LOVED IT!.. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

[@juliehoffman4568]

I'm so glad you did this today. What a great tribute!!!! God bless!

[@Jessica_Roth]

Seriously, this is so cool. Thanks guys.

[@joiedevivre2005]

Glad you are honoring Holly, Ritchie Valens & the Big Bopper today. There is a "sequel" to this song - "Peggy Sue Got Married" (which inspired a movie by the same name). Buddy Holly was influential to many artists including The Beatles (whose name was inspired by Holly's band name, The Crickets), the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, The Hollies (who named their band in his honor), Elvis Costello, Elton John...the list goes on. For the short time he spent on this earth (he was 22, and a newlywed, when he died), he had a HUGE impact on rock & roll. Most of his songs have been covered by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Blondie, Blink-182 & Florence & the Machine, just to name a few. Y'all have definitely got to check out more of his songs. I'd suggest you also check out his songs "Everyday", "Words of Love", "Rave On", "It's So Easy", "Not Fade Away", "Oh Boy" & "Maybe Baby".

[@rarelycares8416]

The movie Peggy Sue Got Married was filmed at my high school my senior year. I wasn't in it, but most of our drama department kids were in the background scenes.

[@knowledge-girl]

His wife Maria Elena was pregnant when he died, and she ended up miscarrying when she heard the news.

[@adamkreymborg3464]

The solo is Buddy on the fender stratocaster yes?

[@robnelson853]

Not fade away was covered by the Grateful Dead many many times.

[@RexFuturi]

Technically Rock and Roll died in the 50s. The genre Rock is derived from but not the same as Rock and Roll.

[@jennifermartin7791]

Buddy Holly is always a great choice. If you get a chance, check out his "Rave On." Because of its powerful, driving guitars, it's often lumped with Eddie Cochran's music ("Summertime Blues," "Come On Everybody"). Some say songs like these were an extremely early precursor to the "metal" sound that came along later. "Rave On" is a jam. Many artists have covered it, including John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen. Rolling Stone ranked it as one of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."

[@kingcassius2586]

O-well-a-hella-hella is one of my favorite opening eva!

[@knowledge-girl]

Eddie Cochran did a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper called "Three Stars."

[@patrickhanekamp2761]

You're right Jennifer. He was an inspiration for the rock bands in the 60's and 70's like the Kinks. He was one of the first to use downpicking which made that unique sound. Metallica, for example, used The Kinks al lot to learn how to make a great riff. Funny enough James Hetfield is one of the greatest downpicking rhythm guitar players.

[@craigmccausland1183]

Buddy Holly is an excellent rabbit hole! Lotsa hits coming your way, folks!

[@benjaminscott8198]

I see what you did. Nicely done

[@flash218ily]

The Beatles named themselves as a play off Buddy Holly's "Crickets" (an insect theme).....but that shows you how much The Beatles respected the work and genius of Buddy Holly!

[@knowledge-girl]

They even did multiple covers of his songs.

[@alrivers2297]

Yes they just changed the spelling of beetles so that the word " Beat" was in it

[@alrivers2297]

@@bobwhite894 umm, no

[@resurrectionwaiting9294]

A few years ago Paul McCartney did his own documentary about Buddy Holly called "The Real Buddy Holly Story".

[@krosnest0713]

@@bobwhite894 no it’s not rumors. McCartney even said they named themselves the Beatles after hollys band the crickets. They even did covers of some of his songs

[@txheadshots]

You seriously cannot go wrong with Buddy Holly. I recommend Rave On

[@billyf2833]

YES! Rave On is rocking. Olie Vee is cool too. The Beatles named themselves after insects because of the Crickets. Buddy Holly originally named this after his niece Cindi Lou but the drummer Jerry Allison talked him into changing it to Peggy Sue.

[@jspettifer]

Our wedding dance song - 10 years ago next month. A timeless song.

[@sloebone7399]

Agree 100%, “Rave On” is a standout.

[@SWVA2TX]

Rave On is my favorite Buddy Holly song. A cool band called The Raveonettes named themselves after it.

[@jjkcharlie]

The little things you say and do...

[@NoggintheNog37]

He came here to the UK in 1958. AT the concert in Liverpool, all the beatles, gerry and the pacemakers and people who formed almost every merseybeat group were there to see how he did it. The beatles covered quite a few of his songs when playing in Hamburg before they made it big.

