Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 - February 3, 1959) was an American singer-songwriter, known professionally as Buddy Holly. He died in a plane crash in 1959.

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 Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, 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 3, 1959 at the age of 22.