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Season 31, Day 7 - "[crickets]"

Season 31, Day 7 - "[crickets]"

This season is inspired by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and today's quiz is inspired by Buddy Holly.

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Buddy Holly

“The single most influential creative force in early rock & roll, with a string of classics that only ended with his tragic death at 22.”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: 20 Golden Greats, The “Chirping” Crickets

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: “That’ll Be the Day,” “Peggy Sue”, “Not Fade Away”, “Everyday”, “Rave On”

Billboard #1 hits: “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)

Spotify top 5:

  1. “Everyday”

  2. “That’ll Be the Day”

  3. “Peggy Sue”

  4. “Rave On”

  5. “True Love Ways”

Other notable titles: “It’s So Easy” (covered by Linda Ronstadt), “Not Fade Away”, “Oh, Boy!”

Miscellaneous trivia:

  • his backing band was called the Crickets, which partly inspired the Beatles

  • died in plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa with the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, referenced in Don McLean song “American Pie”

  • played by Gary Busey in The Buddy Holly Story

  • wore horn-rimmed glasses

  • born in Lubbock, TX

  • Weezer song named for him

Season 31, Day 7 - "[crickets]"

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