Happy 75th Birthday Buddy

Well.  I'm a bit shocked that 35 people viewed this thread and said nothing for the memory of a legend.  Buddy Holly was on the scene for two years and influenced modern music immeasureably.  In the late fifties I was a little kid living in Germany and missed the comet that was Buddy Holly.  In the seventies I thought "That'll Be the Day" was a Linda Ronstadt song.  When it was pointed out to me it was Buddy's song I started investigating and what I found has been a lifelong love for his simple songs.  In the eighties a tribute album called Not Fade Away - Remembering Buddy Holly knocked one outta the park and an album I still cherish.  These new tributes pale next to the old one, but if you look to see who took the time to play on 'em, 51 years after his tragic death, you have to "get" the history behind this rock legend.  He was just twenty-three.  Sir Paul plays on the Rave On disc and I believe owns the rights to Holly's music.  I sometimes imagine what he might have accomplished had he lived a longer life.  Believe it or not, his music was cutting edge rock music at the time and like the Beatles his journey would've evolved to the place only geniuses go.
Maybe baby some of you should watch the epic music bio The Buddy Holly Story and come back and post something for the man.  Here's some vids maybe three of you might view.......
http://youtu.be/aQ-YXndj_lc   Pretty interesting comments from some hack musicians (vbg).
http://youtu.be/kSDMRjBjKIg   Here's volume one of the documentary by Sir Paul.
http://youtu.be/FJdjmEknXhw    Buddy's bass player at the Surf Ballroom in '59 & Mark Knopfler
http://youtu.be/_sMFQySGHs8

I read but failed to comment because I thought everyone would have been aware of his influence. My formative musical years were during his heyday. Simple but brilliant music.
Rick