Buddy Holly

Celebrity Collector: Alan Swyer

Reyne Haines | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Baywatch, Reyne Haines, Vinyl, Buddy Holly, Celebrity Collector, Collecting, Collectors, Record Collectors, Celebrity News

I caught up with Alan Swyer, producer of films such as The Buddy Holly Story, HBO's award-winning Rebound, and the TV series everyone loved to drool over, Baywatch. He explained to me how he often takes a walk down memory lane, one song at a time...

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My Top 10 Most Influential Rock 'N' Roll Pioneers

Pat Gallagher | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Brenda Lee, Buddy Holly, The Platters, Connie Francis, Fats Domino, Bobby Darin, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chubby Checker, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Rock and Roll, Nostalgia, Fifty News

Teenagers back in the day who actually wore poodle skirts and experienced the Brylcreem era remember -- first hand -- the musical explosion that came to be known as rock 'n' roll.

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We're Not All Yahoos in Clovis, NM

Pam Atherton | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: President, President Obama, Mayor, Buddy Holly, Clovis Culture, David Lansford, Gayla Brumfield, Clovis NM, Election, Atlah, Clovis New Mexico Mayor, Clovis New Mexico, New Mexico, Clovis Mayor, Obama Conspiracies, Clovis New Mexico Mayor Obama, Obama Conspiracy, Clovis, Politics News

The good people of Clovis are horrified about what happened Tuesday night in our election. We are saddened by the broad brush that paints us in the same light as the man who was elected as mayor, David Lansford.

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Lung Of Love: A Conversation With Amy Ray

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Michael Jackson, The Butchies, Bruce Cockburn, Indigo Girls, Buddy Holly, Greg Griffith, Amy Ray, The Everley Brothers, Emily Sailers, Entertainment News

"Lung Of Love" encompassed the song for me because it refers to my voice and our ability to be in the world and express ourselves through song or through breathing or through whatever you do and what keeps you alive as well as what hinders you.

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Dion DiMucci in Conversation With Steven Van Zandt at the 92nd Street Y

Holly Cara Price | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Joe?S Pub, New Album, Bronx, Music News, Buddy Holly, Steven Van Zandt, Blues, New York City, Dion DiMucci, Dion and the Belmonts, Entertainment News, Jerry Lieber, Doo Wop, 92y, Hank Williams, Country Music, Dovells, Outlaw Country, Entertainment News

Just imagine you're sitting in your own living room and it's nice and cozy and quiet, and across from you in two comfy chairs are Dion DiMucci and Steven Van Zandt talking, for 90 minutes, about Dion's long and amazing career.

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The Return of the Blues Wanderer: A Conversation With Dion, Plus Anthony Green's Beautiful Things Album Streamer

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: The Big Bopper, Jimmy Reed, Buddy Holly, Anthony Green, The Lovin' Spoonful, Paul Simon, Tracy Nelson, Circa Survive, Good Old War, Dion, Dave Marsh, Matthew Nelson, Sam Nelson, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Ritchie Valens, Dion & the Belmonts, Hank Williams, Gunnar Nelson, Lou Reed, Richard Nixon, Bobby Kennedy, Muddy Waters, Nelson, John Hammond Jr., The Deer Hunter, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Mike Bloomfield, John Hammond, Dion DiMucci, John Lee Hooker, Bob Hyde, Ricky Nelson, Richie Havens, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

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Michael Jackson's "The Immortal Megamix," Plus Chatting With Chris Isaak and Phil Manzanera

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Robert Wyatt, Chrissie Hynde, Roy Orbison, Enrique Bunbury, Eurythmics, Also Lopez Gavilan, Roxy Music, Gorillaz, Buddy Holly, Carlos Santana, Carl Perkins, Chris Isaak, David GIlmour, Paul Thompson, Buena Vista Social Club, Sun Records, Phil Manzanera, The Beatles, Brad Pitt, Stevie Wonder, David Lynch, David Bowie, Jimmy Stewart, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Costello, Frank Zappa, Steve Winwood, Bryan Ferry, Red Dwarf, Johnny Cash, Lucho Brieva, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Doctor Who, Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, Cheech & Chong, Brian Eno, Héroes Del Silencio, Annie Lennox, Video, Entertainment News

"I've made a lot of records because that's what I do, and I've listened to a lot of records, and I have to tell you the truth--it wouldn't have mattered if The Beatles had recorded "A Hard Day's Night" on Silly Putty. It would have sounded good."