[@joegreene7619]

Paul McCartney played in Lubbock a few years back and he said it was always he dream because it's where Buddy Holly and the Crickets came from.

[@willthorson4543]

That show in London defined R&R and how bands play music. Everyone who became huge, points at this concert as a defining moment. They never heard that much sound from a 4 person band.

[@orphu88]

When you start reacting to movies, definitely check out "The Buddy Holly Story" from 1978. Great performances and really gives you a feeling of the time period.

[@reesebn38]

I came to say the same. Great bio- pic! And how amazing Gary Busey playing Buddy!! People be like Gary Busey WTF?! Yes Gary Busey is perfect as Buddy Holly and doing his own singing too!

[@buckyccovington3048]

Yeah, my favorite part was when they had to follow Sam Cooke at the Apollo.

[@SebastianSmith-c5t]

No. It's so inaccurate. No brothers of Buddy Holly and where is Jerry Allison, Joe B Mauldin and Nikki Sullivan? It was nothing true about his real like story.

[@SebastianSmith-c5t]

@@reesebn38 Not even close. It was an insult to his family and a joke. It was so false story line.

[@reesebn38]

@@SebastianSmith-c5t Sorry I didn't realize that.

[@dagmar.6954]

Thanks for keeping the music & memories alive. Glad that you are doing some more of Buddy Holly's music. He was one of the early pioneers of 1950's rock & roll. His style was influenced by gospel music, country music, and rhythm & blues acts. He wrote a lot of songs during his short life & did some great covers too such as "Maybe Baby", "Raining In My Heart", "Listen To me", "Bo Diddley", "Everyday", "Oh, Boy!", "Not Fade Away", "Rave On", "Well All Right", "It Doesn't Matter To Me", "It's So Easy", "True Love Ways" etc.

[@4508bluesky]

Well Alright is a favorite of mine too...

[@kyleharwell4373]

Rave On for sure!

[@bridgetharrison103]

Everyday is one of my all time favorites!!

[@bodoor8172]

Don’t forget Now We’re One.

[@davidhunter801]

Buddy Holly was so influential the Beatles named their group after The Crickets.

[@xzosox]

@Lauren Lewis Actually David Hunter is correct, sort of. Though it is not fact, as far as I know, it is widely accepted that The Beatles were fans of Buddy Holly and the Crickets and decided on The Beetles to have an insect name like the Crickets. The A was adopted to make it The Beatles as in a musical beat. Another theory is the name came from a Marlon Brando film, The Wild One which featured a gang called the Beetles.

[@davidhunter801]

@Lauren Lewis where did I say Beetles? Save your insults.

[@bradsullivan2495]

Came out in September 1957. Holly's style of singing has often been referred to as the "hiccup" technique. The Beatles name was supposedly influenced by Holly's bandmates, the Crickets.

[@devonbell6795]

Yep. I saw an interview with Paul McCartney acknowledging the name was influenced by The Crickets. According to Paul, the Beatles were huge Buddy Holly fans.

[@russallert]

And The Hollies took their name directly from Buddy's last name.

[@debjorgo]

@@devonbell6795 And Paul owns Buddy's song catalogue.

[@retiretravelexplore]

Very perceptive, Amber, about the guitar sound influencing the Beach Boys. Buddy recorded Peggy Sue (and other songs) at the Norman Petty Studio in Clovis, New Mexico (my hometown) where other acts, like the Fireballs, also recorded. The early guitar sound of Buddy Holly and also the Fireballs (e.g., in songs like "Torquay") was definitely influential in what became the "surf sound" that the Beach Boys are known for.

[@bbqbobswartzwelder6499]

Buddy Holly was not only a great songwriter and performer, but he was a great innovator when it came to recording...he use direct-in instrument parts to acheive a clarity in his music...listen close in the rhythm guitar track, and you can hear his pick strokes, it was so clean. Before him and Les Paul, virtually no one did overdubs, they just recorded all at once, and tried for a good version

[@clydeb7713]

The GRANDfather of modern Rock and rockabilly music. Buddy is hero to the biggest name stars who came after him. He also innovated things like multitracking. Amazing that he did so much at 22rs old. R.I.P.

[@dhamblin65]

He was only “around” for 2 years and influenced everyone

[@catrionamackenzie4933]

Love Buddy Holly. His voice "hiccups" are legendary as was how low he could go. Have a listen to Dearest next.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXTLi36hmLNljdE

[@SRG1966]

Always wondered if MJ stole those hiccups from Buddy.

