[1Old Pro]

It died again when the music industry felt it necessary to treat Rap as music. Now, 50 years later the Grammeys will celebrate 50 years of Hip Hop, UGH, another reason not to watch.

[Red Badger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRpiBpDy7MQ

[Night Hides Not]

Thanks for the reminder. Another event I look to is 12/4/56, the Million Dollar Quartet at Sun Studio in Memphis. It was a jam session with Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.

[dfwgator]

[Gay State Conservative]

There’s a great British comedy (The Young Ones) that had a scene in which they discussed what might have happened if Buddy hadn’t died. It was funny listening to one of the British characters trying to imitate a Texas accent.

[Gay State Conservative]

My nephew and I (he's a huge Pink Floyd fan) visited the R&R Hall Of Fame a few years back. I really needed a hip replacement so I didn't see much but I did see Janice Joplin's psychedelic Porsche.

[SE Mom]

Buddy Holly was remarkable- I play his music to this day..

[bankwalker]

I think Waylon Jennings was almost on that plane ...

[ArtDodger]

Gary Busey did a fine job of acting and singing in ‘The Boddy Holly Story’.

[logi_cal869]

The worst manifestation of the perversion of the label ‘music’ - IMHO - was discovered when I learned of Jada Pinkett Smith’s side gig as - ahem - ‘lead singer’ of the so-called ‘Afro-Punk’ group Wicked Wisdom. I saw the citation of her band as ‘heavy metal’ when looking up her bio after watching Nutty Professor and became curious enough to search for a video.

It’s tortuous listening, both musically & vocally (visuals, too); I won’t link it.

[Fiji Hill]

Three Stars--Tommy Dee, with Carol Kay & the Teen-Aires (1959)

[Kharis13]

Several years ago I saw a great show about the events leading up to and after the crash. It was one of the Behind the Music documentaries, but 90 minutes instead of the usual 60. So much information I didn’t know, and lots of pictures, too (including many from the crash that I hadn’t seen).

[Bonemaker]

I was at University of Iowa at the time. "Everyday", "La Bomba" and "Chantilly Lace" were huge at local watering holes. When the news hit everything kind of froze in place.

Couldn't have paid me to go up with that young pilot. Excellent accident analysis at:

The Day the Music Died