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Evan Rachel Wood, Michael Emerson & More: Famous Birthdays for September 7

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Michael Emerson, September 7, Famous Birthdays, Buddy Holly, Celebrity Birthdays, Evan Rachel Wood Birthday, Evan Rachel Wood, September 7th, Home News

In a world with nearly 7 billion people, chances are someone famous is celebrating their birthday today. And indeed: Richard Gere, Sara Ramírez, a...

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From Buddy Holly Day to The Hopelessly Devoted: A Week of Revival in L.A.

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 11.06.2011

If there were ever a week for a midcentury music revival in L.A., this must be it.

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Everything, Everytime, Everywhere, Mayhem and Beyond: Chatting with Imelda May, Trevor Hall and Motopony

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Peter Asher, Buddy Holly, Blue Fish, Imelda May, Nigel Ledgerwood, Two Fish, Colbie Caillat, Conan O'Brien, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, The Clash, Darrel Higham, Fleet Foxes, Nicole Kidman, Craig Ferguson, Mtv, Subway Fresh Buzz, Swami Vivekananda, Les Paul, Matisyahu, One Fish, Billie Holiday, Dr. Suess, Mary J. Blige, Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper, The Jonas Brothers, Dr. John, Red Fish, Ryan Peterson, Jimmy Cliff, Shareen Anderson, Jay Leno, Gene Vincent, Michael Franti, Pink, Quentin Tarantino, Eddie Cochran, Jimi Hendrix, Motopony, Bumbershoot, Entertainment News

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PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music

Shawn Amos | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Old 97's, Red Hot + Rio 2, New Music, Buddy Holly, We the Kings, Brian Eno, Album Reviews, Music, Entertainment News

You've shaken off the sulfur from your 4th of July hangover; now witness the fireworks by a group of musicians rallying around a common cause.

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Fishin' in the Dark: Chattin' With The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: The Greenbriar Boys, Kenny Loggins, Mo Ostin, Linda Ronstadt, Buddy Holly, Junior Huskey, Son Volt, Steve Earle, Matraca Berg, Nicolette Larson, John Hiatt, Gilda Radner, Jimmy Ibbotsdon, Merel Bregante, John Randall Stewart, Doc Watson, Rosanne Cash, Jimmie Fadden, Richard Hathaway, Bill McEuen, Jeff Hanna, Jimmy Martin, Guitar Player, Larraine Newman, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve Martin, Jerry Jeff Walker, Bob Carpenter, John McEuen, Jane Curtain, Earl Scruggs, Lenny Waronnker, Johnny Cash, Wilco, Jimmy Messina, William McEuen, George Massenberg, AC/DC, Buck Owens, Foster & Llyod, Chuck Berry, Bill Murray, Ricky Scaggs, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Belushi, Jon Stewart, Dwight Yoakum, Chevy Chase, Vasser Clements, Loggins & Messina, The Band, Entertainment News

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Women Who Rock: LA Stories from the Rock Hall of Fame's New Show

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Jack White, Stevie Nicks, Billie Holiday, The B-52's, Britney Spears, Meg White, Buddy Holly, Mother Maybelle Carter, Mahalia Jackson, Phil Spector, The Supremes, Madonna, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Wanda Jackson, Ma Rainey, Elvis Presley, Amy Winehouse, Grace Slick, Darlene Love, Terry Stewart, The Pixies, Bessie Smith, Ellie Greenwich, Lauren Onkey, Adele, Little Richard, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Shindig, Bruce Springsteen, David Letterman, Meredith Rutledge, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Los Angeles News

Wanda Jackson and Darlene Love are game-changers that allowed fans to reckon the authorship of the rock and roll genre with new clarity.