[@Herbert04]

A must watch. Gary Busey as Buddy Holly. He killed it.

[@ericsadler9664]

Quite possibly Gary Busey’s best role. He was great.

[@herbyragan7801]

Gary Busey was great in the film. Great movie, but unfortunately most of the film is made up. Try to find the documentary film made by Paul McCartney, “The Real Buddy Holly Story”.

[@kdm71291]

And Lou Diamond Phillips as Richy Vallens in La Bobmba.

[@keithsullivan5815]

Busey was robbed, should have won an Oscar for that role

[@chriscarpenter1420]

Beautiful film. Amazing performance by Gary Busey.

[@827dusty]

All of the Bands from the 60s and 70s will always pay tribute to the early pioneers of Rock and Roll like Elvis, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry. They started Rock and Roll. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, even Led Zeppelin talk about the fact that without these guys, there would be no rock and Roll. Thanks guys

[@more5600]

Completely agree, I'd throw Jerry Lee Lewis in that list as well.

[@josephcox178]

Rob Squad Reactions, Buddy was a HUGE influence on many people, particularly The British Invasion. When John Lennon and Paul McCartney were starting out, what turned them on primarily was not only the material, but the fact that he wrote his own material. The Hollies, Rolling Stones, Peter & Gordon and many more. Paul McCartney owns the publishing rights to Buddy Holly's material. How's that for devotion? Try Buddy's "Down The Line". A real rocker.

[@kcprice1115]

Buddy Holly... True Love Ways..... Awesome slow jam

[@roypartible9759]

Such a beautiful song!

[@gregfagan199]

Buddy Holly is a Founding Father of Rock and Roll. He's high up in the pantheon with Elvis, Chuck Berry, etc. He was a huge influence on The Beatles.

[@matthewdrake4385]

In fact, I believe he went in the Rock hall the same year as Elvis and Chuck.

[@brianlogsdon4824]

@@bobwhite894 facts. No body

[@ginamaritza]

No your wrong the real father of rock n roll is chuck berry not elvis not no one else CHUCK BERRY

[@adamrichards3174]

One of Buddy's best friends was a young disc jockey and fellow musician named Waylon Jennings. Buddy even got Waylon his first recording gig and brought him on his last tour as his bass player... nevermind that Waylon had never played bass before. When Waylon lost his seat on the airplane in a coin toss, Buddy jokingly said that he hoped Waylon's bus freezes up again, Waylon clapped back saying that he hoped Buddy's plane crashes. He never got over the guilt of his last words to his friend. Waylon of course became a hugely successful country singer, and often played his friend's songs.

[@Roystothecoolkid]

Waylon gave his seat to the Big Bopper. Ritchie got his seat from the coin toss with Tommy Allsup

[@adamrichards3174]

@@Roystothecoolkid you're right, forgot that detail

[@adamrichards3174]

@@bobwhite894 I've seen the well known crash photos, but you don't really see much. The photos are grainy, black & white, and the bodies are quite far from the camera, to the point where you can make out they're people in winter clothes lying on a snow covered field, but not much more to discern than that. I have read the autopsy reports and the injuries sustained were certainly brutal and I for one am glad I haven't seen a clearer image of any of the dead.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

This is just a small example of his influence but his songs were covered by a lot of artists like Fade Away-The Rolling Stones, It’s So Easy and That’ll be The Day- Linda Ronstadt. John Lennon name The Beatles in honor of the Crickets. The Hollies got their name from his last name

[@NeutronDance]

Grateful Dead covered Not Fade Away better than anyone else

[@garygoodman4342]

Mickey Gilley had a hit with True Love Ways

[@flyingburritobro68]

@@NeutronDance Not better than the Stones sorry

[@leehanson1416]

Buddy also wrote about a quarter of Linda Ronstadt's hits, because she loves covering his music.

[@brandyroseann]

Learned something I didn't know.

[@fredwalsh4095]

He didn't write for Linda she bought his song book and recorded his music as an admirer of the contribution he made to the music world.

[@theshadowfax239]

@@fredwalsh4095 woosh...

[@neonpark1874]

Linda loved covering lots of different artist's songs and typically turned them into hits.

[@salbuda6957]

@Fred Walsh. That’s not what he said. “.....because she loves COVERING his music”.

