This is the day to celebrate the memory of a great talent who were lost to the music world way to early. Buddy Holly would have turned 88 today. He wrote and performed several songs that have become staples in the history of rock, and he inspired among many others The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Steve Marriot, Don McLean, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton and Elton John.
Sadly Buddy Holly’s life was cut short on February the 3. in 1959, also known as “The day that music died”. It was the day he died in a tragic plane crash, together with Richie Valens (La Bamba), The Big Bopper ( Chantilly Lace) and the pilot Roger Peterson. Buddy was 22, Richie only 17 and the Bopper 28.
Here is That’ll Be the Day, which got to number 1 both in the US and UK in 1957. To Buddy Holly’s memory. What could have been! 
Buddy Holly - That’ll Be the Day
Damn, Buddy Holly was good. So here’s one more, while we’re at it 
Buddy Holly - Rave On