“Peggy Sue” by Buddy Holly (1957)
Buddy Holly thought of friendship seriously. He took it so seriously that he assisted his friend Jerry Allison, who was a drummer, to capture Peggy Sue Gerron’s heart. Yes, a song was penned and named after her and this brought the couple together in the end! I mean, guys, they got married! “Peggy Sue” turned into a classic hit in the rock and roll world.
“Peggy Sue” By Buddy Holly 1957
“Donna” by Ritchie Valens (1958)
Sure, “La Bamba” makes some parts of your body move involuntarily, which some generously refer to as dancing, but “Donna” is the song that makes hearts melt. Ritchie Valens composed the sweet tune for Donna Ludwig, his high school sweetheart. “Donna” climbed to the No. 2 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 in the year 1959. Ludwig and Valens continued to be close friends up until Valens’s tragic death when his plane crashed in 1959.
“Donna” By Ritchie Valens 1958
