Book description
Buddy Holly is the best-known yet most elusive and enigmatic of all
Rock 'n' Roll legends. Now Philip Norman, who has won international
praise for his biographies of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Elton
John, has written the definitive story of a short but extraordinary
life. Buddy's records are played, and his memory is cherished, the world
over. Yet the full story of his meteoric rise and tragic fall has never
been told. Philip Norman uses his unique skills to give a revealing,
sometimes shocking but always warmly affectionate portrait of America's
mythical Rock 'n' Roll era and its brightest and most enduring star.
'excellent . . . [Norman's] cogency and thoroughness make this biography
as welcome as the unstoppably fresh songs his idol left us' Sunday Times
Philip Norman is widely acclaimed as a chronicler of popular music
and culture, and his definitive biographies of John Lennon, the
Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Elton John have been translated into
numerous languages. He is also an award-winning writer of fiction and
has written a memoir, Babycham Night.
