Real name: Charles Hardin Holley

Born: September 7, 1936, Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Died: February 3, 1959, Grant Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, U.S.

Note: This profile is for pseudonymous credits using Hardin in the surname position.

He died when he was 22 years old in a plane crash on en route to Moorhead, Minnesota, USA along with Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson alias Big Bopper and the airplane pilot. This day is referred to by many as "The Day The Music Died" which are lyric from the song by Don McLean - American Pie.