Tag Archive: Buddy Holly

Jul
25

Listen to Me Series launches September 6 with Listen To Me: Buddy Holly

Listen To Me: Buddy Holly inaugurates Songmasters’ Listen To Me series of year-long multi-media celebrations of the True. Great. Original. artists who forever changed modern music and culture. Each future campaign will feature today’s leading and emerging artists paying tribute to their musical roots to support and empower the next generation of music’s great talents …

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May
11

True Love Ways Unveiled – Buddy Holly’s Great Music, Great Romance

On April 29, 2011 Songmasters and PJ Clarke’s hosted the True Love Ways event in NYC, which celebrated the genesis and impact of this great song and the love that inspired it. Five hours after they met, Buddy Holly proposed to Maria Elena Santiago at PJ Clarke’s on June 20, 1958 at Table 53 and …

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May
08

Ringo Starr contributes new track to star-studded Buddy Holly CD tribute

Examiner.com’s Steve Marinucci covers the imminent release of the Listen to Me: Buddy Holly album. Read the full article here.

Apr
11

PJ Clarke’s & Songmasters Host Tribute to Buddy Holly Legacy of Great Music and Great Romance Through “True Love Ways” Made Famous by Peter and Gordon

On April 29  PJ Clarke’s will hold a private tribute to one of the great true love stories in music history, the whirlwind courtship and marriage of Buddy and Maria Elena Holly – which started at PJ Clarke’s on their first date. PJ Clarke’s is the very spot where Buddy Holly proposed to Maria Elena, …

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Apr
11

First Holly Prize Awarded

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On June 8, 2010, the Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded the first-ever Holly Prize, a new award made possible by Songmasters and administered and juried by the Songwriters Hall of Fame as a tribute to the legacy of SHOF inductee Buddy Holly. The Holly Prize recognizes and supports the “all-in songwriter,” an exceptionally talented and …

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Apr
11

Holly Prize Announced

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On June 8, 2009 Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman/CEO Hal David announced the creation of The Holly Prize, a new scholarship made possible by Songmasters as a tribute to Buddy Holly, a SHOF inductee. The Holly Prize will recognize and support talented new singer/songwriters whose work exhibits the qualities of Holly’s music: true, great and …

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