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  • Super similarity to Buddy Holly
    The Crickets Play

    302,576 plays (64,088 listeners)

    The Crickets were the backing band formed by singer/songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s. It consisted of Jerry Allison (drums), Joe B Mauldin (bass) and Nikki Sullivan (rhythm guitar).

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    Eddie Cochran Play

    1,965,788 plays (298,088 listeners)

    Eddie Cochran (3 October 1938 - 17 April 1960) was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist, often ranked as one of the most influential musicians of the late '50s alongside such legends as Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley.

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    Gene Vincent Play

    1,266,194 plays (222,075 listeners)

    Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock, (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971) was an American rockabilly pioneer musician, best known for his hit Be-Bop-A-Lula. He performed with his backing band, the Blue Caps.

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    The Everly Brothers Play

    2,718,672 plays (375,517 listeners)

    The Everly Brothers, (Don Everly, born Isaac Donald Everly February 1, 1937, Brownie, Kentucky, Phil Everly, born Phillip Everly, January 19, 1939, Chicago, Illinois) are male siblings who were top-selling country-influenced rock and roll performers, best known for their steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. Their greatest period of chart success came between 1957 and 1961.

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    Jerry Lee Lewis Play

    3,413,133 plays (418,045 listeners)

    Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935 in Ferriday, Louisiana, U.S.) is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist, as well as an early pioneer of rock and roll music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. His nickname is The Killer.

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    Ritchie Valens Play

    1,004,000 plays (190,620 listeners)

    Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela; May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was a Mexican American singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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    Johnny Burnette Play

    588,960 plays (114,458 listeners)

    Johnny Burnette was a rockabilly pioneer in Memphis, TN, USA - with his older brother Dorsey Burnette &, a friend, Paul Burlison - founded Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio. Burlison was an electrician and pioneered the electric guitar effect known as the "rumble" in evidence on Burnette's earlier first hit "Train kept a'Rollin" achieved by leaving a capacitor loose in its fittings.

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    Chuck Berry Play

    9,156,188 plays (902,296 listeners)

    Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.

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    Carl Perkins Play

    1,331,640 plays (247,586 listeners)

    Carl Lee Perkins of (April 9, 1932-January 19 1998) originally of Tiptonville, Tennessee, made his mark with his prodigious pioneering career as a songwriter, singer and guitarist performing early Rockabilly and Rock n Roll along with more traditional Country and Gospel music for decades before his death at age 65.

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    Little Richard Play

    3,023,007 plays (387,766 listeners)

    Little Richard (born Richard Wayne Penniman, December 5, 1932 in Macon, Georgia, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, and an early pioneer of rock 'n' roll, influencing generations of R&B and rock artists.

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