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Act Of The Year Award

1984/85

Buddy Holly

The third of February 1959, will always be remembered by 'Rock'n'Roll' Fans as one of the blackest days in the History of their Music, on that bleak early morning just after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, en route for Fargo, North Dakota, a tragic air crash took the lives of three most remarkable personalities, J.P.Richardson, better known as "The Big Bopper" of Chantilly Lace fame,

Seventeen year old Mexican-American Ritchie Valens whose double-sided million seller Donna/La Bamba had carried him to enormous success, and Buddy Holly who together with his band "The Crickets" had evolved a whole new style of 'Rock'n'Roll'.

Buddy Holly was my all time favorite singer song writer and I believe his music will go on for a very long time. In his short career he recorded many classic tunes, most of them penned by himself among which there were some early poor ones that were released after his death. These were songs I feel that he would not have released had he lived but were in particular used to fill up posthumously released LP's. However for the most part Buddy's recordings were so far ahead of their time that people still find them fresh as I do myself when I have not listened to him for a while. I remember well being 14 years old at school and being given a free ticket for a dance on the next Friday night at the Coop Hall Jarrow.

I walked into the dance hall and the first record I remember hearing was Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brother's and next came Running Bear. Within a few weeks I was hearing Cliff Richard with Livin Doll and then all hell broke loose in my head the first time I heard Apache. It was a while before I heard a Buddy Holly record but when I did I think it would be as late as 1961 I was sold and to this day his simple catchy clean style always awakes something special in me. Buddy has been my friend for many years now as I am sure he has been for many others and I believe that my life may have been very different without his music. I owe a lot to Buddy's influence in my own guitar playing today.

Buddy Holly

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	Specs Appeal The Shadows Backing Tracks Shadows Backing Tracks Click Here Shadows Midi Files Coming soon Flingel Bunt The Family Showband North East of England Act Of The Year Award 1984/85 Buddy Holly The third of February 1959, will always be remembered by 'Rock'n'Roll' Fans as one of the blackest days in the History of their Music, on that bleak early morning just after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, en route for Fargo, North Dakota, a tragic air crash took the lives of three most remarkable personalities, J.P.Richardson, better known as "The Big Bopper" of Chantilly Lace fame, Seventeen year old Mexican-American Ritchie Valens whose double-sided million seller Donna/La Bamba had carried him to enormous success, and Buddy Holly who together with his band "The Crickets" had evolved a whole new style of 'Rock'n'Roll'. Buddy Holly was my all time favorite singer song writer and I believe his music will go on for a very long time. In his short career he recorded many classic tunes, most of them penned by himself among which there were some early poor ones that were released after his death. These were songs I feel that he would not have released had he lived but were in particular used to fill up posthumously released LP's. However for the most part Buddy's recordings were so far ahead of their time that people still find them fresh as I do myself when I have not listened to him for a while. I remember well being 14 years old at school and being given a free ticket for a dance on the next Friday night at the Coop Hall Jarrow. I walked into the dance hall and the first record I remember hearing was Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brother's and next came Running Bear. Within a few weeks I was hearing Cliff Richard with Livin Doll and then all hell broke loose in my head the first time I heard Apache. It was a while before I heard a Buddy Holly record but when I did I think it would be as late as 1961 I was sold and to this day his simple catchy clean style always awakes something special in me. Buddy has been my friend for many years now as I am sure he has been for many others and I believe that my life may have been very different without his music. I owe a lot to Buddy's influence in my own guitar playing today. Buddy Holly Midi Files Coming Soon The Shadows Backing Tracks