40 Years Ago: 'The Buddy Holly Story' Sets the Bar for Biopics 40 Years Ago: 'The Buddy Holly Story' Sets the Bar for Biopics These days, music biopics are nearly as commonplace on the big screen ...

The life and career of legendary rock and roll musician Buddy Holly is dramatized, following the journey of his meteoric rise to fame as well as his marriage.

and she got her big break when she was cast as Buddy Holly's wife in 1978's "The Buddy Holly Story." The Columbia Pictures film co-starred Gary Busey as the iconic singer and songwriter.

A musical tribute to the brief, shining career of musical comet Buddy Holly. Born in Texas, Holly rose to fame, changed the rock and roll landscape, and then died tragically at the age of 23.

Peggy Sue Gerron, the inspiration for Buddy Holly's 1957 hit song, has died in Lubbock, Texas, aged 78. While she was the focus of the single, Peggy Sue was in fact in a relationship with Buddy ...