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.
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:
“Everyday”
“That’ll Be the Day”
“Peggy Sue”
“Rave On”
“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