Fifty two years ago today. Bam! Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, all on the same day. You know the story. The teeny boppers must have been wailing. One thing I need to get of my chest: before you suggest that the Big Bopper wasn't quite as cool as Valens or Holly, he did have other stuff besides Chantilly Lace. I mean, yeah, he had a novelty hit. Yeah, he was a radio DJ. But he had more than one song. For cryin' out loud, he wrote "White Lightning" (one of the coolest songs George Jones ever did). (Not to mention that he looks like the one of them that would be the most fun to party with.) There you go, a little equal time for the portly one. If you're not familiar with Valens or Holly, you're on your own.
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Listen:Buddy Holly - Rave On mp3 at DougRice.net
Buddy Holly - Fools Paradise mp3 at Beware of the Blog
Ritchie Valens - La Bamba mp3 at Fresno.k12.ca.us
Ritchie Valens - Come On, Let's Go mp3 at Schristy
The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace mp3 at Rocky52.net
The Big Bopper - Bopper's Boogie Woogie mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People (Scroll down to "Session 180")
Watch:
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue video at YouTube
Ritchie Valens - Ooh My Head video at YouTube
The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace video at YouTube
Read:
Buddy Holly at Wikipedia
Ritchie Valens at Wikipedia
The Big Bopper at Wikipedia
The Day the Music Died at Wikipedia
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