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Who sang That'll Be the Day?

Release date: 1/11/1957

Duration: 02:17

Buddy Holly released the song That'll Be the Day. Date of release: 1/11/1957.

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The meaning of the song 'That'll Be the Day ', based on the lyrics

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This song is about a person who is in love with someone who she knows will eventually leave her, and she accepts this fact.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘That’ll Be the Day’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.

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Buddy Holly - Short Biography

- Charles Hardin Holley, known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter.
- He was born into a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, during the Great Depression.
- He learned to play guitar and sing with his siblings.
- His style was influenced by gospel, country music and rhythm and blues.
- He performed in Lubbock with his high school friends.

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That'll Be the Day is a song composed by Buddy Holly in 1957. It was popularized by the movie La Bamba in 1987. The song was written as a reaction to the death of Buddy Holly's father, who told him that the day he died would be the day Buddy would stop playing music.

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