I saw Buddy Holly in England in 1958. Been playing and teaching people his music ever since. His music was simple and sincere. Where can you find that now? Buddy will live forever!

It's funny how Paul McCartney is so famous that you know it's him, even before he opens the door! His silhouette is so recognizable. Great doc!

I love how Paul McCarney is just here Video likability just increased by 100 Percent

I've had some issues with 'Sir Paul' over the decades, but..as a lifelong Buddy fanatic I've always deeply appreciated how Paul (and the other lads in THAT band) always gave major props to Buddy. Elvis may have been King..but Buddy carved out the template for every rock band that came after him--and wrote, in under 3yrs, some of the most amazing, timeless songs of all time. Still, THE greatest loss/and 'what might have been' in rock history...Happy 82nd birthday Buddy. Rave on.

Being born in the early 80's I learned about Buddy Holly from my Dad. This is an amazing documentary

I love the accuracy in this because The Buddy Holly Story (the film with Gary Busey) has many historical inaccuracies portraying Buddy Holly as this impatient violent man when he was calm and peaceful and was never violent. The Real Buddy Holly Story is precise to the point and covers his whole biography too bad his life got cut off short at the age of 22. I am only 17 but I am in love with his music. I grew up listening to his type and he was way ahead of his time being the ultimate pioneer of rock and roll. In history books they should mention him more and not Elvis, who did not write his own music but Buddy Holly who wrote, played instruments, and sung at the same time. RIP Buddy

Buddy was a class act. He's a legend, and will always be missed

I love Buddy Holly and I searched for his greatest hits CD forever... However people my age usually don't listen to music like this.... My mother was 2 years old when he died..But I found his CD and I listen to it a lot.... It is a shame that such a wonderful voice died so young...

oh man, what a great documentary; i was 12 when he died and i remember the day we heard the news on our transistor radios that his plane crashed killing him, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. We were digging their music and then they were dead. hard to take when your a kid.

Buddy Holly seems like a cool guy i wish i couldve met him

Buddy will Not Fade Away never ever

He accomplished more at 22 than most people ever will in their entire life. R.I.P. Buddy

Buddy Holly lives every time we play Rock and roll.

I had NO IDEA this film had been made! Gold star to all involved. Thank you!

Thank you so much Buddy Holly! Because of you, I will be seeing my idol Sir Paul McCartney in a few weeks in our hometown of Lubbock, Texas!!!

Produced by Paul? SWEEEET!!

Thank you Paul from one class act to another . I ponder quite often what Buddy would have gone onto do if not for the tragic ending. Someday I'll get to Texas and a pic next to his statue Bless you Buddy you will never fade away

Thank you Paul McCartney from one Buddy Holly fan to another

I have to agree with you 100% especially the last part about "if life was fair".

One can only imagine the vast number I of songs he would have written & sung if he hadn't been killed at such an early age, especially when you consider the number of sings he has left us with in the EXTREMELY short time he was here. A 20th century Mozart.

I've watched parts 1-10 this is easily the precursor of The Beatles Anthology. Nice job Sir Paul, I guess the only lousy thing about this is that Buddy Holly had to die as young as he did. Thanks for posting

Im 29 and buddy holly has been part of my life since i was little and now i have a fender stratocaster and play the crickets all day long

I remember watching this documentary and it blew my mind. It still resonates inside me today many years later. Thank you for this. This shows YT at its best.

Thanks for posting this. 50 years later, he's still the guy we all credit for inspiring us to create. An astonishing legacy for a 22 year old kid who spent only 2 years making records! Pure genius.

Oh man, huge props for this. Excellent!

Thank you Paul.

lennon and McCartney both looked up to holly. they named their band the beatles after holly's insect associated crickets. COOL!!!! NOt Fade Away ending - really did a good job at bringing it together... film scored well at gajonka film

just simply fantastic how that music can make you feel so good and iv been listening to it since i was 11 and now 33 and it still stands up

Buddy will never really die. His music lives on and he will always be in the hearts of countless people. George Vreeland Hill

Buddy and all his friends were very talented musicians...I met the Crickets in 1992.

