From Little Rock, Arkansas to Toronto, Canada, follow Buddy’s first tour across most of North America. Read up on Hank Thompson, Wanda Jackson, Paul Anka, The Everly Brothers, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and more!

1958 was definitely Buddy’s busiest year! Traveling from Australia to Hawaii, the U.S.A. to the U.K., Buddy performed on 8 tours with over 30 artists!

With so much promise ahead of him, 1959 became a tragic year for Rock and Roll and the world. Playing only 11 shows, Buddy’s life came to a tragic end on February 3rd, 1959 when his plane crashed into a corn field. Read biographies on the other artists that passed on tragically with him.