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Buddy Wayne Knox, born July 20, 1933 in Happy Texas; was the first artist of the rock era to write and perform his own number one hit song, "Party Doll". The song earned Knox a gold record in 1957 as well as a BMI million performance award. Knox was the very first Texas rockabilly artist to be awarded a gold record and he was one of the innovators of the southwestern style of rockabilly that became known as "Tex-Mex" music.When the year of 1957 was over, Buddy Knox and the Rhythm Orchids had 4 million selling singles to their credit. To this day "Party Doll" is still one of the most played songs from the 50’s rock ‘n roll craze, and single sales to date are well over 20 million copies. That’s not bad for a guy from Happy Texas, population 690.Over the next few decades, Buddy Knox had other top 40 chart successes but nothing like the success of 1957. Living on the road almost all his life, he toured nearly eleven months out of the year and appeared in several movies. If you saw a Winnebago going down the road it was probably Buddy Knox. Always admired for his kindness and desire to help someone out, Knox was known as one of the "nice guys of rock ’n roll". A happy man from Happy, Texas.On February 14th, 1999, Rockabilly Hall of Fame member and Rock ‘n Roll legend Buddy Knox, 65, died in Bremerton, Washington, after a battle with cancer. This web site is a memorial from his five children, Wendy, Michael, Jesse, Ginger and Buddy Wayne Knox Jr. Buddy had a lot of friends over the years and his kids would like to share those times with you in some rare photographs. We hope you enjoy the Buddy Knox web site as much as we do.We love you Dad.
