But considering the cometlike nature of Buddy Holly's career ... Grateful Dead: The prototypical hippie band recorded Holly's Not Fade Away and performed it more than 500 times in concert over ...

and the Stones made no secret of Buddy’s influence on them; in fact, the former’s first single was “That’ll Be the Day,” while the latter’s was “Not Fade Away,” both Holly originals.

And Buddy Holly had taken me. “Not Fade Away,” one of his biggest hits, showed that he could venture into Bo Diddley territory and own a portion of it, this thin little white dude from Texas.

And that brings up the enduring power of a song the Stones helped define – “Not Fade Away.” When they released their cover of a 1957 Buddy Holly B-side in the U.S. in early 1964, the Stones ...

“Not Fade Away” was written by Buddy Holly, but the Grateful Dead played it 566 times between 1969 and 1995. Dylan first covered the song in 1997, and it became a staple of his shows in early ...

like “Not Fade Away” and “Peggy Sue” it’s impossible not to. “You can’t sing ‘Peggy Sue’ without somewhat sounding like Buddy Holly. It is so inherently him.” ...

In just three short years, Buddy Holly set the music world on fire ... “That’ll Be the Day,” “Well…All Right,” “Not Fade Away,” and more!

The Beatles mined the catalogs of Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry for ... Their version of Holly’s “Not Fade Away” was the Stones’ first top-10 single in England, in April 1964.

He said he also co-wrote “Not Fade Away” with Holly but went uncredited, due to the producer allegedly switching his own name in instead. Allison’s death was announced on the official Buddy ...

Buddy Holly’s classic ode to love’s staying power (sadly, he died less than two years after penning it), stands as one of rock’s iconic blues numbers. “Not Fade Away” was first recorded ...