[@gotham61]

Drummer Jerry Allison is actually playing what are known as paradiddles on the entire drum kit, but he has the snares on the snare drum turned off, and he doesn't use his high hats or cymbals. He's also hitting all four beats of the bar on the bass drum. You can see his playing style on the Ed Sullivan Show performance.

[@rezalbb]

Almost a quick Indian beat on the tom toms.

[@wayneumbach9413]

Sounds similar to the song Wipe Out

[@TheClayCoKid]

@@wayneumbach9413 yes thats why I came here to bring that up

[@tjhunger8644]

Paradiddle is an onomatopoeia but you probably already knew that

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

@@tjhunger8644 so is double paradiddle 😁

[@joeyrobison6629]

I think Buddy originally wanted to call the song "Cindy Lou" but the drummer, Jerry Allison, suggested using his girlfriend's name Peggy Sue Gerron. They had broken up, and Jerry thought this would win her back! Buddy gave in. "Peggy Sue" was released September 20,1957, one week to the day after I was born! Give "Maybe Baby" a listen. It has an Oklahoma connection. Buddy recorded it in a hangar at Tinker AFB, just up the road from y'all in Midwest City. The hiccup was a Buddy Holly trademark.

[@williamladley4291]

9/11/57 here

[@maureenmoran9326]

Did it work?

[@fastingbastard]

@@maureenmoran9326 yes it did. They were later married.

[@brianbigley1986]

The “hiccup” is called a glottal stop.

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

100% correct Joey, Cindy Lou was Buddy's favorite niece

[@WhatInTheActualHealth]

Buddy Holly was one of the most influential, pioneering musicians in early rock history, in his brief career... The guitar solo in this was, and is hailed as pioneering because he used full chords and strummed the notes, instead of plucking individual strings.. He was an absolute genius. John Lennon said "True Love Ways" just might be the most beautiful song ever recorded... High praise from the guy who wrote "Across the Universe"...

[@cherrylsagan63]

You need to listen to True Love Ways. It was written for his wife.

[@BOOMNERD51]

You hit the nail on the head. I think Buddy Holly songs are timelessly contemporary sounding to me because their influence is all over the place, vocals, drums, guitar, upbeat fun rock!.

[@michaelevans1193]

A day which probably changed music history. All three were up and comers and could have had significant careers. Glad you are honoring all three today.

[@wonsworld61]

All deaths are sad but the loss to the industry when Buddy Holly was taken is immeasurable. The processes he was working on and he was developing make me wonder where he would have gone, had he lived. You should have a listen to a track like “Well …All Right”. That is a song that sounds like it could have been recorded in the 70s …Not the 50s. In fact Santana covered it in the 70s and although done in Santana’s trademark guitar sound, Holly’s production quality is as good as the track recorded 20 years later…

[@timroush3179]

So innovative and influential. To think Buddy Holly was an influence on people like the Beatles who went on to influence so many others. Truly a ground breaker!

[@colerche]

Indeed...isn't that where they got idea of "the Beatles"...ie from the Crickets?

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

@@colerche yep. They wanted a name that sounded similar.

[@gkiferonhs]

The "twangy" sound of the lead guitar was something new with the electric guitar. This was some of the first music to experiment by different placement of the pickups and doing little electrical things to change the sounds.

[@grannysgonerabid7425]

That's the great Jerry Allison on drums. I think he was only 19 at the time. There's an interview with him on KZbin where he said the drum pattern he's playing is a very basic, straightforward paradiddle on the floor tom. The sound engineer then put it through an echo chamber and manually raised and lowered the volume to get that rolling fade in and out.

[@paulsullivan1650]

Buddy Holly was the first musical genius. The Beatles absolutely idolized him for many reasons. Paul McCartney said they loved him because he was the first rocker to write his own songs, and played his own guitar. John Lennon loved him because he wore glasses. John was blind as a bat, but was too ashamed to wear his glasses..

[@debbiechang5781]

This is a great song by one of the originals! For female Friday please check out Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris as Trio, doing “High Sierra”. Thanks. 🌺✌️

[@davidgeorge6718]

100% Agree !!! :)

[@osocool1too]

To think that Buddy Holly lost his life in 1959 at the age of 22/3...he was so young and imagine what he could've achieved if he had lived a full life.

