"the album as a ""wonderful testament to [Holly's] songwriting prowess, longevity and legacy"". ""Paste"" magazine's Jeff Gonick positive review highlighted The Black Keys' ""beautifully minimalist"" cover, Casablancas' ""rich and rocky"" title track, My Morning Jacket's ""beautifully crafted croon"", as well as Modest Mouse's performance. Marc Hogan of ""Spin"" magazine gave ""Rave On Buddy Holly"" an eight rating on a ten-point scale and described Green's performance as ""so good it'll give you hiccups"". ""The Washington Post""'s Allison Stewart preferred artists whose performances were more similar to the original, including Apple, Elson and Earle; she criticized Modest Mouse and McCartney, whose covers"
"Glen Joseph Glen Robinson (born 2 November 1984 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England) is an actor, director, musician, professional wrestling promoter, and broadcaster known professionally as Glen Joseph. Joseph trained at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating with first class honours in 2007. He won the Sir John Gielgud Award for Musical Theatre in 2008. For many years Joseph has toured the UK and the World, playing the titular role of Buddy Holly in ""Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story"". Joseph is one of three owners of PROGRESS Wrestling, a professional wrestling company based in London. He is also the lead commentator"
"Gary Busey William Gary Busey (; born June 29, 1944) is an American actor. A prolific character actor, Busey has appeared in over 150 films, including ""Lethal Weapon"" (1987), ""Predator 2"" (1990), ""Point Break"" (1991), ""Under Siege"" (1992), ""The Firm"" (1993), ""Carried Away"" (1996), ""Black Sheep"" (1996), ""Lost Highway"" (1997), ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" (1998), ""The Gingerdead Man"" (2005) and ""Piranha 3DD"" (2012). Busey also made guest appearances on television shows such as ""Gunsmoke"", ""Walker, Texas Ranger"", ""Law & Order"", ""Scrubs"", ""Suits"", and ""Entourage"". For portraying Buddy Holly in ""The Buddy Holly Story"" (1978), Busey was nominated for"
"Niki Sullivan Niki Sullivan (June 23, 1937 – April 6, 2004) was an American rock and roll guitar player, born in South Gate, California. He was one of the four original members of Buddy Holly's backing band, The Crickets. Though he lost interest within a year or two of his involvement, his guitar playing was an integral part of Holly's early success. He performed on 27 of the 32 songs Holly recorded over his brief career. He co-wrote a number of his own songs. In 2012, Sullivan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member"
"Enzo Squillino Jr. Enzo Squillino Jr. is a British actor. He was trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts He has been called the ""British De Niro"" on many occasions. Squillino was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, but has played roles requiring many different accents and a wide range of characters on stage and screen. He was trained at the Mountview Theatre Academy in London. He first gained fame for his role in the West End musical Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story (1989) for over three years as '50s rock 'n' roll singer Ritchie Valens (of ""La"
"for 225 performances. Jill Hennessy played a number of roles, including Holly's wife Maria Elena. The show has toured extensively throughout the U.S.A starting with a 53-week tour in November 1991, and with the most recent 5th tour finishing in March 2016. Buddy has been in more than 17 countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, UK and USA. Over 25 million people have seen the show worldwide. Buddy has had 2 major tours in Australia, the 1st tour played Sydney’s Theatre Royal for 36 weeks before"
"Buddy Holly composition, ""Peggy Sue Got Married"" was used as the B-side. Box played guitar and sang, Joe B. Mauldin played bass, Ernie Hall played drums on ""Don't Cha Know"", while Jerry Allison played drums on ""Peggy Sue Got Married"" and guitar on ""Peggy Sue Got Married"". This was the final single by the Crickets on Coral Records. For the following three weeks, Box and Hall supported the Crickets on tour before returning home to complete their schooling. Box died on October 23, 1964, in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk which crashed nose-first and overturned at Houston, Texas. The other three"
"develop and write Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, which opened at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre on 12th October 1989. Referred to as the first of the so called ‘""Jukebox Musicals""’. Buddy ran in London’s West End for over 14 years, playing 5822 performances. Janes took over the producing of the show himself in 2004 and Buddy has been on tour in the UK for 17 of the last 24 years and has played Broadway, 5 U.S. National Tours, Canada, Sweden, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Holland, Singapore, Finland, Austria and Denmark. Janes was nominated for an Olivier"
