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Buddy Holly

Bob Dylan’s ‘The Nobel Lecture’ Requires a Tolerance for Sentimentality
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Bob Dylan’s ‘The Nobel Lecture’ Requires a Tolerance for Sentimentality

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Christopher John Stephens
/ 7 November 2017

Are Dylan's thoughts the dismissible ramblings of an insecure autodidact still trying to impress the professors?

Chasing the Jester’s Ghosts: “American Pie”
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Chasing the Jester’s Ghosts: “American Pie”

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Christopher John Stephens
/ 16 June 2017
In light of the March 2017 announcement of "American Pie" being preserved in the Library of Congress, let's not forget other songs of the '70s that matter just as much.
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Latin Music Is American Music

By
Chris Kjorness
/ 28 July 2013
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Various Artists: Rave on Buddy Holly

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Zachary Houle
/ 1 July 2011
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‘I Don’t Sound like Nobody’ Sheds New Light on the Birth of the Modern Music Industry

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Mark Reynolds
/ 9 March 2011
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Buddy Holly: Down the Line: Rarities

By
Steve Horowitz
/ 12 February 2009
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Juno (Deluxe): Music From the Motion Picture

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Chris Conaton
/ 30 November 2008
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Buddy Holly: Gold

By
Jon Langmead
/ 10 November 2005
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Buddy Holly: Reminiscing

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 23 December 2002

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