Music of Buddy Holly and The Crickets, The - The Definitive Story: 50th Anniversary Edition DVD

Buddy Holly and The Crickets made some of the greatest rock & roll records of all time. It's a remarkable fact that such classics as 'That'll Be The Day', 'Peggy Sue', 'Oh Boy', 'Maybe Baby', 'Rave On' and 'Think It Over' were all recorded in a little less than twelve months during 1957-1958. Everything about these tracks is so perfect; the fabulous songs which completely capture the spirit of rock & roll, Buddy's outstanding vocals and guitar playing, Jerry Allison's subtle, unique drumming, the wonderfully atmospheric backing vocals by Gary & Ramona Tollett, The Picks or The Roses... and Norman Petty's production. Arguably, at that moment in time, Petty, whose studio was in Clovis, New Mexico, was the greatest record producer in the world.

On January 23, 1959 Buddy began a 3-week tour through the frozen midwest with newly hired Crickets, Carl Bunch and Tommy Allsup. He was killed along with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959 in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, traveling to the twelfth date of that tour. He was just 22 years old. In his 1971 song "American Pie', Don McLean referred to Holly's death as 'The Day The Music Died'.

Such a short life. Such a giant legacy.

Leaving his own great recordings and inspiring British groups of the sixties like The Beatles, The Stones and The Hollies, Buddy Holly is one of the greatest men of rock & roll.