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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: James Feagin
Today is the 50th anniversary of the premature passing of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. I was not alive for the event, but understand its significance. Without Holly, there is no Beatles. R.I.P to three music legends. Thanks for this brief off topic post on a vintage baseball card forum |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: barrysloate
Hi James- you're a day early. It's actually Feb 3, 1959. I'm sure it will be big news tomorrow. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: James Feagin
Well, about 12 hours early |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Bill Stone
I have always wanted to go to the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa for an Anniversary Winter Dance Party --this would have been the year. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Ricky Y
I always sort of get misty eyed whenever I hear True Love Ways... |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Scott Sarian
Somewhat easy trivia.... |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: barrysloate
Waylon Jennings...but I cheated. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Scott Sarian
It must not have been too easy then, if I could stump Barry! |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Bill Stone
I don't think the Big Bopper was supposed to be on the plane -Waylon Jennings gave up his seat to the Big Bopper. I saw the play in London and got one of the programs for the concert and I seem to remember the play included that change of plans in it. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Chris Counts
Ricky, |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Rob
Wasn't Dion supposed to be on that plane? |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Buddy Holly.....Richie Valenzuela.....Jay Perry Richardson (the Big Bopper).....put their trust in |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: barrysloate
Q104.3, which is in fact the most listened to classic rock station in the country (I have it on for most of every day), has been playing "American Pie" daily, but tomorrow they will invariably include a story. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: barrysloate
Ted- I thought about that too. The Beatles did numerous Holly songs ("Words of Love" among the nicer ones), but Holly never lived to know the Beatles. Rock was so much in its infancy in 1959 that he missed just about everything, but he led the way. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Before 1954 and "Rock Around the Clock", "rock music" was sort of an "undercurrent" style of music. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Dave
The worst part of the whole thing was Buddy was mad at Waylon(Buddy's bass player) for not going on the plane and Buddy said to him "i hope you freeze your ass off on that bus" Waylon shot back with i hope your plane crashes"!!!! |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: barrysloate
Blackboard Jungle was a terrific movie, and a rallying cry for mid-50's youth. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Rob D.
From snopes.com: |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: sporteq
I`ve been very privilege to know the Richie Valen`s family. His sister is the sweetest person you can every meet. I know his brother in-law pretty well. Very humble family .. god bless them!! |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: J.McMurry
the local amateur stage group here in Greenville is doing a production called "Clear Lake", where they re-create that last "winter dance party" show, it's playing for 9 dates and is already sold out. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: barrysloate
It's a tragic story of how a simple twist of fate intervened in the lives of several unfortunate people. If Richie Valens loses the coin flip, he could still be alive today. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Bob
Yes, Bobby Vee replaced Buddy on the rest of the tour as I recall. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: barrysloate
Did Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crash the night of the concert you saw? |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: David McDonald
Apparently the Intellectual Property Brigade has decimated what's available of live Buddy Holly on YouTube but I did find this: |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: barrysloate
David- I've found some decent Buddy Holly material on Youtube (your links show up as red x's on my screen). Fact is, he had a very short career. Save a few TV appearances, there may not be much more available footage. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: LenK
if you're ever passing through Lubbock, Texas, check out the Buddy Holley museum....well worth the stop |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Dan Koteles
was when Hendrix croaked. It would have been very interesting with the sound equipment today to see just what kind of noise he would have made. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Glyn Parson
My Own personal day the music died will always be August 9, 1995. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: barrysloate
That would be Jerry Garcia. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: J.McMurry
Barry, |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: barrysloate
Bet that's a valuable stub. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: J.McMurry
Nah, I doubt it. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Speaking of untimely deaths due to airplane crashes.....let's not forget Jim Croce. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Glyn Parson
You are right Barry. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: whitehse
Speaking of tragic music people passing in aircraft...I was at the last concert of Stevie Ray Vaughn at Alpine Valley theatre in East Troy Wisconsin. I still don't know why they allowed helicopters to fly that weekend with all the fog in the valley!! |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Paul
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Marty Ogelvie
Ted, Groce is one of my favorites. Including the two you mentioned; here are some favs; I've got a Name, Operator, If I could say I love you in a song, You don't mess aroudn with Jim, etc. His wife has a piano bar in San Diego (worth visiting). The way I remember it, Groce was doing a make up concert at a small venue in Texas.. the concert had been cancelled earlier in the year for whatever reason and he was adamant about making up that concert.. could be just folk lore.
Marty |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Bill Stone
Rickey Nelson was another artist who died in a plane crash. His plane crashed on December 31, 1985. Ironically the last song he performed on stage before he died was Buddy Holly's Rave On and as I understand, the last song he recorded in the studio was a cover of Buddy Holley's True Love Ways. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Rob
Otis Redding and Patsy Cline dies in plane crashes as well. Both great in their own genres!! |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Rhys
I have always thought Buddy Holly gets a fraction of the respect he is due for his influence on those that followed him, and Richie Valens for breaking down Hispanic Stereotypes in his day. It always seems like the true visionaries and talents in any profession or art form are taken too young. To tie this into cards, is there any doubt that Lou Gehrig would probably be the best baseball player of all time if he had lived and played for another 7-8 years? More often than not they are the types of people (like Holly, Valens and Gehrig) who we really could use more of on this earth. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
He was a "Giant" (excuse the reference) in the acting world at the young age of 24, |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: James Feagin
Off-topic to the off-topic, but according to Feagin family legend, my grandpa on my dad's side had a one-nighter with Patsy Cline in the early 50s. Apparently met at a bar in California. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Jim VB
James Dean |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Peter Thomas
Dean, Wood & Mineo and some else |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Reiterating the above TRIVIA ? |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Jim VB
Had to research the last one. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Bob
Jim Morrison, love him or hate him was a rock god. The circumstances of his passing were a mystery and his legend lives on. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
JIM VB |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Bill Stone
One personal note --I grew up in Burbank, California and although Natalie Wood was 7 years older( her sister was a year younger than me) we both had the same school teacher. While I was in regular grade school my teacher was also teaching Natalie Wood at the special studio school. She used to tell us stories about her and I have to still be amazed that all those actors in Rebel Without a Cause were so close by and many Hollywood stars could be seen at the grocery store, Griffith Park and the department store. |
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O/T: The Day The Music Died
Posted By: Joann
Not to get lost in this thread is the fact that McLean wrote what has practially become an anthem to memorialize Holly. "American Pie" is a classic for all classics and probably has kept Holly from becoming a somewhat obscure musical footnote, familiar only to true rock music buffs. At least AP keeps Holly firmly planted in the awareness of the more casual rock fan. And what a great, great song - heck the song itself is as much legend as the legend. |
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