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Orchestras and Mixtapes: Conversations With Brandi Carlile and Jared Evan

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.08.2011

Read More: Roy Orbison, Young & Reckless, Buddy Holly, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Pulp Fiction, Dave Matthews, Grey Goose, Jim Reeves, Antonis Kanakis, Brandi Carlile, Onerepublic, Patsy Cline, Matt Graham, Gregory Allen Isakov, Ill Mind, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Big Sean, Mel DeBarge, Elton John, Buckingham Palace, Disney, Hank Williams, Queens of the Stone Age, Katie Herzig, Jack White, Entourage, Tammy Wynette, Simon & Garfunkel, Pusha T, Mos Def, Radio Arvila, Jimmy Douglass, Jessica White, Eddie Vedder, Freddie Mercury, Adriana Lima, Ill Factor, Ray Lamontagne, Benaroya Hall, Sxsw, Ryan Tedder, Jamlake, Entertainment News

Brandi: My greatest piece of advice -- and it's not taking a shot at individualism -- is to band together with other artists, and to completely abandon the idea of the competitive nature of music.

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The Day The Music Died: Remembering Buddy Holly And Music Legends Lost In The Crash

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Day the Music Died Anniversary, The Day the Music Died Remembered, Don McLean, Buddy Holly Plane Crash, The Day the Music Died Buddy Holly, The Day the Music Died Plan Crash, Buddy Holly, The Day the Music Died, Home News

February 3 marks the 52nd anniversary of "The Day The Music Died." On this day in 1959, a plane carrying musical legends Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens,...

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VIDEO: Denver's Weekly Concert Calendar

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Buddy Holly Tribute, George Clinton, Rock 'N Soul Cafe, Buddy Holly, Remember When, Denver Events, Boulder, Denver Concerts, The Day Music Died, Gothic-Theatre, Daft Punk, Faux Punk, Fox Theatre, Denver Concert Calendar, Astro Dog, Slidepollajax, Denver News

Remember when The Get Up Kids were on everyone's Walkman? Or George Clinton's hit "Atomic Dog"? This week Colorado's venues are rocking gloriously w...

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Why Travel? Because It Is There

Sophia Dembling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cody Wyoming, Gauley River, Toy, New Mexico, America, Commander McBragg, Truth or Consequences, Greyhound Bus, Buddy Holly, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Travel, United States, Provincialism, New Yorkers, Lubbock Texas, Travel News

Sure, some trips are more fun than others, and some places' charms aren't evident at first glance. But I've never been anywhere that couldn't hold my attention or anywhere I would refuse to visit again.

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Eight Thoughts About Election Day and Words and Music

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Otis Blackwell, Songs, Chairman Mao, Ronald Reagan, That'll Be the Day, Buddy Holly, Paul McCartney, Boston Tea Party, Begin the Beguine, Frankie Valli, Cole Porter, Rag Doll, Carl Sigman, Bobby Brown, Partridge Family, Gary Stewart, Rand Paul, John Lennon, God, It's All in the Game, British Invasion, Don't Be Cruel, Copyright Law, Beatles, Born in the USA, Tea Party, Art Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, b52s, Politics News

1.Tuesday's election wins by Sharron Angle in Nevada and Nikki Haley in South Carolina were helped immeasurably by those candidates' association with ...

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The Day the Music Died

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Clapton, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, Rock and Roll, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Buddy Holly died with little realization of what his legacy would become. He changed the course of history and filled our torn times with melodies that transcended the era in which they were written.

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HuffPost Reviews: Beyonce, Rihanna, Buddy Holly, The Doors, Susan Boyle, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chase & Status, Andy McKaie, Billy Altman, Slash, Jim Morrison, Les Miserable, Encore Theater, Buddy Holly, John Sebastian, Ne-Yo, Madison Square Garden, Bill Dahl, Susan Boyle, Wynn Hotel, Anthony Mandler, John Stewart, Felt Forum, Mrs. Miller, Anne Murray, Chris Brown, Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand, Destiny's Child, Ed Burke, Thierry Mugler, Tricky Stewart, Wynn Resort, Erick Labson, Rihanna, Diana Ross, The Doors, Entertainment News, Suga Mama, The Monkees, Youtube, Grammy Award, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Rocky Baloboa, The Avett Brothers, Lady GaGa, Ashley Albert, The Jimmies, Entertainment News

Beyoncé's I Am...Yours is a satisfying decade-and-then-some retrospective that reveals the artist's interesting back story with a personal warmth not always emphasized by our current cast of pop stars.

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Fear Of Flying: Top Ten Most Mysterious Airplane Incidents

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Air France 447, The Big Bopper, Sully, Buddy Holly, Amelia Earhart, Northwestern, Ritchie Valens, Bermuda Triangle, Payne Stewart, Northwest Pilots, Joe Sharkey, Colgan Air Buffalo, TWA Flight 800, Don McLean, Capt. Sullenberger, Healthy Living News

The most recent addition to this list is last week's report of Northwest Airlines Flight 188 plane, which overshot its destination by 150 miles.

