Bob Montgomery is an American

United States

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 singer, songwriter, and music producer/publisher.

Montgomery was born in Lampasas, Texas

Lampasas, Texas

Lampasas is a city in Lampasas County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,786 at the 2000 census. It is the seat of Lampasas County.Lampasas is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

. He was a songwriting partner and best friend of Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...

, performing together as the duo "Buddy and Bob" while teenagers in high school. Initially, they were playing a variety of bluegrass music

Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

 that evolved to the rockabilly sounds.

Bob Montgomery met Buddy Holly at Hutchison Junior High School in Lubbock, Texas in 1949. They joined up and started playing at school assemblies

School assembly

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 and on local radio shows. Bob sang lead and Buddy harmonized. They soon had a weekly Sunday radio show on station KDAV

KDAV

KDAV is an AM radio station licensed to Lubbock, Texas, broadcasting an oldies format which focuses on 1950s and early 1960s pop, rockabilly, mild doo-wop, and country oldies....

. On October 14, 1955, Bill Haley and the Comets did a concert at the Fair Park Auditorium which also featured Montgomery, Holly and bassist Larry Welborn on the bill. Eddie Crandall, Marty Robbins

Marty Robbins

Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...

' manager, spoke to KDAV station owner Pappy Dave Stone and told him he was interested in Holly as a solo performer. Holly's career then began after demo

Demo (music)

A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

 recordings of his music were made and sent to Decca Records.

Bob co-wrote some of Holly's songs, such as "Heartbeat

Heartbeat (Buddy Holly song)

"Heartbeat" is a rockabilly song written by Bob Montgomery and Norman Petty and recorded originally by Buddy Holly in 1958. The B side of the single was "Well.....

", "Wishing", and "Love's Made a Fool of You

Love's Made a Fool of You

Love's Made a Fool of You is a song originally performed by Buddy Holly. It was later re-recorded by Sonny Curtis and The Crickets, with the lead vocal by Earl Sinks, and famously covered by the Bobby Fuller Four.Buddy Holly first wrote the song in 1954...

" as well as the pop standard Misty Blue

Misty Blue

"Misty Blue" is a song written by Bob Montgomery in 1966 which has become a hit in the pop, C&W and soul fields through various versions, the most successful being the 1976 pop/soul hit by Dorothy Moore.-C&W hit versions:...

. He also wrote "Back in Baby's Arms" for Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s...

. His son Kevin Montgomery recently recorded a version of this song, which appears on his album "True".