Buddy Holly: Rare and Unseen Photographs

During rehearsals on stage at the Trocadero in London, March 1958
Philip Gotlop

Oh Boy!
Holly pauses during rehearsals at the Trocadero in London, March 1958. In an interview at the time, he told a reporter "We've been going a year, and one always wonders how long it's going to last. But so far the public seems to like us and we hope that as long as we don't make any mistakes we shall be alright."

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