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Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly is a person from the US, active from 1936.

Person US 1936–1959 rock rock and roll rockabilly

TOTAL PLAYS

1,062

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-05-18 05:28 · 6 Music — "Peggy Sue"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 970 91%

6 Music 92 9%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 06:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Rave On 168 2026-03-01

2 Peggy Sue 162 2025-09-06

3 It Doesn't Matter Anymore 133 2026-08-22

4 Heartbeat 89 2026-04-11

5 Everyday 87 2025-07-31

6 True Love Ways 77 2026-05-05

7 Brown Eyed Handsome Man 50 2019-09-23

8 Well All Right 42 2016-06-26

9 Raining in My Heart 34 2022-09-10

10 Not Fade Away 33 2024-12-17

11 Oh Boy 23 2010-12-28

12 Raining In My Heart 19 2011-11-07

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-22 04:03 It Doesn't Matter Anymore Radio 2

2026-08-02 18:54 It Doesn't Matter Anymore Radio 2

2026-07-13 10:44 It Doesn't Matter Anymore Radio 2

2026-05-05 03:11 True Love Ways Radio 2

2026-04-11 23:03 Heartbeat Radio 2

2026-04-09 11:57 True Love Ways Radio 2

2026-04-05 18:26 It Doesn't Matter Anymore Radio 2

2026-03-30 20:50 Rock Around With Ollie Vee Radio 2

2026-03-30 03:07 It Doesn't Matter Anymore Radio 2

2026-03-01 21:24 Rave On Radio 2

2026-03-01 09:57 True Love Ways Radio 2

2026-01-25 19:37 It Doesn't Matter Anymore Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

51 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(You're so Square) Baby I Don't Care —

5 2025-08-02 ▶

All My Love All —

1 2012-03-18 ▶

Baby I Don't Care —

2 2011-08-13 ▶

Blue Days Black Nights —

2 2016-08-18 ▶

Bo Diddley —

13 2020-05-30 ▶

Brown Eyed Handsome Man —

50 2019-09-23 ▶

Crying Waiting Hoping —

1 2014-11-08 ▶

Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Apartment Tapes Version) - Recorded Dec. 14, 1958 —

1 2015-01-11 ▶

Dearest —

1 2011-07-08 ▶

Early In The Morning —

2 2017-09-06 ▶

Everyday —

87 2025-07-31 ▶

Heartbeat —

89 2026-04-11 ▶

I'm Gonna Love You Too —

2 2017-02-18 ▶

It Doesn't Matter Anymore —

133 2026-08-22 ▶

It's so Easy —

2 2016-12-12 ▶

It's So Easy —

1 2010-09-29 ▶

Learning The Game (undubbed) —

1 2023-07-11 ▶

Listen To Me —

5 2024-02-03 ▶

Love Is Strange —

1 2024-02-03 ▶

Love's Made a Fool of You —

1 2012-02-01 ▶

Maybe Baby —

14 2014-03-10 ▶

Midnight Shift —

4 2022-02-15 ▶

Modern Don Juan —

2 2019-02-09 ▶

Nadine —

1 2016-01-03 ▶

Not Fade Away —

33 2024-12-17 ▶

Oh Boy —

23 2010-12-28 ▶

Peggy Sue —

162 2025-09-06 ▶

Peggy Sue Got Married —

12 2025-08-26 ▶

Peggy Sue Got Married (The Apartment Tapes) —

1 2019-06-02 ▶

Raining in My Heart —

34 2022-09-10 ▶

Raining In My Heart —

19 2011-11-07 ▶

Rave On —

168 2026-03-01 ▶

Ready Teddy —

1 2020-05-10 ▶

Reminiscing —

3 2018-03-12 ▶

Rock Around With Ollie Vee —

2 2026-03-30 ▶

Slippin' and Slidin' —

3 2017-11-01 ▶

Slippin' And Slidin' —

1 2009-02-01 ▶

That'll Be the Day —

1 2012-02-24 ▶

That'll Be The Day —

13 2010-07-30 ▶

That's My Desire —

1 2013-10-06 ▶

Think It Over —

8 2012-10-06 ▶

True Love Ways —

77 2026-05-05 ▶

Umm, Oh Yeah (Dearest) —

3 2024-02-11 ▶

Well All Right —

42 2016-06-26 ▶

Well... All Right —

6 2025-05-28 ▶

What to Do —

1 2016-02-14 ▶

What To Do (The Original) —

1 2017-03-27 ▶

Wishing —

12 2026-01-17 ▶

Words Of Love —

10 2023-02-02 ▶

Words of Love —

2 2011-10-11 ▶

You're so Square (Baby I Don't Care) —

2 2016-09-04 ▶