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Buddy Holly

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Musician

The Resume

    (September 7, 1936-February 3, 1959)
    Was the frontman for the band 'The Crickets'
    Wrote 'Oh Boy,' 'Peggy Sue,' 'That'll Be The Day' and 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On'
    Died in a plane crash

Why he might be annoying:

    He wore huge thick rimmed glasses.
    He had greasy hair.
    He walked over many people to get famous, and broke up almost every band he was ever in.
    His middle name was Hardin.
    He recorded his favorite Elvis song in 1955, but he was so mad at the way it sounded that he scratched up the record so it wouldn't play.
    A traffic ticket he got in 1955 was sold on eBay.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is a Rock and Roll pioneer.
    He died when the plane he was in (along with Ritchie Vallens and J.P. Richardson), crashed outside Clear Lake, Iowa. He died at age 22 (February 3, 1959).
    Buddy and Waylon Jennings reportedly joked about the plane crashing before Buddy got in it.
    He played as the opening act for Elvis Presley, Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash.
    Many of his early recordings have been lost over time.
    He learned how to play the guitar, piano and the violin at an early age.
    Many musicians sight Buddy Holly as an influence of their careers.
    Buddy claimed that he owed his entire career to Elvis.
    Don McLean's 'American Pie' song is about Buddy's plane crash.
    Weezer wrote a tribute song 'Buddy Holly' to him, primarily because their front man Rivers Cuomo looks like Buddy.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 36 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 81 Votes: 49.38% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 87 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 66 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 134 Votes: 76.87% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 24 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 34 Votes: 17.65% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 70 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 349 Votes: 50.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 122 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 175 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 2039 Votes: 35.46% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 110 Votes: 33.64% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 182 Votes: 45.05% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 448 Votes: 40.18% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 747 Votes: 42.97% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 577 Votes: 42.46% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 710 Votes: 42.25% Annoying