Buddy Knox

== Info ==
Early rock and roll musician best known for his hit Party Doll. Five hit singles between 1957 and 1960. Performed on the same radio show as Roy Orbison, which got him attention. Sent to New Mexico to the same place where Buddy Holly and the Crickets had recorded That'll Be the Day. Inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Party Doll was dubbed by Rolling Stone Magazine to be one of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll. God Knows I Love You and Salt Lake City firmly secured Knox as a successful musician amongst artists like Eric Clapton and The Allman Brothers Band. His vocal range was challenged in his cover of The Fleetwoods Come Softly To Me. Worked in Canada with folk musician Gordon Lightfoot. Died of lung cancer in 1999. His son Buddy Wayne Knox, Jr. is a singer-songwriter and son Michael Knox is a record producer.
== Genres ==
Rockabilly
Category:Rockabilly
Category:Fifties