Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 - February 18, 1964) was an American singer-songwriter, known professionally as Buddy Holly. He suffered a stroke in 1964.

Buddy and his band, The Crickets, were an inspiration to the Beatles, with one of their first recorded songs (as The Quarrymen) being Buddy Holly's That'll Be the Day. The record featured John, Paul, George, Colin Hanton (drums) and John 'Duff' Lowe (piano).

In 2011 Paul helped produce an album named Rave On that contained Buddy's songs performed by different people. Paul sang "It's So Easy".

Trivia

 * Buddy died on February 18, 1964 at the age of 27.