I was in 7th grade when he died. I still remember the morning. I was a super fan. Still can play all his tunes (long as I print out the lyrics). ;>)

Thanks SO much for posting.

One of the Legends that we will never fully realize what might have been if we would have had the opportunity of another 30 years of buddy holly music being created.

I saw Paul in Raleigh N.C.in the early 90's.'row N down front.Before he began playing he announced that one of the original Crickets was in the audience.

I have noticed on any type of older film footage, when there is a young man speaking to an older man, the respect and kindness by the younger man is uncanny. Not these days man!

Really good.......... to correct the Buddy Holly Story Movie of 1978

Buddy Holly was way before his time......

He was a true goat 🐐 This is when music had soul & purpose! I’m a 90s kid & I love Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens Elvis All legends & true professionals at their craft ❤ I miss them every single day.

Thanks for posting, papa.

Some may be upset by the whole inaccuracy thing but maybe think of it this way. For McCartney to praise him this way is huge credit to Buddy.

Buddy, Was my music hero! Since I was a kid. I am 60 now. Buddy died about 1 yr and a half before I was born. His birthday and mine are 1 day apart. My mother listen too and sang Buddy's songs as I grew up. When I listen to his music. It's like I am right there with him. I understand his music and Buddy himself. Both of us being Virgo's. If I was to write music or sing. His music would be mine! People don't understand it. But I do! R.I.P Buddy, Ritchie and The Big Bopper. You punched a Big Hole in the sky. After Rock-n- Rollin THE Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. No one knew What lied ahead in that Blinding snow storm. But Jesus! Was there to take you to heaven. Rock n Roll lives on Buddy! If you could only see it now! You would be Amazed! Shawn

aw...buddy seems like such a sweetheart

We'll never know how much was lost the day Buddy Holly died but in the short while he was here he gave the world a matchless musical legacy that will never die.

I was Buddy in my past life. i came back in 1963, Sept 27(buddy would have been 27 in 1963). I have known who I was since around 1993 when I bougght some Buddy tapes and knew EVERY song by heart, right from the get go. I have played a few times in public to a rousing response, but i remain mostly in the shadows now. To all of you who still remember, my love for you is eternal. My lesson to you is we never die, we all live forever, we all shine on. Bless all of you. So Much Love for u all

i love holly and mccartney, THIS IS THE BEST!!

Sonny Curtis is one multi-talented fellow, bravo!

very moving tribute allowing those to speak who knew him best. thanks for that.

I remember watching this documentary when it first aired in the 80s. Loved it then and still love it today.

Buddy Holly well never die he just raves on

This is awesome. Thanks for the upload. Very enlightening and wonderful.

great movie!!

Terrific!!! Luv that opening song by Sonny Curtis.

Thanks Buddy, your music will remain on Earth forever.

@hibob418 Paul acquired the Buddy Holly catalogue in 1975, not the mid-80s. So this program wasn't exactly an immediate cash-in. Paul genuinely loves Buddy's music and he's been a pretty conscientious caretaker of the publishing.

The Beloved Buddy Holly. I can't imagine what this 22yo boy would think of his 'legend' today.

that's a good job, Paul. Well done.

Keith Richards shows up here too, talking of Holly's influence on the Stones. Nice of Paul to invite him.

60 years since buddy left us 🙏🏻 rest easy legend 🎸 🎶 🎵

Just love this good old music.buddy still lives in our hearts.

Geeze the people in Buddy's family all seem so kind hearted and warm.

What at talent... love ya Crickets!!!!

Had this on VHS back in the day. Programme was produced by McCartney s MPL company and came with 2 audio tapes and a pressed metal Buddy Holly number plate.

*"There is only one Buddy Holly !"* -Allan Clarke of The Hollies *~ TRUE ~* Same goes for my other two favorites Eddie Cochran and good ole Gene Vincent !

Fantastic film.

Thanks tombstonejackson,remember my dad recording it, i was 11 at the time.This was an Arena special done by paul Mccartney.

Watch them all!!!

I love the song at the beginning, it´s great :-)

to say buddy lives everytime we play guitar and rock and roll is all the honor one will ever need, where would any of us be without Bo Diddley??? nowhere baby...