"by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes for Decca Records at Bradley’s Barn, in Nashville, on July 22, 1956. Decca, displeased with Holly's previous two singles, did not issue recordings from this session. After the song was re-recorded by the Crickets in 1957 and became a hit, Decca released the original recording as a single (Decca D30434) on September 2, 1957, with ""Rock Around with Ollie Vee"" as the B-side. It was also the title track of the 1958 album ""That'll Be the Day"". Despite Holly's newfound stardom, the single did not chart. Holly's contract with Decca prohibited him from"
"Brad Vee Johnson Brad Viktor Johnson, better known by his stage name Brad Vee Johnson, is an American singer from New York City. He rose to prominence after relocating to Stockholm, performing lead roles in The Buddy Holly Story, Miss Saigon, and Showboat. Brad has been the Dean of the International Medical University of Natural Education (IMUNE) since 2013 and as the acting President of the International Register of Therapists Circle of Excellence (IRTCOE). He currently resides in Bucharest. Born and raised in New York City, his love for music and singing was formed at an early age by the"
"the Super Oldies label. Petty's Nor-Va-Jak record label was revived in 2016 as ""Nor-Va-Jak Music"", with authorization from Norman Petty Studios, for the purpose of reissuing Petty productions that were not previously available on CD. Norman Petty Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician and record producer who is best known for his association with Buddy Holly and the Crickets, who recorded in his studio. Petty was born in the small town of Clovis, New Mexico, near the Texas border. He began playing piano at an early young age. While in high school, he"
"as a sales manager for a valve company. In 1973, Huddle died of a heart attack at the age of 45. His grave is located in Paris, Texas. Jack Huddle Jack Huddle (1928–1973) was an American rockabilly musician and songwriter. He performed and recorded with Buddy Holly early in Holly's career. Huddle was born in Paris, Texas into the family of Adrian and Velma Huddle in 1928. Twelve years later he was joined by his only sister, Judith. Even at a young age, Jack loved to sing and play the guitar. Sometimes he played on the air on radio KPLT."
"Norman Petty Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician and record producer who is best known for his association with Buddy Holly and the Crickets, who recorded in his studio. Petty was born in the small town of Clovis, New Mexico, near the Texas border. He began playing piano at an early young age. While in high school, he regularly performed on a fifteen-minute show on a local radio station. After his graduation in 1945 he was drafted into the United States Air Force, returned and married his high school sweetheart Violet Ann Brady"
"Buddy Roosevelt Buddy Roosevelt (June 25, 1898 — October 6, 1973) was an American film and television actor and stunt performer from Hollywood's early silent film years through the 1950s. Roosevelt was born as Kenneth Stanhope Sanderson in Meeker in Rio Blanco County in northwestern Colorado. He was an athlete and a cowboy in his youth. He started performing as a stuntman in 1916, his first work being on the film ""Hell's Hinges"". He continued working as a stuntman as well as an actor throughout his long Hollywood career. Roosevelt served in the United States Navy during World War I."
"years later, the Beatles chose their name partly in homage to the Crickets. The Crickets were lead guitarist and vocalist Buddy Holly, drummer Jerry Allison, bassist Joe B. Mauldin, and rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan. Sullivan dropped out after a little more than one year to resume his education. The Crickets, now a trio, continued to make stage and TV appearances and recorded more songs, many composed by the band members. In 1957 Norman Petty arranged for the Crickets' recordings to be marketed under two separate names. The solo vocals were released as being by Buddy Holly, and the songs with"
"Down the Line: Rarities Down the Line: Rarities is a 2009 compilation album of American singer–songwriter and rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly's alternate takes and demos. It includes the original undubbed ""garage tapes"" with The Crickets and the ""Apartment Tapes"", which were recorded in the months before his death. Along with ""Memorial Collection"", this album was released a week prior to the fiftieth anniversary of Holly's death (February 3, 1959) on January 27, 2009. The compilation album chronicles Holly's journey from a 13-year-old novice (the album features his very first recording, a cover of Hank Snow's ""My Two-Timin' Woman"")"
