and btw, after Buddy Holly, Sonny Curtis of the Crickets wrote an iconic R&R song you *may* have heard in some other form:
The Crickets - I Fought The Law - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hw846vx_uk
This came as a pleasant surprise:
WHITE LIGHTNING The Big Bopper 1959 ... - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NMklxiE6xw