(1936 – 1959) Born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas, rock-’n’-roll pioneer Holly became a teen idol with hits such as “That’ll be the Day” and “Peggy Sue.” Featured on The Ed Sullivan Show and Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, Holly was a singer, instrumentalist and songwriter who performed with the Crickets and as a soloist. Killed along with the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens in a plane crash in Iowa, Holly’s career and life-story inspired both a motion picture and a stage musical.