Buddy Holly lives on the music he left behind. No doubt one of musics all time greats, I can only imagine what else he would done...

absolutely the best musician of all time...hands down

RIP Joe B .. Reunited with Buddy

I watched the movie with Gary Busey for the first time last month,and now i see why he is such a legend in rock.His music is way before my time,but i can see why he had such an influence in rock music.

Love how Buddy keeps saying "Well, uh..."

Buddy Holly: Too Cool!

The trees start whispering when he sings specifically about Buddy Holly.

LOVED YOU 37 YEARS NOW BUDDY AN ALWAYS WILL YOU TOUCH MY HEART LIKE NO OTHER YOU WAS JUST SO GOOD AN ALWAYS WILL BE WITH ME

Precious!

i cant belive not to many ppl lestin to him he was such a great singer and songwriter

You cant keep a good Buddy Down. Thanks for posting..

nice song

Just saw the "Buddy Holly Story" at the Alhambra (Jax, fl) last night....unbelievable...could've swore it was Buddy himself. Big Booper and Richie actors tore it up as well....sadly reminded us of what the world lost back then.

Nobody in early rock music ever named their band after Elvis Pressley,....however, ..look at the bands, or artist that were highly influenced or even named themselves after Buddy Holly in some aspect: The Beatles(....named after the Crickets) The Hollies (...self-explanatory) The Rolling Stones (recorded 'Not Fade Away') Linda Ronstadt (recorded "It's So Easy") James Taylor ( recorded 'Everyday')

I watched this show when I was a little boy. Used to have a tape of Buddy Holly learned every doggone song on there in order. To this day when I hear certain songs I automatically sing the next song on that tape. It was the masters or something like that.

I was 12 the day the music died...I wanted to be like Buddy..even learned to play an old 4 string guitar some...After the plane crash...I put the guitar away..forever

I really enjoyed this when it came out, and I found it especially haunting to hear Norman Petty's widow playing the celeste part to "Everyday" at the end of this piece. And don't get me wrong, I'm glad Paul McCartney produced this film, but it also happened to coincide with Paul's acquisition of the Buddy Holly publishing catalogue in the mid-80's. He's certainly no dummy. Thanks for posting! Haven't seen this since it aired in 1985 or so.

My dad told me that Buddy Holly perished in a plane crash and he was my dad's hero.

What a shame that 3 musical Giants were killed that night in 1957. They'll always be missed. R. I. P. Buddy, Ritchie,& J. D. Richardson. Aka The Big Bopper.😢

THX DAVE lol LOVE BUDDY HOLLY !

dearest.. although your the nearest to my heart

When the guy walked through the door and sat down I thought it was Paul McCartney at first then I remembered that Paul died in 1966.

This boy was barely in his twenties when he died. It's still hard to imagine that he and Richie were just kids when that horrible day happened.

'Great....I know now not to watch "The Buddy Holly Story" (the original one)….👍

It's a shame that those today don't seem to be inspired by anyone...they all need to go back and look at the artists from the past and learn.

"Buddy´s dead now miss him, miss him, miss him !" "Turn me on dead man !"

That would have been the very first rock and roll tragedy, I am guessing that Don McLean was just about your age and felt that same deep lose that you felt. Buddy was so young, just imagine how his music and his life would have evolved had he lived. I wonder what he would have looked and sounded like in 1969, long hair? doubt it but who knows. It's always sad to look back at such unfulfilled promise and talent unable to grow and progress. His impact even today shows his talents were large.

Well...Alright, top song!

In an interview Bo gave before he passed away...he stated that he was inspired by Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker...either way everyone from those days were inspired by someone...

BUDDY is still the best rock and roll singer that come out of the us EVERY THOMAS HAVERSTOCK

muchsimas gracias long live Buddy and Viva Gary Busey {pabst and Bert's surf shop cold winters during filming of Silver Bullet} ask me lol

Maria had been expecting their first child when he embarked on that fateful tour... it was one of the reasons he was initially resistant to the idea of doing another tour at that time. She lost the baby after his death...