Buddy Holly’s music career lasted three years and he only released three albums during that time, but his legacy and influence still lasts to this day. Today is the 75th anniversary of the Texan singer’s birth and a couple of tribute albums have already been released this year to commemorate this event. Listen to Me and Rave on Buddy Holly are the titles of these two compilations and both feature a host of acts that have come along in the five decades since Holly’s death. Zooey Deschanel appears on both albums, singing It’s So Easy on the former and Oh Boy, as part of She & Him, on the latter. Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne and former Beatle Ringo Starr all appear on Listen to Me, while the only other surviving Beatle appears on Rave On Buddy Holly. McCartney also sings It’s So Easy and you can find Patti Smith, Lou Reed and over a dozen more contemporary artists on the album. Of course, many performers have paid tribute to Buddy over the years and today I’ll have a look at some of those
