John Wayne inspiration for Buddy Holly hit song covered by The Beatles | Music | Entertainment

The John Wayne estate added: “The 1957 recording was certified gold (for over a million US sales) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1969. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.

“It was placed in the National Recording Registry, a list of sound recordings that ‘are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States’, in 2005.”