"on January 27, 1959. In the early morning hours of February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly was on tour when he, together with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, died in an airplane crash. Holly and Santiago had been married for only six months at the time of his death. She learned of his death from the reports on television. A widow after only six months of marriage, she suffered a miscarriage shortly after, reportedly due to ""psychological trauma"". Buddy was interred in Lubbock. Santiago-Holly did not attend the funeral and has never visited the grave site. She told the ""Avalanche-Journal"":"
"and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, as a member of the Crickets. In 2012, Curtis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Crickets by a special committee, in order to make amends for having been rebuffed when the Crickets were not included with Buddy Holly when he was first inducted in 1986. Sonny Curtis Sonny Curtis (born May 9, 1937) is an American singer and songwriter. Most of his work falls into the pop and country genres. He was a teenage friend and band member with Buddy Holly in Lubbock, Texas. Curtis was"
"Holly Golightly (singer) Holly Golightly (born Holly Golightly Smith on September 7, 1966) is a British singer-songwriter. Her mother christened her after the self-antagonist in Truman Capote's ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"". Her musical style ranges from garage rock to R&B. While she was dating Thee Headcoats' drummer Bruce Brand she had an impromptu singing performance with his band. Billy Childish, founder of the Headcoats, added her to the line up of The Delmonas and changed the name to Thee Headcoatees. Thee Headcoatees were primarily a garage band that backed up the Thee Headcoats. In 1995 she started her solo career but"
"Buddy Roberts Dale Hey (May 16, 1947 – November 26, 2012) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Buddy Roberts. Primarily a tag team wrestler, Roberts is known for his appearances as one of The Hollywood Blonds in the 1970s and as one of The Fabulous Freebirds in the 1980s. He was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2015 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016. Hey was born in Oklahoma on May 16, 1947. He was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. Hey was trained as a professional wrestler by"
"Judy Holliday Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian, and singer. She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and musicals. Her success in the 1946 stage production of ""Born Yesterday"" as Billie Dawn led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She appeared in several films during the 1950s. She was known for her performance on"
"included the song on its list of the ""Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll"". Holly wrote a sequel, ""Peggy Sue Got Married"", and recorded a demonstration version in his New York City apartment on December 5, 1958, accompanied only by himself on guitar. The tape was discovered after his death and was ""enhanced"" for commercial release, with the addition of backing vocals and an electric guitar track that drowns out Holly's playing and almost drowns out his voice. The rarely heard original version was released on a vinyl collection, ""The Complete Buddy Holly"". It was later played over the opening"
"Buddy Stewart Buddy Stewart ""(né"" Albert James Byrne, Jr; 1922 in Derry, New Hampshire — 1 February 1950 Deming, New Mexico) was an American jazz singer. His adopted stage surname is standardized in most biographies, including ""The Jazz Discography,"" as ""Stewart;"" but it was sometimes also spelled ""Stuart."" Stewart's parents were dancers, so he entered at the age of eight years in vaudeville and sang in a number of groups. As a member of The 1940s vocal group The Snowflakes, he sang with the Claude Thornhill orchestra. A fellow singer with Thornhill was Martha Wayne (born Martha Haworth), and some"
"album ""Bubblegum, Bop, Ballad and Boogies"", the lineup featured Curtis, Alison, Hardin and bassist Ric Grech. Steven Krikorian, later to record as the new wave artist Tonio K., joined the group as a vocalist shortly thereafter, as did guitarists Albert Lee and Nick van Maarth, replacing Hardin. The 1973 album ""Remnants"" and the 1974 album ""A Long Way from Lubbock"" featured the sextet of Allison, Curtis, Krikorian, Grech, Lee and van Maarth. In 1978, the award-winning film ""The Buddy Holly Story"", starring Gary Busey as Holly, presented an engaging but inaccurate depiction of the band's early years. Allison and Mauldin's"
"Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. Morey Amsterdam Moritz ""Morey"" Amsterdam (December 14, 1908 – October 27, 1996) was an American television actor and comedian. He was known for the role of Buddy Sorrell on CBS's ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"" from 1961 to 1966. Amsterdam was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of the three sons of Max and Jennie (Finder) Amsterdam, Jewish immigrants from Austria-Hungary. He began working in vaudeville in 1922 as the straight man for his older brother's jokes. He was a cellist, a skill he used throughout his career. By 1924, he was"
