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Super similarity to Buddy Holly
The Crickets
325,590 plays (67,769 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
2,091,837 plays (313,554 listeners)
Eddie Cochran (3 October 1938 - 17 April 1960) was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist, considered one of the most influential musicians of the late '50s alongside icons such as Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley. A sharp-dressed, ruggedly handsome young man with a rebellious attitude, Cochran epitomized the '50s rocker; this image was further crystallized by his tragic death at a young age.
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Jerry Lee Lewis
3,610,082 plays (437,608 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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Gene Vincent
1,339,384 plays (231,565 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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High similarity to Buddy Holly
Carl Perkins
1,414,780 plays (259,591 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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The Everly Brothers
2,881,136 plays (391,835 listeners)
The Everly Brothers, are a American (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA) duo of singing brothers: Don and Phil, (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
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Little Richard
3,213,254 plays (407,894 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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High similarity to Buddy Holly
Bill Haley & His Comets
1,401,407 plays (265,957 listeners)
The band initially formed as Bill Haley and the Saddlemen c.1949-1950, and performed mostly country and western songs, though occasionally with a bluesy feel. Many Saddlemen recordings would not be released until the 1970s and 1980s. The original members of this group were Bill Haley, pianist and accordion player Johnny Grande and steel guitarist Billy Williamson.
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Ritchie Valens
1,063,783 plays (199,429 listeners)
Ritchie Valens (born Richard Steven Valenzuela; on 13 May 1941 in Pacoima, California, USA – February 3, 1959) was a Mexican American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
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Medium similarity to Buddy Holly
Roy Orbison
6,908,446 plays (703,983 listeners)
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), nicknamed "The Big O", was an influential American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll, whose recording career spanned more than four decades.
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