USA TODAY

January 28, 2009

Pat DiNizio, Pat DiNizio/Buddy Holly
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Smithereens frontman Pat DiNizio reworks the songs of Buddy Holly, who died 50 years ago next week, as a tribute that locates the commonalities between the two artists, then expands on them. DiNizio never simply re-creates Holly's originals: He turns That'll Be the Day into a cappella doo wop and Raining in My Heart into a John Lennon-like melancholy. — Brian Mansfield

>Download: Raining in My Heart
>Consider: Listen to Me