"to be from South America. Her real name was Nelly Burton, and she was the widow of Charles Haddon Chambers, a well-known British playwright. For the past several years, Bobadilla had gained notoriety both as Chambers' wife and for her stage career as a dancer. On 18 May 1923, after a whirlwind romance, Bobadilla married Reilly at a civil Registry Office on Henrietta Street, in Covent Garden, Central London, with Captain Hill acting as a witness. As Reilly was already married at the time, their union was bigamous. Bobadilla later described Reilly as a sombre individual and found it strange"
"and that he psyches up for live performances by singing it backstage. Sonny West Joe ""Sonny"" West (born July 30, 1937) near Lubbock, Texas is a rock and roll songwriter and musician, best known as the co-writer of two of Buddy Holly's biggest hits: ""Oh, Boy!"" and ""Rave On"". West was the youngest of five children born to Joseph William West and Alberta Grimes. West wrote and recorded both ""Oh, Boy!"" and ""Rave On"" on the Atlantic label in the late 1950s, but they failed to achieve wide recognition or commercial success. Bruce Springsteen has often remarked that ""Rave On"""
"Jack Huddle Jack Huddle (1928–1973) was an American rockabilly musician and songwriter. He performed and recorded with Buddy Holly early in Holly's career. Huddle was born in Paris, Texas into the family of Adrian and Velma Huddle in 1928. Twelve years later he was joined by his only sister, Judith. Even at a young age, Jack loved to sing and play the guitar. Sometimes he played on the air on radio KPLT. At age 16, Jack got married. Soon after, he joined the Navy to serve for three years in WWII. After his return to Paris, Jack started playing the"
"Jerry Naylor Jerry Naylor Jackson (born March 6, 1939) as Jerry Naylor, is an American country and rock and roll artist and broadcaster and inspirational speaker, who was the lead singer of The Crickets following the death of Buddy Holly. Jerry Naylor Jackson was born in Chalk Mountain, Texas to a great depression farming family. His mother played piano in their local church and encouraged Jerry's love of music. Jerry listened to the greats of Country music such as Hank Williams, Sr., Lefty Frizzell, Bob Wills (with whom he shared his birthday) and Slim Whitman, and Whitman's steel guitar player,"
"Alan Janes Alan Janes (born 16 May 1951) is an English writer and producer who has worked in TV, Films, Radio and Theatre. His best known work is the musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (widely credited with being the first of the so-called ‘""jukebox musicals""’) which ran for over 14 years and almost 6,000 performances in London’s West End, and has been on tour in the UK for 17 years. Buddy has also played Broadway, 5 U.S. National Tours, 8 years in Germany, 3 years in Australia and New Zealand and countless other productions around the world leading"
"""Righteous Kill"" and many others. He is also a member of the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall Of Fame. Buddy Joe Hooker Buddy Joe Hooker (born May 30, 1942) is a Hollywood actor, second unit director, stunt man and stunt coordinator. He is most famous for his expertise in designing and performing vehicle stunts for movies and television. His film credits show involvement in over 150 productions. Some of his projects include: ""Blazing Saddles"", ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", ""Hooper"", ""Sharky's Machine"", ""To Live and Die In L.A."", ""Rambo: First Blood"", ""Octopussy"", ""The Right Stuff"", ""Scarface"", ""Against All Odds"", ""Gardens of"
"Alex Andreas Alex Andreas (formerly Alex Andrea) (born 9 September 1970) is an English actor/singer. He trained at the London School of Musical Theatre (LSMT), and is probably best known for his portrayal on stage of The Big Bopper in ""The Buddy Holly Story"", between 1996–2001, in Hamburg, Germany, and on tour in the UK. He is currently playing Tony Scibelli in The Bodyguard Musical UK No. 1 Tour. Before Andreas did his formal training at LSMT, he worked as a bodyguard for The Gap Band and Eurythmics. After leaving LSMT, Andreas went on to play The Big Bopper in"
"the story line along with Sonny Curtis, Bob Montgomery, Don Guess and Larry Welborn. In the stage show ""The Buddy Holly Story"", the character of Niki Sullivan plays a prominent role. This role was played by Andy Umscheid in the Klingenberg am Main festival's production of the show. Sullivan died of a heart attack, aged 66, on April 6, 2004 at his home in Sugar Creek, Missouri. He was survived by his wife Fran E. Sullivan (died April 1, 2012), his two sons, a granddaughter and a sister. Niki Sullivan Niki Sullivan (June 23, 1937 – April 6, 2004) was"