Buddy Holly and The Cricketts

The song "Peggy Sue" went to number three on the Billboard Top 100 chart in
1957. It is ranked number 194 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2004 list of the
"500 Greatest Songs of All Time". It is also ranked as the 106th greatest song
of all time and the third best song of 1957 by Acclaimed Music. “Peggy Sue”
was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The Rock and Roll Hall
of  Fame and Museum included the song on its list of the "Songs That Shaped
Rock and Roll”.   

Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)