The Buddy Holly Story If you grew up in the Buddy Holly era, this 1978 biography profiles the lives of someone who helped change forever, the music in the 50s and beyond The Roller Rink medley and The Crickets at the Apollo looks back at this special time in history and how it all beganAug 01, 19 · Both Morton and Driver noted the cover of the Holly song "Words of Love" on the 1964 Beatles album Beatles for Sale as a classic example of Holly's influence on McCartney and Lennon, as well as songs like "I Saw Her Standing There," "Love Me Do" and "She Loves You" "That'll Be the Day" was one of the first songs recorded byFlorence the Machine cover one of Holly's signature songs in "Not Fade Away," and Fiona Apple, largely absent since the release of her last album in 05, teams up again with Jon Brion for "Every Day" McCartney, long a champion of Holly's work (he produced and hosted tribute film "The