Buddy Holly & The Crickets:Winter Dance Party

Holly was offered a place at the Winter Dance Party, a three-week tour in the Midwest, opening January 23, 1959, by the office of the MCO, [citation needed] Together with other famous artists such as Dion and the Belmonts, Ritchie Valens and JP "Big Bopper" Richardson. He has received the backing band consisting of Tommy Allsup (guitar), Waylon Jennings (bass) and Carl Bunch (drums) and billed as crickets. [Citation needed]

The visit proved an unhappy event for the players, who had a long trip on the bus last night disturbed with broken heating to -25 ° F (-32 ° C). Buses are also damaged several times between stops.

After a show at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, February 2, 1959, Holly chartered a small plane to take him to the next stage of the tour. He, Valens, Richardson and the pilot died on the way to Moorhead, Minn., when their plane crashed shortly after taking off from nearby Mason City on the morning February 3rd. Waylon Jennings bandmate left sitting in the plane, because Holly Jennings jokingly said: "I hope your bus ol 'freezing!" Jennings replied jokingly: "Well, I hope your plane crashes ol ! It is a statement that haunt Jennings for decades. Don McLean called "Fete de la Musique is dead" in his song "American Pie".

Holly funeral was held February 7, 1959, at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock. This service was inaugurated by Ben D. Johnson, who led Hollys marriage a few months earlier. The bearers were Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin and Niki Sullivan, Bob Montgomery, Sonny Curtis andPhil Everly. Waylon Jennings was unable to attend due to commitments of the Winter Dance Party is always on tour. The body was buried in the cemetery of the city of Lubbock in the eastern part of the city. Holly headstone carrying the correct spelling of the surname (Holley) and burn his Fender Stratocaster 

Holly pregnant woman, a widow, after nearly six months of marriage, shortly after a miscarriage, an end portion of the Holly tree. María Elena Holly did not attend the funeral and never visited the grave site. He later told the Avalanche-Journal:

First, I blame myself. I do not feel well when he left. I was two weeks pregnant, and I wanted to stay with my boyfriend, but he had planned this tour. It's the only time I was not with him. And I want because I know that if I go along, Buddy never get into the plane.

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Holly saw Elvis Presley singing in Lubbock in 1955 and began integrating the styles of rockabilly with the son of Chet Atkins style guitar, rhythm acoustic bass and slaps on the music. On October 15, she opened the bill for Presley in Lubbock, attracted the attention of a Nashville talent scout. Holly rock transition continued when he opened Bill Haley & His Comets at a local event organized by Eddie Crandall, the manager of Marty Robbins.

Following this performance Decca Records signed him in February 1956, misspelled his name as "Holly". Later, he adopted the name misspelled for his career. Holly formed his own group, later called The Crickets, and consists of Holly (guitar and vocals), Niki Sullivan (guitar), Joe B. Mauldin (bass) and Jerry Allison (drums). They went to Nashville for three recording sessions with producer Owen Bradley. However, he chafed under the strict atmosphere that makes it a little input. Among the songs he recorded the first version of "That'll Be The Day", which took the title of a line that John Wayne's character said repeatedly in the movie 1956, The Searchers. (This first version of the song that is played more slowly and about half an octave higher than the new version of the hit.) Decca released two singles, "Blue Days, Black Nights" and "Modern Don Juan", which failed to make an impression. On January 22, 1957, Holly Decca information that his contract will not be extended, but insisted he could not record the same songs for other people for five years.

Norman Petty Recording Studios in Clovis, New Mexico

Holly and Norman Petty hired as director, and the band began recording in the studio Petty in Clovis, New Mexico. music publishers and labels contact Petty, and Brunswick Records, a subsidiary of Decca, signed on March 19 Cricket 1957. Holly was signed as a solo artist with another subsidiary of Decca, Coral Records. That puts him in the unusual position of having two record contracts at the same time.

On May 27, 1957, "That'll Be The Day" was released as a single, credited to the Crickets to try to reduce the rights claimed right Decca. When the song became a hit Decca decided not to support the request. "That'll Be the Day" led the United States' Best Sellers in Stores "table and Sept. 23 UK singles chart for three weeks in November. The Crickets performed" That'll Be the Day "and" Peggy Sue "on The Ed Sullivan Show on December 1st. They also sang "Peggy Sue" in The Arthur Murray Party on December 29 and gave a rude introduction by Kathryn Murray. The kinescopes of this program is the only document in 1957 they appeared on television.

Holly helped win the all-black audience of rock and roll / rockabilly when cricket was recorded in New York's Apollo Theater in 16 to 22 August 1957. Unlike direct reception featured in 1978 film The Story of Buddy Holly, it actually took several performances for the public to warm to him. In August 1957, cricket is the only white player on a national tour, including a black neighborhood theater.

As Holly was signed both as a solo artist and member of crickets first two albums were released: The "Kicau" Cricket on November 27, 1957 and Buddy Holly on February 20, 1958. His single "Peggy Sue" and "Oh Boy!" Reached the top ten U.S. and UK charts. Buddy Holly and the Crickets toured Australia in January 1958 and England in March. The third and final album, it will Day, be put in place early recordings and published in April.

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Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) known professionally asBuddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Elder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll." His works and innovations inspired and influenced contemporary and later musicians, notably The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan, and exerted a profound influence on popular music. Holly was amongst the first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Holly #13 among "The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time"

The Crickets
Holly saw Elvis Presley sing in Lubbock in 1955 and began to incorporate a rockabilly style with Chet Atkins style lead guitar, strong rhythm acoustic and slap bass into his music. On October 15 he opened the bill for Presley  in Lubbock, catching the eye of a Nashville talent scout. transition to rock continued when he opened for Bill Haley & His Comets at a local show organized by Eddie Crandall, the manager for Marty Robbins. 
Following this performance Decca Records signed him to a contract in February 1956, misspelling his name as "Holly". He thereafter adopted the misspelled name for his professional career. Holly formed his own band, later to be called The Crickets and consisting of Holly (lead guitar and vocalist), Niki Sullivan (guitar), Joe B. Mauldin (bass), and Jerry Allison (drums). They went to Nashville for three recording sessions with producer Owen Bradley. However, he chafed under a restrictive atmosphere that allowed him little input. Among the tracks he recorded was an early version of "That'll Be The Day", which took its title from a line that John Wayne's character says repeatedly in the 1956 film, The Searchers. (This initial version of the song played more slowly and about half an octave higher than the later hit version.) Decca released two singles, "Blue Days, Black Nights" and "Modern Don Juan", that failed to make an impression. On January 22, 1957, Decca informed Holly that his contract would not be renewed, insisting however that he could not record the same songs for anyone else for five years.
Holly then hired Norman Petty as manager, and the band began recording at Petty's studios inClovis, New Mexico. Petty contacted music publishers and labels, and Brunswick Records, a subsidiary of Decca, signed the Crickets on March 19, 1957. Holly signed as a solo artist with another Decca subsidiary, Coral Records. This put him in the unusual position of having two recording contracts at the same time
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