A definitive account of Buddy Holly and his career. ’Spencer Leigh Raves On – brilliantly.’ Sir Tim Rice A journalist, acclaimed author and BBC broadcaster for over 40 years, Spencer Leigh is an acknowledged authority on popular music ...
"Fans Got Last Glimpse of Holly: Concert-Goers Waved Goodbye at Airport.” Mason City Globe-Gazette, 1 February 1989. Hoffman, Jim. “We Belong Together." Photoplay, May 1959. Collected in Ritchie Valens, 30th Anniversary Memorial Series, ...
“slow version”: Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock 'n' Roll, p. 81. “Wishing,” an old demo: Lazell et al., Rock Movers & Shakers, p. 234. “were done better by: 1/64. Fab Four were simply: George Harrison said in New York on ...
The definitive account of Holly's life and career published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of his death.
Having devoted the last five years of his life to this work—crisscrossing the rural paths of the United States from Texas to Iowa to Minnesota—Amburn portrays Holly as a mythic antihero, whose rebellious, dramatic life was a reaction ...
Buddy Holly: His Life and Music
Based on interviews with Holly's family, friends and lovers, this book reveals the truth behind the myth of this rock and roll star.
In his analysis of Buddy Holly's music and lyrics, his impact on music of the late 1950s, and his posthumous influence on the music industry, Dave Laing aims to provide...