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HuffPost Premiere: Zero 7's "Medicine Man"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Hardaker, Joker & Ginz, Madonna, Henry Binns, Gold Panda, Martha Tilston, Eska Mtungwazi, Mock & Took, The Buchanan Brothers, Itunes, Amazon, Rowdy Superstar, Eric Clapton, Phillip Glass, Frank Loesser, The Maxes, Trevor Gureckis, Buddy Holly, A&M Records, Carl Perkins, Paul Simon, Edie Brickell, The Beatles: Rock Band, The Heavy Circles, Sonny Landreth, The Beatles, Harper Simon, Atlantic Records, Abby Payne, Willie Nelson, The Fireman, Elektra Records, Bob Marley, Paul McCartney, Nancy Jeffries, Harold Arlen, Ruth Brown, Jerry Herman, Mark Knopfler, Dan Sokol, Virgin Records, Rock Band, Meredith Wilson, Entertainment News, Pokey La Farge, Robert De Niro, Mpl, Entertainment News

The Huffington Post is premiering an audio clip of Zero 7's new single, "Medicine Man." Tell a friend.

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This Blog Post Is Even Weirder Than Michael Jackson

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Toyota Corolla, Steroids, Jim Morrison, Smoking, Brian Jones, Buddy Holly, Queen, Number-One Songs, Sam Cooke, Same-Sex Marriage, Neverland, Failing Newspapers, Dead Rock Stars, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, The Clash, Cats, The Who, Hummer, Heterosexual Marriage, Death of Michael Jackson, King of Pop, Avocados, Bernard Madoff, Cancer, Joe Strummer, Online News, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Motown, The Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, Bob Marley, Jerry Garcia, Nirvana, Sid Vicious, Kurt Cobain, Twitter, Life on Other Planets, Elvis Presley, Musical Legends, Plastic Surgery, Laptops, The Doors, Sports Radio, John Lennon, Fantasy Baseball, World Series, Freddie Mercury, Atari Computers, The Sex Pistols, Gas Guzzlers, Keith Moon, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Moonwalking, Selena, Comedy News

The general public doesn't mourn the deaths of less-famous people who might have continued to also do great things if they hadn't left us before their time.

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The Day the Music Died

Michael Pattison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, The 1970s, Buddy Holly, Tommy Allsup, Folk Music, Waylon Jennings, Singing, American Pie, Music, Lubbock Texas, Rock and Roll, 1970s, Don McLean, Entertainment News

Don McLean saw February 3, 1959 as The Day the Music Died, but really it was the day the legend of Buddy Holly was born.

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Deluxe of the Draw: R.E.M., Warren Zevon, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Juno

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carl Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Greg Calbi, Paul Stookey, Christmas, Cd, Michael Cera, J.D. Souther, Apple, Peter Buck, Folk, Lindsey Buckigham, Capitol Records, Gregg Ogorzelec, John Stewart, Belle & Sebastian, Stevie Nicks, Arrested Development, The Bristols, Digital Download, Ellen Page, Mike Mills, Phil Everly, Mary Travers, Bill Berry, Cheryl Pawelski, Barnes & Noble, Punk, Jason Reitman, Carlos Grasso, Borders, Michael Stipe, Paul & Mary, Glenn Frey, David Lindley, Toronto, Buddy Holly, Dana G. Smart, Jay Boberg, Canada, Rock, Trio Los Panchos, Athens, Mitch Easter, I.R.S., Asylum Records, Warren Zevon, Southern California, Labor Day, Compact Disc, John David Souther, Don Dixon, Hindu Love Gods, Feist, Yo La Tengo, Don Henley, Kimya Dawson, Amazon, Peter Yarrow, 45s, Jim Croce, Texas, Juno, Best Buy, Jon Stewart, Georgia, John Denver, Jr. James & the Late Guitar, New West, Jackson Browne, Astrud Gilberto, Itunes, R.E.M., Peter, Ppm, Hib-Tone, Peter Paul, Entertainment News

In case we didn't know the holiday season was fast approaching... a spate of CD box sets, hits compilations and expanded, Deluxe Editions of some of our favorite albums are usually tell-tale sign.

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