Buddy Holly
City of Lubbock Cemetery
Lubbock, Texas
(Holly's real name was spelled "Holley," but in his professional
singing career, it was spelled without the "e.")
A long, long time ago
—Don McLean, American Pie |
(The opening verse of McLean's song refers to the plane crash on February 3, 1959 that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J. P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), and the pilot Roger Peterson.)
Poster from Buddy Holly's last tour,
one week before the fatal plane crash.
U.S. postage stamp honoring
Buddy Holly, issued in 1993