Buddy Holly and the Crickets

Buddy Holly and the Crickets were a rock and roll group popular in the fifties. They were one of the leaders of "rockabilly", combining rock and roll with country music. The name "Crickets" was the inspiration for the name The Beatles. Buddy Holly's name was the inspiration for the name The Hollies. Buddy Holly was killed in 1959 alongside J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens in a plane crash. This moment was immortalized in the song American Pie by folk rock musician Don McLean as "The Day the Music Died". The song even references the Holly hit "That'll Be the Day" by saying "This'll be the day that I die". Initially, only Holly was inducted into the actual Hall of Fame, with the Crickets being inducted many years later in a special committee. Holly was a charter member of the Hall of Fame. Buddy Holly influenced various other musicians including Bob Dylan, The Clash, and Bruce Springsteen. Buddy Holly has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Progressive rock band Rush made their debut with a cover of Holly's single Not Fade Away. Holly is a member of the "27 Club", artists who died at the age of 27. This also includes Jim Morrison of The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin. This club would later become an obsession for Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, leading to his ultimate suicide.