[@jhonyermo]

All that GREAT MUSIC and Buddy left us at the age of 22. Stones, Beatles, so many admired him and were influenced by him. Amazing. You might want to watch the movie The REAL Buddy Holly Story done by Paul McCartney. Maybe one day y'all can react to his EVERYDAY --OMG. Check out the REAL BUDDY HOLLY STORY 10/10

[@bridgetharrison103]

I've been asking them to review Everyday for awhile now hopefully they can fit it soon it's my favorite one of his songs

[@4508bluesky]

Paul McCartney bought the rights to Buddy’s song catalog (he wrote most of the songs he performed).. Does McCartney still own it??

[@vincentdarrah]

Buddy Holly had 2 recording contracts at the same time. Some songs were listed as Buddy Holly, and on the other label as The Crickets but once they heard the singers voice, no one was fooled

[@pres96ton]

He was a muscial genius and died at age 22 in a plane crash It was about a 3 drum kit......Look at the Movie THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY with Gary Busey singing the songs himself and the drummer Don Stroud and the bass player Charles Martin Smith all played their own music....if you want to see what they did....watch this movie...Gary got an oscar nomination

[@chrisdutton2975]

Amber, you are so perceptive! Buddy invented so many things that became rock and roll staples. Even the standard four-piece band lineup. Before he died, he was starting to produce other artists, as well. If you listen to more of his music, you'll see how different each song is, all due to his intentional choices. And he died at 22 years old! He is a giant figure in music history and he did it all in about 3 years.

[@richardedenfield5167]

No no no. This one you need to have some info on. He basically invented having a band. Read that again. The whole set up of guitarist, drummer, bass...that is Buddy. He wrote his own songs, also unheard of. He is the greatest rock and roller of all time. He did his own arrangements. Used classical instruments in his music. All new. This song you can't just listen to and go...oh, that sounds old. Buddy was the master that influenced everyone after. I mean everyone. The Beatles idolized Buddy and copied his band structure and the idea of writing their own songs. Buddy died at 22. He was the very first person inducted into the newly created Rock and Roll hall of fame.

[@timcarr6401]

By April of 1955 Elvis had a drummer --D.J. Fontana. And from the start he had Bill on the bass. Scotty was on lead guitar. Buddy was not original in that respect.

[@banksbb15]

Early in the first season of Quantum Leap there is a young Buddy Holly character who is trying to write this song as PIGGY SUEY. And at the end Sam (Scott Bakula) helps him make the lyrics work with his music better by suggesting it be Peggy Sue instead. I'm a huge Buddy Holly fan.

[@MaryDavidson911]

Love Quantum Leap! Did you hear that we lost Dean Stockwell (Al) recently? 😢

[@mirandaanderson9160]

Love that show. Like all of the Quantun Leaps.

[@bridgetharrison103]

So am I!! I'm a bigger fan of his then Elvis

[@mirandaanderson9160]

@@MaryDavidson911 I didn't know that. RIP Dean.

[@banksbb15]

@@MaryDavidson911 I was so sad when he died! I loved him in every role I'd seen

[@johnl7710]

There are loads of great Buddy Holly songs Rave On is a good one.

[@mickeymayfield4192]

Buddy Holly was the 1st real innovator of rock music everyone after him used his examples to make their own sounds, among the many artists that claim him as their influence was Linda ronstadt and the beetles.

[@timcarr6401]

Beatles.

[@mickeymayfield4192]

@@timcarr6401 spellcheck

[@alrivers2297]

Yes they changed the spelling so that the word "Beat" was in it

[@tjhunger8644]

The song was originally called Cindy Lou until Buddy Holly's drummer Jerry Allison got him to change the name to Peggy Sue the name of Jerry's girlfriend and future wife And as far as the drums in the song it features paradiddles all the way through if you're not familiar with paradiddles it's a basic pattern of drumming consisting of four even strokes played in the order left right left left or right left right right which was played all the way through from start to finish. As a side note, the word paradiddle is an onomatopoeia, why because that is what it sounds like when your sticking consists of two single strokes and one double stroke

[@SPAMDAGGER22]

I took drum lessons as a kid. The paradiddle is the only exercise I remember and I still do it with my hands on various surfaces to this day.

[@tjhunger8644]

@@SPAMDAGGER22 that's hilarious me too

[@mickeymayfield4192]

The buddy Holly story starring Gary Busey will give you an idea of his story telling abilities and his innovative spirit. The last time you guys did Richie valenz the video was a movie starring Lou diamond Phillips hopefully the one you do today will actually be Richie himself to get a idea of his real sound.

