Buddy Holly: Biography (89 page)

Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin
(Amburn)

Pearsall, Yvonne

Peer, Ralph and Elizabeth

Peer-Southern Music (publisher)

“Peggy Sue” (Holly–Allison–Petty)

success of

“Peggy Sue Got Married” (Holly)

Peggy Sue Got Married
(film)

Penguins

Perkins, Carl

Peters, Jimmy

Peterson, Art (father)

Peterson, DeAnn (wife)

Peterson, Pearl (mother)

Peterson, Roger (charter pilot)

funeral

name on monument

Petty, Norman

Buddy Holly, exploitation of

conflict with Maria Elena Holly

and the Crickets (minus Holly)

Crickets’ breakup

dishonesty

as engineer and accompanist

as manager

sexuality

songwriting credit and royalties

See also
Nor Va Jak; Norman Petty Recording Studios; Norman Petty Trio

Petty, Violet Ann (Vi)

Phillips, Charlie

Phillips, Sam

Photoplay
magazine

Pickering, Billy Duane “Bill”

Picks

“Piece of My Mind”

Pierce, Webb

Pinkston, Dave (“Pappy” Dave Stone)

Pinkston, Pat

“Pistol Packin’ Mama”

Platters

“Pledging My Love”

Poor Boys

“Poor Little Fool”

Posner, Leonard

Powers, Jeremy

“Precious Lord”

Presley, Elvis

and Buddy Holly

and drugs

naked motorcycle ride

style and sensuality

and Sun Records

Presley, Priscilla Beaulieu

Preston, Johnny

“Pretty Baby”

“Pretty Woman”

Price, Ray

“Problems”

Prokop, A. J.

Quarry Men

Quasar of Rock, The
(Little Richard)

Quinn, Carmel

R&B (rhythm and blues)

race records.
See
black music

Rachmil, Milton

Rackham, Lynn

Radloff, Laurence and Evelyn

“Raining in My Heart”

Randle, Bill

Randolph, Boots

Rapp, Danny

Rash, Steve

“Rave On”

Rave On!
magazine

RCA records

“Ready Teddy”

“Real Buddy Holly Story”

Real Buddy Holly Story, The
(BBC TV special)

“Real Wild Child”

Reba
(McEntire)

Reed, Leonard

Reeves, Glen

Reeves, Jim

Reeves, Michael

Remembering Buddy
(Goldrosen/Beecher)

“Reminiscing”

Reminiscing
(Holly-Fireballs album)

Reminiscing
(Iowa PBS-TV documentary)

Reminiscing
magazine

See also
Griggs, Bill

Reyes, Ernestine

Rhythm Orchids

Rich, Buddy

Richards, Cliff

Richards, Doris

Richards, Keith

Richardson, Adrianne Joy Fryon “Teetsie” (Big Bopper’s wife)

Richardson, Deborah (Big Bopper’s daughter)

Richardson, Jay P., Jr. (Big Bopper’s son)

Richardson, Jiles Perry.
See
Big Bopper

Richman, Abraham “Boomie”

Richwine, Maria

Riese, Randal

Rio, Jerry

Rippon, Russ

Ritchie Valens: The First Latino Rocker
(Mendhein)

Riverside Ranch Hands

Roach, Hal

Robbins, Marty

Robinson, Bonnie

Robinson, Jim

Robinson, Red

Roberts, Ruth

Rocha, Gil

“Rock-A-Bye Rock” (Holly)

“Rock Around the Clock”

“Rock Around With Ollie Vee”

Rock of Ages
(
Rolling Stone
)

Rock Generation
(Taylor)

“Rock Island Line”

rock ’n’ roll

age of performers

alcohol and drugs

antirock backlash

black music and

and death

decline

exploitation films

glitter rock

groupies and fans

and guns

and hair length

mismanagement.
Also under
Petty Norman

package tours

press hostility

racism and

religious opposition to

riots

Satanism and witchcraft

and sex

and social and cultural change

as subversive

success of

“teenager” as a term

rock ’n’ roll (United Kingdom)

and Buddy Holly

charts

See also
Skiffle

Rock–’n’–Roll Hall of Fame

“Rock ’n’ Roll Music”

