article_snippet: (CNN)Many years ago I performed at the Surf Ballroom, in Clear Lake, Iowa, which was the last stop on Buddy Holly's final tour.
article_snippet: Buddy Holly's was killed in a plane crash in 1959 that also took the lives of singers
article_snippet: The concert that I performed at had all the old members of Buddy Holly's group.
article_snippet: Peggy Sue, who Buddy Holly sang about, was there too.
article_snippet: The Picks were there -- Peggy Sue, who Buddy Holly sang sang background vocals on Buddy's records -- as well as singer Tommy Allsup, who claimed that years later Buddy Holly's got Buddy Holly's wallet back from the crash site.
article_snippet: Buddy Holly would have the same stature musically whether Buddy Holly would have lived or died, because of Buddy Holly accomplishments which, in retrospect, nobody -- and I mean nobody, not the Beatles the Rolling Stones or anyone else -- can beat, for these reasons:
article_snippet: By the time Buddy Holly was 22 years old Buddy Holly had recorded some 50 tracks, most of which Buddy Holly had written Buddy Holly and each of them, in my view and the view of many others, a hit.
article_snippet: Buddy Holly and the Crickets were the template for all the rock bands that followed.
article_snippet: Buddy Holly was also a sensitive, ballad composer and singer, which people often overlook, with songs like "Moondreams" and "True Love Ways," among many.
article_snippet: As a paperboy, I cut open the stack of papers on February 3, 1959, and saw that Buddy Holly had been killed in the plane crash.
article_snippet: Rock 'n roll in those days was sort of like hula hoops and Buddy Holly hadn't had a big hit on the charts since '57, nor had the others in the plane crash.
article_snippet: Fortunately, Buddy Holly's music is forever young and all any young person has to do is listen to it and all any young person life will be changed forever.