Buddy Holly died in 1959. He was just 22 years old. Don McLean called that fatal day 'The Day the Music Died'. But, his music hasn't died, as he left us a wonderful legacy. Spencer Leigh's highly-readable biography Buddy Holly: Learning the Game is the most definitive account of Buddy Holly and his career.
Spencer Leigh is an acknowledged authority on popular music. An authoritative, diligently researched account of one of the world's biggest starts. The Buddy Holly story told better than anybody else.