[@frankbustamante6833]

Luka....by Suzanne Vega. It's a must for Female Friday. If for no other reason the title but Suzanne has a tremendous voice and this was a big hit for her.

[@evanbirnholz2803]

I've suggested this one before. The subject matter can be a trigger ut it's a must.

[@frankbustamante6833]

@@evanbirnholz2803 I agree. The subject matter will be tough. But once they are exposed to Suzanne Vega maybe they can move on to Tom's Diner to see a lighter side of her.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

The drums on this are so amazing. The story I heard is that the producer just wasn't happy with anything the drummer came up with, so after a few rejected tries, Buddy told the drummer, "Just play a paradiddle," which is a practice pattern. It gave the song such manic energy! Drumming like this became the centerpiece of a lot of surf rock songs. For a REALLY different Buddy Holly sound, try 'Everyday'.

[@michaelkulis6008]

So, happy you are doing this. It’s important music history.

[@timcarr6401]

The summer of 1955 in Texas was pivotal for three aspiring singers. Roy Orbison, Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Holly were wiped out seeing Elvis in action for the first time. It left a deep imprint on their music.

[@rossadams1405]

Thank you! Thank you very much!!

[@magneto7930]

Actually he does have one mellow song that was very popular called True Love Ways. There's a lot of great Buddy Holly songs. He was one of the early pioneers of rock and roll, and no sooner than when he was right in the middle of it that his life was over.

[@terryr55]

Paul McCartney did a documentary called "The REAL Buddy Holly Story", where he did interviews with people who were actually there and close to Buddy (including his brothers and band members)...very well done! Pay no mind to the Gary Busey movie, as McCartney said "it was good for a lot of laughs but hardly the truth..."

[@ThePersephoneK]

Where can one find this documentary?

[@terryr55]

@@ThePersephoneK I'm pretty sure you can find it on KZbin now.

[@terryr55]

Yep, it's there...

[@normanhutcheson812]

For another fast-paced drum song, try “Wipeout” by The Safaris. Listening to the drum beat, you can tell that they got some inspiration from this song.

[@helindove2237]

Yes, Wipe Out by The Surfaris! That's what I said to my screen when Jordan was saying the sound reminded him of The Beach Boys.

[@sharonmullins1957]

My favorite Buddy Holly song. He is rockabilly..........love him.

[@KneeJerkReactions13]

Such a great tune, love Buddy Holly

[@paulwalker9421]

He was experimenting with tones sound that is the only way i can put it ! Before he passed Buddy Holly was producing his music and adding violins and other instruments. Things no one had done1This is also what the Beatles took from his legacy! Listen to Holly's greatest hits each song has it's own sound different sound! He was writing his own music! Thank you!

[@MaryDavidson911]

Paul Mccartney of the Beatles has cited Buddy Holly as his biggest influence! ❤️

[@alandouglas8044]

Peggy Sue married Jerry Allison the drummer. She later owned a Plumbing business.

[@coyotej4895]

As I understand it when this song was originally made it was done in a garage and it was a one-shot deal as it was expensive to make a recording. After it was finished, they all heard a weird noise in the background but of cores they could not redo it so it was sent to the radio station with the noise just barely audible in the background. It was a Cricket thus how the band got their name.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

I think that's what happened in the movie but is not what actually happened.

[@pattygault3848]

I truly believe that if he had lived, Buddy Holly would have given Elvis Presley a run for his money as being The King of Rock and Roll! He was one of THE Pioneers of Rock music! RIP Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper!!

[@Stoney_Snark]

The effect this day had goes beyond what we even remember. Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on the plane, something he hated talking about, but here’s a link to an interview he did many years later: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJjSloR3pLWKl7c

[@kimcutts424]

Thank you so much for doing this tribute to the amazing people that sadly died in that plane crash 63 years ago today. I hope they know that The Music did not die with them that day, cos people like you guys, and us in some small way are keeping it alive. 💙🖤❤🎤🎼🎶🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@mariannemabie9274]

I had just turned two years old. But I can actually remember my parents crying when the news of the plane crash broke.

[@talkingdonkey1817]

When John Lennon was first learning how to play guitar, this was his hero. Cheers!

