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'''Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly''' (1936-1959) was an early rock and roll pioneer. The lead singer of the group [[The Crickets]], Holly is most famous for his songs ''[[Peggy Sue]]'' and ''That'll Be The Day''.

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'''Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly''' (Septemnber 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) was an early rock and roll pioneer from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. The lead singer of the group [[The Crickets]], Holly is most famous for his songs ''[[Peggy Sue]]'' and ''That'll Be The Day''.

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On February 3, 1959, the plane on which Holly was flying, crashed outside Macon City, [[Iowa]]. Killed were Holly and his fellow rock and roll singers Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Don McLean, a friend of both the Big Bopper and Holly, wrote the song ''American Pie'' to commemorate their death. The song refers to February 3 as "[[The Day the Music Died|the day the music died]]."<ref>[http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/pie.html Bob Dearborn's original analysis of Don McLean's song ''American Pie'']</ref><ref>[http://understandingamericanpie.com/ Understanding ''American Pie'']</ref>

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In 1979, Lubbock [[radio]] pioneers [[Larry Corbin]] and Jerry "Bo" Coleman and the famous musician Waylon Jennings, decided that their old friend, Buddy Holly should be honored in Lubbock. Corbin himself paid for the startup costs of the landmark Buddy Holly statue. With financial help from the proceeds of two Waylon Jennings concerts, the statue was completed and stands as a memorial to Buddy Holly.<ref name=obit/> After the Holly statue, Corbin, Jennings, and Coleman developed the concept of West Texas Walk of Fame, dedicated to area musicians. The Walk of Fame inducted Holly in 1979, Jennings in 1980, Mac Davis in 1983, and [[Don Allison]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180807/west-texas-walk-of-fame-to-add-abbott-allison-livingston-weeks|author=William Kerns|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|title=West Texas Walk of Fame to add Abbott, Allison, Livingston, Weeks|date=August 7, 2018|accessdate=August 8, 2018}}</ref>

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On February 2, 1959, the plane on which Holly was flying, crashed outside Macon City, Iowa, killing Holly as well as fellow rock and roll singers [[Ritchie Valens]] and [[The Big Bopper]]. Don McLean, a friend of both the Big Bopper and Holly, wrote the song ''American Pie'' to commemorate their death, referring to that day as "[[The Day the Music Died|the day the music died]]."<ref>[http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/pie.html Bob Dearborn's original analysis of Don McLean's song ''American Pie'']</ref><ref>[http://understandingamericanpie.com/ Understanding ''American Pie'']</ref>

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