FEBRUARY 3RD - THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
FEBRUARY 3RD - THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
For those of us who remember - may they play their music in heaven.
HELLO Baby, you KNOW what I like:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av15806973/?from=search&seid=2244110713943654185
And from: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-day-the-music-died
On this day in 1959, rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson are killed when their chartered Beechcraft
Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for Moorehead, Minnesota. Investigators blamed the crash on bad weather and pilot error. Holly and his band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with “That’ll Be the Day.”
After mechanical difficulties with the tour bus, Holly had chartered a plane for his band to fly between stops on the Winter Dance Party Tour. However, Richardson, who had the flu, convinced Holly’s band member Waylon Jennings to give up his seat, and Ritchie Valens won a coin toss for another seat on the plane.
Holly, born Charles Holley in Lubbock, Texas, and just 22 when he died, began singing country music with high school friends before switching to rock and roll after opening for various performers, including Elvis Presley. By the mid-1950s, Holly and his band had a regular radio show and toured internationally, playing hits like “Peggy Sue,” “Oh, Boy!,” “Maybe Baby” and “Early in the Morning.” Holly wrote all his own songs, many of which were released after his death and influenced such artists as Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney.
Another crash victim, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, 28, started out as a disk jockey in Texas and later began writing songs. Richardson’s most famous recording was the rockabilly “Chantilly Lace,” which made the Top 10. He developed a stage show based on his radio persona, “The Big Bopper.”
The third crash victim was Ritchie Valens, born Richard Valenzuela in a suburb of Los Angeles, who was only 17 when the plane went down but had already scored hits with “Come On, Let’s Go,” “Donna” and “La Bamba,” an upbeat number based on a traditional Mexican wedding song (though Valens barely spoke Spanish). In 1987, Valens’ life was portrayed in the movie La Bamba, and the title song, performed by Los Lobos, became a No. 1 hit. Valens was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Singer Don McLean memorialized Holly, Valens and Richardson in the 1972 No. 1 hit “American Pie,” which refers to February 3, 1959 as “the day the music died.”
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I think there are still some of us who feel we lost something great on that day.
Richie Valens Park is not far from me. Every time I pass by it, it saddens me.
Richie Valens was one of my favorites. He always looked like he was truly enjoying each performance.
Not quite old enough to remember but we listened to all of their music, especially Holly.
Before my time but listened to their music growing up.
Don Mclean - American Pie (The Day the Music Died)
Now I know every word of that one...We used to sing it together, stoned of course...
Oh and playing kazoos.
I'm dating myself here, but I saw their last show in Duluth MN. before the Iowa crash. If I remember correctly the Duluth show was on a Saturday and they were killed in the crash on Monday or Tuesday in Iowa...My memory could be a bit faulty on the days...
It was a great show...and it was the day the music died.
Buddy Holly had some really great songs. Peggy Sue and Everyday were two of my favorites of all his songs.
Buddy Holly sings Peggy Sue:
And Everyday:
Thanks for the links, Buzz. Made for some nice nostalgic listening. Much preferred over a lot of the stuff they call music today. I especially don't care for the Rap stuff they call music. But, some of the music today is pretty nice.
However, "the day the music died" really did seem to signal the end of real music with lyrics that actually were worth listening to.
"That'll Be the Day"
That'll Be the Day:
Written by Buddy Holly, who was inspired by seeing a John Wayne movie where Wayne said a few times: "That'll be the day".,
The Searchers. My favorite movie of all time.
Others that I really liked were Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Temptations and The Bee Gees
Richie Valan's "La Bamba" is a real classic as well.
If you're into groups like those, don't forget The Platters, with hits like Twilight Time, The Great Pretender, Only You....
I was a rather unaware 12-year-old... but I remember both the music and the crash.