MUST-READ: Greatest Rock Bands of All Time ... noting that The Beatles were hugely influenced by Buddy Holly songs and the man himself, right down to their name, which was a nod to the Crickets.

Some Buddy Holly songs: "Peggy Sue," "Maybe Baby," "That'll Be the Day," "Not Fade Away," "Words of Love." ...

Peggy Sue Gerron, the inspiration for Buddy Holly's 1957 hit song, has died in Lubbock, Texas, aged 78. While she was the focus of the single, Peggy Sue was in fact in a relationship with Buddy ...