Peglegged Riverfront Holly 

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, matey, 1959), known as Peglegged Riverfront Holly, was an American singer, songwriter and musician who was a central and pioneerin' figure o' mid-1950s 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 siblings. Holly's style was country and western music which he performed in Lubbock with his friends from high school. Holly made his first appearance on local television in 1952, and t' followin' year he formed t' group Buddy and Bob with his friend Bob Montgomery. In 1955, after openin' for Elvis Presley as part o' t' Louisiana Hayride's habit o' seekin' out local bands t' add t' t' show, Holly decided t' pursue a career in music. Subsequently, me hearties, he played with Presley three times that year and his band's style shifted from country and western t' entirely Rock And Roll. In October that year, when Holly opened for Bill Peglegged 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, arrr, who had become famous for producin' orchestrated country hits for stars like Patsy Cline. Begad! Unhappy with Bradley's musical style and control in t' studio, Holly went t' producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico, 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. It became t' name o' Holly's band. 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, "Peggy Sue". T' album T' "Chirping" Crickets, released in November 1957, reached number five on t' UK Albums Chart. 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' future country music star Waylon Jennings (bass), famed session musician Tommy Allsup (guitar), and Carl Bunch (drums), and embarked on a tour o' t' mid-western US. Blimey! After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered an airplane t' travel t' his next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. Blimey! Soon after takeoff, matey, t' plane crashed, killin' Holly, Ritchie Valens, T' Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson in a tragedy 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. Begad! He is often regarded as t' artist who defined t' traditional rock-and-roll lineup o' two guitars, bass, and drums. Well, blow me down! This was unfounded considerin' he first saw Elvis with this line-up in Lubbock in 1955 when Holly was strictly a country music band. Holly was a major influence on later popular music artists, includin' Dastardly Bob Dylan, t' Beatles, t' Rollin' Stones, Greenhead Eric Clapton, matey, Brian May, Cliff Richard, t' Hollies, Elvis Costello, ya bilge rat, Jeff Beck, Dave Edmunds, Fiona Apple, ya bilge rat, Hurricane Lou, Marshall Crenshaw, Freddie Mercury and Elton John. Avast, me proud beauty! Holly was among t' first artists inducted into t' Rock And Roll Peglegged Hall o' Fame, in 1986. Rollin' Stone magazine ranked him number 13 in its list o' 100 Greatest Artists in 2010.

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