[@kathifielder1110]

There's a big party going on at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa tonight and through the weekend. This was the last venue where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper performed and near where their plane crashed. The Winter Dance Party tribute has been happening the first weekend in February every year since 1979. Don McClean will be featured this year singing "American Pie". People attend this event from all over the country and the world. If anyone's interested, the Surf Ballroom has a website with several photos and info. It's been preserved as it was back in the '50s. Cool place!

[@leemcintyre9490]

You Guys have to Realize, This was Rock n Roll at it's Infantcy 👶. He was Very Influencial, Especially to Two Teenage Boys from Liverpool!!

[@manfredkomrowski5981]

Such a short career, so much great music. Thanks for doing this one guys. Loved it.

[@auckalukaum]

That's what an electric guitar sounds like without distortion... don't hear that a lot today. Hell, they were distorting electric guitars since the bluesmen in the 40s. Very old school and awesome.

[@merlball8520]

This. ⬆️

[@disgruntledgrunt2492]

He would add a mic in front of his electric guitar, so you could still hear the pick across the strings, it gave it an extra warm sound like an acoustic. *edited to add Fade away is a must hear song.

[@maverick2242]

17, 22, 28, the ages of the stars the day the music died. Still blows my mind, such talent.

[@stevedefrese7663]

Check out the song “One Tin Soldier”. There are several versions but I prefer the band Coven, and they have a female lead.

[@BensSoZen]

"Rock n' Roll's been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died." - John Milner in AMERICAN GRAFITTI, a movie directed by George Lucas that you just may want to watch. The 50s and 60s songs are CONSTANT in that film, and they are some greats and always fit the scene.

[@MarthaDwyer]

Lots of young actors in it too that hit big. Ron Howard, fresh from the Andy Griffith show , Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul LeMat, Cindy Williams and the one and only Wolfman Jack spinning the tunes.

[@flyingburritobro68]

Milner hated that surf music crap😂😂

[@alandouglas8044]

Mentioning the Beach Boys and the guitar solo. The Wrecking Crew played the music on most of the Beach Boys records.

[@garygoodman4342]

Hats off to you both for showing respect to these fine artists we lost much too young

[@willthorson4543]

Buddy Holly and the crickets were the founders for a R&R band. The sound they made together was incredibly important and revolutionized music bands

[@rblume1968]

Every artist is influenced in some way by the artists that comes before them but some people contribute so much more than others. Buddy Holly influenced the rock that was to come in the 60s more than anyone else did in the fifties. There were several artist bigger than him in the fifties and had more hits and maybe even better songs but the influence he had on the next wave of rock was unrivaled in that generation. The Beatles, the beach boys, Simon and Garfunkel, The hollies, The stones, The animals, and so many more of the bands who really claimed fame in the early 60s credit Buddy Holly as their biggest influence. He did small things in a small way that the next generation turned into big things and did it in a big way. Things like transitions, At that time, songs had a melody that took you through the entire minute and a half songs they were making at the time. He was the first 1 to really change the beat half way through the song or for a portion of the song and then back to the melody. The next generation didn't make songs without doing that. It became a staple in rock. There are many other details like that but my comment is probably already too long.

[@tomcollens4621]

Buddy died early on in the Day the Music Died in ‘59. He had so much left to give us.

[@rickcain4736]

Very cool and appropriate that Amber is wearing a Beatles shirt..Buddy Holly was a very huge influence on them...especially Paul MacCartney Even the band name was an homage to The Crickets.

[@michaelshelton5488]

Y'all should check out the 80's movie Peggy Sue Got Married

[@RyanWitalison]

Sadly, Buddy Holly was only around for a little under 2 years, he made his debut in May of 1957 with That'll be the Day, Peggy Sue came out in September of that year. You wouldn't guess it with all of the music he released though

[@gotham61]

Only 44 songs were released while Holly was alive. A lot more stuff has been dragged out of the vaults and cobbled together since then.

[@lyndaroman6611]

If you Get a chance for female Friday check out Carrie Underwood with Vince gill live singing How Great Thou Art its beyond beautiful ❤

[@jackgilchrist]

That was before there was distortion on guitar or even a lot of overdrive. They used low power tube amps cranked to just the verge of breakup or maybe push it into a little bit of overdrive on the "crunchier" tracks, so you get compression. The mixers they used were also tube driven so there was compression there too. A lot of 50s and 60s guitar also used slapback echo (a very quick, single echo that gives the sound more bite and depth. It's so quick that the echo blends with the primary note so you don't really hear the echo, but it adds something) and tremolo, though I don't think either was on this track (maybe slapback, I'd have to listen again). A lot of amps had tremolo built in, and they used tape echo machines back then for delay/echo. And Buddy used a Fender Stratocaster into a Fender amplifier, so that tone is all Fender.