“Rock ’n’ Roll Party” (Freed radio program)

rockabilly

women and

Rockin’ 50s
magazine

Rodgers, Jimmie

Rofe, Stan “The Man”

Rogers, Bob

Rogers, Will

“Roll Over Beethoven”

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stones

Romantic Rebels: An Informal History of Bohemianism in America
(Hahn)

Ronnie Smith and the Jitters

Ronstadt, Linda

Rose, Billie

Rose, Wesley

Roses

Rossi, Adrian

Rossi, Kenny

Rossi, Nick

Roulette label

Rowe, Johnny

Royal Teens

“Rubber Ball”

Ruff, Ray

“Runaround Sue”

“Runaway”

“Running Bear”

Rush, Ray

Saha, Mark

“Salty Dog Blues”

“San Antonio Rose”

Sandquist, Lowell

Santiago, Maria Elena.
See
Holly, Maria Elena

Sardo, Frankie

Sartain, Gailard

“Scattered”

Schaffner, Nicholas

Schiffman, Bobby

Schiffman, Frank

Schiffman, Jack

Schneider, Leonard

Schreader, walt

Schwartz, David

Scott, Jack

Scott, Ted

Scriven, Joseph

Sedaka, Neil

“Sexy Ways”

Shadows

“Shake, Rattle, and Roll”

Shannon, Del

“Sh-Boom”

Sheeley, Sharon

Shepherd Sisters

Sheridan, Jack

Shetlock, George

Shinn, Shara

Shirelles

“Short Fat Fanny”

“Short Shorts”

Showcase
(Holly album)

Shriver, Dave

Shulman, Sylvan

“Silhouettes”

Silhouettes

Sinatra, Frank

“Sincerely”

Sinks, Earl

16
magazine

“Sixty Minute Man”

Skiffle

Skinner, Dave

“Slippin’ and Slidin’”

Smiley, Ralph E.

Smith, Charles Martin

Smith, Connie “Guybo”

Smith, Gail

Smith, Joe

Smith, Nigel

Smith, Ronnie

Snow, Hank

Snyder, Dale

“So Wrong”

“Someone, Someone”

“Someone’s Watching Over You”

Somerville, Dave

“Somethin’ Else”

Song of Solomon, The

Sonny James–Jim Reeves show

Spaniels

Spector, Phil

Spence, Richard

Spice, Irving

Spiders

Spitz, Robert Stephen

Springsteen, Bruce

“Sputnik (Satellite Girl)”

“Stage, The”

“Starlight”

Starr, Ringo. See also Beatles

“Stay Close to Me” (Holly)

“Steel Guitar Rag”

Steuer, Mark

Stillwagon, C. E.

“Stroll, The”

Stroud, Don

Stull, Billy

“Sugar Shack”

“Sugartime”

Sullivan, Ed

Sullivan, Eryn (Niki’s son)

Sullivan, Fran (Niki’s wife)

Sullivan, Marty (Niki’s son)

Sullivan, Niki

as a Cricket

quitting the band

“Summertime Blues”

Sun Records (Memphis)

“Sunday Party” (KDAV radio program)

Surf Ballroom (Clear Lake, Iowa)

Buddy Holly’s final performance

Buddy Holly Tribute Dance and Concert

memorial monument

“Suzie baby”

“Sweet Little Sixteen”

Szikil, Tony

Tabernacle Baptist Church (Lubbock, Texas)

“Take Good Care of My Baby”

“Take Your Time”

Taylor, Ken

Taylor, Sam

Tecklenburg, Jeff

Teddy (June Clark’s sister)

“Teddy Bear”

Teddy Bears

Teen Kings

Teen
magazine

“teenager” as a term

“Teenager in Love, A”

Teenagers

“Tell Me How”

“Tell Me Why”

Terry, Kevin

“That Makes It Tough” (Holly)

“That’ll Be the Day” (Petty-Holly-Allison)

release and success

“That’s All Right, Mama”

“That’s My Desire”

