Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article about Buddy Holly and the ...

Sonny Curtis, the frontman of Buddy Holly’s band The Crickets who wrote classic songs including the theme for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died. He was 88. Curtis died Friday “after a sudden ...

Sonny Curtis, who has died aged 88, was a singer, guitarist and songwriter best known as a member of the Crickets, and as the ...

Sixty-seven years ago today, Buddy Holly stepped into the studio for the final time and recorded one of his biggest hits.

A vintage rock 'n' roller, who was a member of Buddy Holly's band, wrote rock classics and the memorable TV tune "Love Is All Around." ...

POPULAR singer-songwriter Sonny Curtis has died at the age of 88. The rock pioneer, who was known for fronting Buddy Holly’s band The Crickets, died of a “sudden illness”, his ...

Today, 70 years after that fateful opening performance for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly remains a rock and roll pioneer whose ...

Jerry “JI” Allison, drummer for Buddy Holly and the Crickets and co-writer on some of their biggest hits, has died. He was 82. The official Facebook page for Holly announced Allison’s death, though no ...

Jerry Allison released a single in 1958 under his middle name, Ivan. It only reached No. 68 on the charts. However, as a drummer and songwriter with Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Allison had much more ...

Collector willing to pay $10,000 for original poster that promoted local Buddy Holly and the Crickets concert Buddy Holly and the Crickets headlined a star-studded show at the CYC in Scranton in 1958.

A rock’n’rollercoaster ride is underway at Windsor – just hold on tight to your specs. The Buddy Holly Story has been wowing ...