Jerry “JI” Allison — drummer for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, as well as a co-writer on some of the group’s biggest songs — has died. He was 82. The news was posted to Buddy Holly’s Facebook page on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sonny Curtis, the frontman of Buddy Holly’s band The Crickets who wrote classic songs including the theme for “The Mary Tyler ...

Buddy Holly and The Crickets were the archetypal rock ‘n’ roll band. They were a self-contained unit that wrote their own material and performed it in a unique way. They became the blueprint for what ...

Jerry Allison, the drummer for Buddy Holly and The Crickets who is credited as a co-writer on "Peggy Sue" and "That’ll Be the Day," has died. He was 82. The musician’s passing was confirmed on ...