“That’s What They Say” (Holly)

Thiele, Bob

“Think It Over”

Thomas, Jim

Thompson, Hank

Three Friends

“Three Stars”

Tilghman, Bill

Tillis, Mel

Tillman, Floyd

Time
magazine

“To Be Loved”

“To Know Him Is to Love Him”

Tobler, John

Tollett, Gary

Tollett, Ramona

Tompkins, Tommy

Tomsco, George

“Too Old to Cut the Mustard”

Tosches, Nick

Travalena, Fred

Tribute to Eddie Cochran
(Clark)

“True Love”

“True Love Ways” (Petty–Holly)

Tubb, Justin

Turner, Bo

“Tutti-Frutti”

TV Movie and Record Stars
magazine

Uggams, Leslie

Universal (booking agent)

Valens, Ritchie

funeral

the plane crash

“Winter Dance Party” tour

Valenzuela, Concepcion “Connie” (Ritchie Valens’s mother)

“Valley of Tears”

Valli, June

Van Sheldon, Ricky

Van Slyker, Dick

Vaughan, Ivan

Vee, Bobby (Robert Thomas Velline)

“Venus”

Vesterdahl, Carl

Villa, Joe

Village Gate (NYC)

Vincent, Gene

Vitek, Steve

“Wake Up Little Susie”

“Walk Like a Man”

Wall, Anthony

Walmsley, Adam

Wanderer, The
(DiMucci)

Ward, Ed

Waters, Muddy

Waylon: Renegade, Outlaw, Legend
(video biography)

Wayne, Cal

“Wayward Wind, The”

Weavers

Weddell, Jim

Weezer

Weir, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. (Buddy’s brother-in-law and sister)

Welborn, Larry

as a Cricket

Welk, Lawrence

“Well All Right”

Wenck, Esther

West, Sonny

Western Swing Band (Tommy Allsup and)

Wexler, Jerry

“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”

“What Am I Living For?”

“What to Do” (Holly)

“What’s Going On?”

Whiskey, Nancy

“White Lighting”

“White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation), A”

Whitman, Slim

“Whole Lot of Lovin’”

“Whole Lot of Shakin Goin’ On”

“Who’s Sorry Now”

Who’s Sorry Now
(Francis)

“Why”

“Why Baby Why”

“Why Do Fools Fall in Love”

Wilcox, Bruce

Wilcox, Wendell

“Wild One”

Wild One
(Brando film)

“Wild Side of Life”

Wilinsky, Dan

William, Hank, Sr.

William Morris (booking agent)

Williams, Larry

Williams, Pat

Willis, Chuck

Wills, Bob

Wills, Johnnie Lee

Wilson, Jackie

Wilson, Little Johnny

Wink Westerners

Winker, Neale

Winter, Paul

Winters, Lauri

Winwood, Stevie

“Wishing” (Holly–Montgomery)

“Witchcraft”

“Without Love (There is Nothing)”

Wood, Melvin O.

Woods, George

“Words of Love” (Holly)

Diamonds recording

“Work With Me, Annie”

“Yakety Yak”

Yardbirds

Yempuku, Ralph

“You Are My One Desire”

“You Are My Sunshine”

“You Can’t Catch Me”

“You Send Me”

“You’ll Never Walk Alone”

“(You’re) Havin’ My Baby”

“(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care”

“You’re the One” (Holly)

“You’ve Got Love”

Young, Charles

Young, Faron

Young Lions, The
(Brando film)

“Young Love”

Young Rockers

“Your Cheatin’ Heart”

Your Hit Parade
(TV show)

ALSO BY ELLIS AMBURN

Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin

Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story

BUDDY HOLLY: A BIOGRAPHY.
Copyright © 1995 by Ellis Amburn. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

Photo credits:
Frontispiece
. Buddy Holly, 1959, AP/Wide World.
Part One
. Buddy Holly,
Westerner.
Part Two
. Buddy Holly, AP/Wide World.
Part Three
. Edwin L. Musser photo.

First St. Martin’s Griffin Edition: August 1996

eISBN 9781466868564

First eBook edition: March 2014