As a child I have memories of my elder sister's boyfriend being a lookalike Buddy Holly (or Hank Marvin - who could tell?) but Ididn't know too mcuh about his life. It was only listening to his music in Buddy that made me realise what a terrific infuence he had on later major groups such as Cliff Richard and the Shadows, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles to name a few. We have even had shows named after his songs such as Heartbeat and Oh Boy.
