Posted on 02/03/2019 12:43:22 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
Buddy Holly, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and Richie Valens plummeted to their deaths as their plane crashed in the fields of Clear Lake, Iowa. Eleven years later, a singer-songwriter in Cold Springs, New York, poignantly wrote about the tragedy in the intro to his magnum opus “American Pie,” dubbing it “The Day the Music Died.” A 13-year-old paperboy at the time of the plane crash (“But February made me shiver/With every paper I’d deliver”), Don McLean was devastated over Holly’s death; he later said that the fallout from the event “created a sense of grief that lived inside of me, until I was able to exorcize it with the opening verse of ‘American Pie.’”
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“..Big Bopper (who was surely a nice person, but in showbiz, he was a one hit wonder, at best)...”
He did write another big hit (for Johnny Preston) - “Running Bear”.
Very much a tragedy, but I loathe “American Pie”. I can’t put my finger on it, but it never struck me as a song I wanted to listen to. The fact that it was played on the radio all the time just added to my dislike of the song.
Although I never really cared for his later songs, Tommy Roe did a great imitation of Buddy Holly with his first hit “Sheila” in 1962. Bobby Vee could sing Holly’s songs pretty well, too.
I always think of the Everly Brothers’ “When Wil I Be Loved?” when I’m listening to Buddy Holly. :^) There’s a really similar feel.
Don’t forget the Beach Boys’ hit, “I Get A Hoverround.”
...and he did love Little White Dove...
Of course, since it's racist imperialist colonialist white-privileged cultural appropriation, and cisgendered homophobia, it should join "Baby, It's Cold Outside" on the banned list.
(/satire)
If it’s original - might be worth a chunk of change..
On New Years Eve 1985, I was driving through East Texas on Hwy 82. That night I heard about Ricky Nelson’s plane crashing and burning.
Doing some rough calculations I had to have been right near when it crashed.
Of course. I could never contradict
a character from American Graffiti!.
Many have tied the lowest altitude flying record,
but no one has ever beat it.
We used to sing, “Running Bear, loved a little white girl...”
I liked Linda Ronstadt’s version even better than the original.
Bobby Vee was a local kid who did well. He never forgot his hometown and family. Many of his most loyal fans knew him or his parents personally.
I remember reading that story, yeah, too creepy to post.
When I was a student at Troy, the coach asked me to accompany some recruits to a campus performance by “The Vogues”.
They put on a great show. The guys must have liked it as I think every one of them signed.
Go Trojans!
Men of Troy!
The real “Men Of Troy”.
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