Last week, September 7 was the birthday of Buddy Holly (Charles
Hardin Holley), an American music icon. It is a great surprise
that had only one number one hit, “That’ll Be The Day,” on the
American charts, although he had many songs that became classics.
Sadly he had a short career and died at age 22. Here is a look at
Buddy and the Crickets singing their hit song on the Ed Sullivan
Show. LINK
When he started out, he wore nondescript plastic and wire-framed
glasses, but his eye doctor convinced him to switch to horn-rimmed
models. The style name came from the fact that the original
glasses were made from animal horns. Sometimes they were made from
tortoise shells. Holly's and almost all are now made from thick
plastic. Interesting to note you can still buy Buddy Holly glasses
on Amazon and many other places.