The day the music died

beechy · 03-02-2009, 05:53

50 years ago today
Buddy Holly died in a plane crash.
along with The Big Bopper,and Richie Valence
who can tell where music could have been

Mancie · 03-02-2009, 07:53

who?.. Cliff Richard weren't init so who cares!..come to think of it nor was Alvin Stardust

jaysay · 03-02-2009, 11:06

Sometimes I really do have to shake my head in disbelief, is nobody going to rid us of this turbulent drunk

cashman · 03-02-2009, 11:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by beechy

50 years ago today
Buddy Holly died in a plane crash.
along with The Big Bopper,and Richie Valence
who can tell where music could have been

Richie Valens beechy, yer getting confused mate

Ricky Valence was the guy with Tell Laura I Love Her. must be yer age.

grannyclaret · 03-02-2009, 12:24

That was my era ,,I loved Buddy Holly,s music....He died far too young,,,i diddent realise it was 50 years ago

grannyclaret · 03-02-2009, 12:30

duplicate

grannyclaret · 03-02-2009, 12:49

sent you some karma beechy but i twanged the scales before i could sign it ,,,i am now going to dig out my BUDDY HOLLY CDS,,,

Spiritinthesky · 03-02-2009, 13:25

From This Day in Music.com

A young Bob Dylan attended the Duluth National Guard Armory show on 31st January 1959, two nights before Holly's death.

The family name was "Holley". When Buddy received his first recording contract from Decca Records in 1956, they inadvertently spelled his last name as "Holly". He kept it that way for the rest of his career.

Buddy failed his draft physical because of his poor eyesight.

Many groups from the era named themselves after insects, they did the same and choose "Crickets" as it was the only insect, which made its own "music", by chirping. (They almost named themselves the Beetles!).

Buddy had watched the John Wayne movie The Searchers. Each time that Wayne became disgruntled with something someone said, he'd mutter "That'll be the day". That catch phrase became the title of the first hit record by Buddy.

"Peggy Sue" was an actual person. Peggy Sue Gerron attended Lubbock High School and was the girlfriend and eventual wife of Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly's drummer.

Buddy Holly and the Crickets were the first all-white group to perform at New York's famed Apollo Theatre.

He was one of the first rock 'n' rollers to use overdubbing when one-track recording was the rule, and one of the first to use strings on a rock 'n' roll record.

Their tour busses kept breaking down and when they arrived in Clear Lake, Iowa to perform at the Surf Ballroom the evening of February 2, 1959, Buddy decided to charter a small plane to their next stop.

The Beechcraft Bonanza, named "Miss American Pie," took off from Mason City, at around 1:50 AM on February 3, 1959. The weather was cold and snowy. The plane crashed just after taking off. The pilot, Valens, Richardson and Holly were all killed.

Don McLean's 1971 "American Pie" is inspired by the day of the plane crash.

Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Holly No.13 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Paul McCartney owns the publishing rights to Holly's song catalogue.

The 1992 Nirvana video for "In Bloom" is filmed in Black and white using 1950s era television cameras and shows the band appearing in 1950s attire, (including Kurt Cobain wearing Buddy Holly style glasses) in an apparent tribute.

Weezer's self-titled debut album features the single "Buddy Holly."

On Feb 29th 1980, the glasses that Buddy Holly had been wearing when he died were discovered in a police file in Mason, Iowa after being there for over 21 years.

grannyclaret · 03-02-2009, 13:54

i loved this one

beechy · 03-02-2009, 14:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by cashman

Richie Valens beechy, yer getting confused mate

Ricky Valence was the guy with Tell Laura I Love Her. must be yer age.

i only got confused cause of the tears in my eyes

bless you cashy,

your my guiding star

cashman · 03-02-2009, 14:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by beechy

i only got confused cause of the tears in my eyes

bless you cashy,

your my guiding star

beechy i got the T-Shirt mate, one of the very few times a cashy actually cried, only 11 at the time is my defence.

Taggy · 03-02-2009, 17:36

Amazing to think of all those hits made within just a 2 year period!

Best Regards - Taggy

Wynonie Harris · 03-02-2009, 17:43

RIP Buddy Holly...if he'd lived I reckon he'd have been a major force as a singer and songwriter in the decades since. Not forgetting the mighty Big Bopper and Richie Valens with his fantastic Tex-Mex guitar sound.

"Three stars".

West Ender · 03-02-2009, 21:58

I heard the news as I waited at the bus stop on my way to school that day in 1959. I had just turned 16 and it was quite devastating to my generation. You think you and your heroes are immortal, at that age, so 3 deaths like that was a terrible shock.

Buddy was a great song writer and so very "different". Another one in my "lost" 78s collection.