14 Facts About Bobby Fuller

Bobby Fuller moved as a small child to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he remained until 1956, when he and his family moved to El Paso, Texas.

Bobby Fuller's father got a job at El Paso Natural Gas at that time.

Bobby Fuller soon adopted the style of fellow Texan Buddy Holly, fronting a four-man combo and often using original material.

Bobby Fuller even built a primitive echo chamber in the back yard.

The arrangements are identical, but the vocals by Bobby Fuller are slightly different.

At a time when the British Invasion and folk rock were the dominant genres in rock, Bobby Fuller stuck to Buddy Holly's style of classic rock and roll with Tex Mex flourishes.

Bobby Fuller found no bruises, no broken bones, no cuts.

Bobby Fuller was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles.

Bobby Fuller's death was profiled in a segment of Unsolved Mysteries.

Bobby Fuller's death was explored in the May 11,2015, episode of the NPR program All Things Considered.

Sometime after the Unsolved Mysteries segment in question initially aired, the cause of Bobby Fuller's death was officially changed from "suicide" to "accident".

In 2013, producer and artist Terry Manning released a tribute album to his friend and mentor Bobby Fuller entitled West Texas Skyline.

In 2016 the Austin band Holy Wave released the song "California Took My Bobby Away" about Bobby Fuller, featured on their album Freaks of Nurture.

In 2017, Chuck Prophet released an album titled Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins.