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Buddy Holly was inspired by the style of Elvis and the energy he was able to bring to the television. It was that inspiration that would guide Buddy’s career of being a star. Buddy Holly was born on September 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas. The young Buddy Holly lived for music and by the mid-1950s, he was already starting to become a teenage rock & roll prodigy who was very anxious to make his mark.

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Buddy Holly had a brother, Travis Holley, who was quoted on the show “Behind the Music” as saying that Buddy became very impatient with regards to other young men his age breaking into the music scene. Buddy knew that he was “better” then they were.