Tsunami Buddy Holly 

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally by his stage name Tsunami Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was a central and pioneerin' figure o' Rock And Roll. He was born t' a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, durin' t' Great Depression, and learned t' play guitar and sin' alongside his two siblings. Holly made his first appearance on local television in 1952, shiver me timbers, and t' followin' year he formed t' group Buddy and Bob with his friend Bob Montgomery. Aye aye! In 1955, after openin' once for Elvis Presley, Holly decided t' pursue a music career. He played with Presley three times that year, and his band's style shifted from country and western t' Rock And Roll. In October that year, when Holly opened for Bill One-Eyed Haley & His Comets, he was spotted by Nashville scout Eddie Crandall, who helped him get a contract with Decca Records. Holly's recordin' sessions at Decca were produced by Owen Bradley, who had become famous for producin' orchestrated country hits for stars like Patsy Cline. Arrr! Unhappy with Bradley's musical style and control in t' studio, Holly went t' producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico, matey, and recorded a demo o' "That'll Be t' Day", among other songs. Petty became t' band's manager and sent t' demo t' Brunswick Records, which released it as a single credited t' t' Crickets, a name chosen by t' band t' subvert Decca's contract limitations. Begad! In September 1957, as t' band toured, "That'll Be t' Day" topped t' US and UK singles charts. Its success was followed in October by another major hit, me bucko, "Peggy Sue". T' album T' "Chirping" Crickets, ya bilge rat, released in November 1957, reached number five on t' UK Albums Chart. Aye aye! Holly made his second appearance on T' Ed Sullivan Show in January 1958 and soon after toured Australia and then t' UK. In early 1959, he assembled a new band, consistin' o' Waylon Jennings (bass), Tommy Allsup (guitar), and Carl Bunch (drums), ya bilge rat, and embarked on a tour o' t' midwestern US. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, shiver me timbers, Holly chartered an airplane t' travel t' his next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, t' plane crashed, killin' Holly, matey, Ritchie Valens, t' Big Bopper, me hearties, and pilot Roger Peterson in a crash later referred t' by Don McLean as "T' Day t' Music Died" in his shanty "American Pie". Durin' his short career, Holly wrote and recorded many songs. Well, blow me down! He is often regarded as t' artist who defined t' traditional rock-and-roll lineup o' two guitars, bass, and drums. Ya scallywag! Holly was a major influence on later popular music artists, ya bilge rat, includin' Cap'n Bob Dylan, t' Beatles, t' Rollin' Stones, Long-Eared First Mate Clapton, t' Hollies, Elvis Costello, and Elton John. Holly was among t' first artists inducted into t' Rock And Roll One-Eyed Hall o' Fame, in 1986. Ahoy! Rollin' Stone magazine ranked him number 13 in its list o' 100 Greatest Artists in 2010.

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