Short Biography
Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holley (September 7 1936 – February 3 1959) was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. The change of spelling of "Holley" to "Holly" came about because of an error in a contract he was asked to sign, listing him as Buddy Holly. That spel... Read More...
Clovis Music Festival continues today - Portales News-Tribune Laser pointer in hand, Kenneth Broad pointed to several records hanging on the wall to a dozen visitors taking a tour Thursday of the Norman Petty Recording Studio. As the red dot on the wall shifted from record to record, singers who recorded at the ...
Performers bring 1950s rock 'n' roll to students - Portales News-Tribune Outside, the 1950-era vehicles of the Desert Cruzers Car Club lined the front of parking lot at Mesa Elementary School in Clovis. Inside, about 470 students gathered in the school’s gym Friday morning for a concert by the Fireballs, The Poor Boys ...
Revisiting the top picks for desert island-living music - Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Someone who brought in a box of LPs recently asked me to name my top five rock ’n’ roll “desert island” albums. I’ve been asked this question in the past and decided to pull out of my archives a column that ran Aug. 31, 2007. After you read ...