[@rossadams1405]

For actual guitar sound tubes rule. But for bass or keyboard or p. a . systems solid state had much more usable power.

[@brianhightower943]

This sound is like some of the sounds of the early 60's beach sounds. like The Surfaris _ Surfer Joe, The Ventures _ Wipe Out, all Dick Dale songs

[@barryshapiro3349]

Gary Busey won an Oscar for playing Buddy in "The Buddy Holly Story".

[@aarongoldstein7614]

Busey was nominated for Best Actor in 1978, but the Oscar went to Jon Voight for Coming Home.

[@barryshapiro3349]

@@aarongoldstein7614 My bad.

[@aarongoldstein7614]

@@barryshapiro3349 No harm done.

[@louella616]

Waylon Jennings gave his seat on the plane that day to J.P. Richardson (the Big Bopper) and Tommy Allsup and Richie Valens tossed a coin to see who would get to go on the flight, Valens won the coin toss. Crazy to think about how fate strikes.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Speaking Of Early Rock Must Hear Classics,, Jimmie Rodgers "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" ..R.I.P. Jimmie 🙏 ❤

[@chriso665]

Would like to see you check out “Peggy sue got married “ by buddy holly such an amazing star

[@paulberthold932]

I was born in 1965 so I was listening to the radio in the 70s and 80s. There were still radio stations that played 50s music back then, so that’s why people in their 50s today know the words to these 70 year/old songs.

[@danithompson1693]

This drum sounds like a precursor to some of the mid 60's surfing vibe.

[@patprescott1818]

He was a musical genius taken too young along with Richie 17 years young and the Big Bopper 🥺❤✌

[@keymack2477]

When you hear Buddy Holly sing it makes the tragedy of The Day The Music Die even worse. RIP Buddy!

[@paulafilipe3469]

Thanks for the great old tunes! Another one about a friends girl, react to Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield

[@rileyandmike]

Van Halen “Little Guitars” kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKbQfIaerLiJh6M “Mean Street” kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2O1Y36Og7aFZ68 “Ice cream man” kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX2ci6qjoNSieKM “Best of Both Worlds” LIVE kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4uaqqqooZqig9E “Right Now” kzbin.info/www/bejne/qF7EooCFd9mBnpY

[@petepotaczek2534]

Buddy Holly inspired every single rocker from the 50s,60s and 70s as we as thousands from the later generations. There wouldn't be the Beatles as we know them without Buddy!

[@brentcox7772]

Sad he died so young! Legend!🤘🔥

[@evanleehome2178]

Holly was an innovator who had a great impact on the development of Rock 'n Roll. His original songs and vocal style deeply influenced Rock. The name of his band, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, was the inspiration for the group name, The Beatles. Before his death his songs were becoming more sophisticated and he was producing recordings for other artists. Left us much too young

[@mlhesler68]

One of the most influential artist of Rock. Everyone listen to him including The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

[@patricknorris6814]

You should check out the song "Dear Mr. Fantasy" by the band Traffic. I think Amber will love it!

[@happymethehappyone8300]

63 Years Ago Today..R.I.P. Buddy Holly,, Ritchie Valens & "The Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson 🙏 ❤

[@pamelalucas4781]

Ricky Nelson did a song called Rock & Roll Heaven. Honoring all those guys who have died. Check it out!

[@4508bluesky]

Not Rick... The Righteous Brothers

[@gotham61]

Wasn't that The Righteous Brothers?

[@pamelalucas4781]

@@4508bluesky no it was Ricky Nelson. I had the 45 .

[@4508bluesky]

@@pamelalucas4781 maybe there are 2 different songs… or 2 versions… sorry kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqGTeJx8iZ6AqNk

[@kylesummers1565]

I used to run through Buddy Holly park when I was in college. I agree that Rave On would be a great next choice. Sorta funny story - My dad wasn't crazy about me going to Texas Tech, but when I told him Buddy Holly was from there he caved (My Dad owned a small record store in Iowa when Buddy holly died in the crash). A funny story about my Dad and his record store was that he thought Elvis would never make it big. Obviously, my Dad, God rest his soul, was not Nostradamus as far as musicians went. Peace, Love!