Charles Hardin Holley

It's important to note, though, that it is, indeed, a legend, bearing very little relation to the actual story of Charles Hardin Holley - the skinny, glasses-wearing kid from Lubbock, Texas.

The Lost Promise Of Buddy Holly 2009

Charles Hardin Holley was born and raised in Lubbock and to this day remains one of the most influential artists in the history of rock 'n' roll.

The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2009

The plane crash took the lives of the pilot, Roger Peterson, and three musicians: Charles Hardin Holley, better known as Buddy Holly, 22; Ritchie Valens (originally Valenzuela), 17; and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, 28.

CNN.com 2009

Let's celebrate the music these men did make, and those songs that were performed, recorded and written by others because Charles Hardin Holley, Richard Steven Valenzuela and Jiles Perry Richardson, jr. lived.

Crooks and Liars 2009

12: 37AM On Saturday night at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, in two hours of joyous rock 'n' roll, Billy McGuigan and his stellar band showed a wildly appreciative audience that Charles Hardin Holley lives on today in heart-lifting music that deserves to be called timeless.

Durangoherald.com 2010