with &"Early in the Morning" (July 1958) and
&"Heartbeat" (November 1958), and released &"It Doesn't
Matter Anymore"/&"Raining in My Heart" (January 1959) before
embarking on the Winter Dance Party package tour, during which, on
February 3, he, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens were killed in an
airplane crash.
After Holly's death, much of his earlier
pre-Crickets music was overdubbed by Petty, using the Fireballs, to
keep up with fan demand for more product. In England, where &"It
Doesn't Matter Anymore" went to number one in the wake of his death,
Holly continued to score hits through the mid-'60s, and he exerted
tremendous influence on the developing beat groups both for his
music and for his self-contained approach to his work -- writing his
own songs, playing them with his own group. As late as 1978, Holly
could still top the U.K. charts with a hits collection, 20 Golden
Greats.
Buddy Holly's moment in the spotlight lasted barely 18
months, and the movie version of his life story only got it about
half right, but his music still sounds fresh and continues to
influence musicians to this day. ~ Cub Koda & William Ruhlmann,
All Music Guide
Cub Koda & William Ruhlmann
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