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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.
   Buddy attended Happy High School, graduating in 1950 with a class consisting of 15 boys and 9 girls. The population of Happy in 1956 was only 690 people. After high school, Knox attended West Texas State College (WTSC), in Canyon. While at WTSC, Knox was involved in the ROTC (graduating as a Lieutenant), the Buffalo Bills (a campus service organization), a member of Alpha Psi Omega (a drama fraternity), a WTSC
cheerleader, a member of the Buffalo Masquers (a club for people interested in drama), a rodeo clown, and a member of a group called the Serenaders (this was a group with two of Buddy’s classmates that went around to the girls dorms to serenade them). In 1956 Knox graduated WTSC with a bachelor of business administration degree.

    While a WTSC, Knox met two other students, Jimmy Bowen and Don Lanier. The three formed a band called the Rhythm Orchids, named after their orchid colored shirts they wore. They played in local clubs for beer and food, singing songs until they were thrown out for being under age, but Buddy Knox and the Rhythm Orchids had developed a following. They became the hottest local band around.

    Backstage after a show at WTSC with Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings, Knox began talking
with the band. Orbison told him about a recording


    studio in Clovis, New Mexico where he had recorded some of his earlier songs. A few days later Knox, Bowen and Lanier found themselves at Norman Petty’s studio in Clovis, New Mexico. For the $60 they had in their pockets, they spent three days recording three songs that would change their lives forever. Knox recalls, "I don’t think Norman really spotted the potential at the time. I don’t think he was really alert to what was happening in the music business as far as our type of music was concerned