Other Titles • The Buddy Holly Story • Die Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Synopses for The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
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A powerful biography of '50s Texas rockabilly phenomenon Buddy Holly who took his band the Crickets to the top of the charts before a tragic airplane accident ended his life. Portrays Holly as regular, hardworking type who struggles with peers and the music industry before he makes it big with the huge hit "That'll Be The Day." Also details the final events leading up to the plane crash, en route to Minnesota in a snow storm on February 3, 1959, which also claimed the lives of Richie Valens and the Big Bopper.
(19 votes)
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Music Never Felt This Good.
Gary Busey gives an electrifying, Oscar -nominated performance (Best Actor-1978) as Buddy Holly - the musical genius from Lubbock, Texas, who changed the tune of rock 'n' roll history. With a groundbreaking combination of country music and rhythm & blues, Buddy Holly and the Crickets (Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith) catapulted to national stardom in just three short years with such hits as "That'll Be The Day," "It's So Easy," and "Peggy Sue." By the age of 22, Holly had it all: chart-topping singles, a beautiful wife, and international acclaim - until tragedy ended a brilliant career…but not his music. In an Academy Award -winning score adaptation, the most influential rock 'n' rollers of all time and the legacy he left behind.
(19 votes)
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