I can’t remember if something
touched me deep inside the music don
mclean called this the day the music
died
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the depths of
early rock legends Buddy Holly Ritchie
Valens and the Big Bopper
hey Ritchie relax man everything’s cool
besides the sky belongs to the stars
right Buddy Holly whose real name was
Charles Hardin Holly was born September
7th 1936 in Lubbock Texas
he learned various instruments from his
older brothers and began performing at
talent shows and clubs in high school
soon Holly incorporated rockabilly and
rock into his bluegrass musical style
after being influenced by Elvis Presley
and Bill Haley & his comets Hey
oh my
after a few unsuccessful deco record
singles Holley and his band the crickets
had their first smash with 1957 s
that’ll be the day that’ll be the day
during his lifetime he released three
studio albums as a solo artist and with
his band the chirping crickets his
eponymous sophomore effort and that’ll
be the day despite the band’s eventual
breakup Hawley continued recording
profusely and because of this new
material was released four years after
his untimely passing
Ritchie Valens was born Richard
Stephan Valenzuela on May 13 1941 in
Pacoima California he was exposed to
Mexican and Spanish music early and
after learning to play multiple
instruments he played at numerous events
by his mid-teens shortly after signing
to Delphi records in 1958 Valens began
recording with a full band at
Hollywood’s gold star studios though no
full-length albums were released during
his lifetime Valens did record several
successful tracks these included the
number two hit Donna
and a rock-and-roll rendition of the
Mexican folk song la Bamba
Vallance soon dropped out of high school
to play shows across the country make
numerous television appearances and to
continue recording the songs from this
period later emerged on posthumously
released albums
Giles Perry JP Richardson jr. was born
October 24th 1930 in saving Pass Texas
he occasionally played with his college
band but really pursued his love of
music when he quit his pre-law studies
to become a full-time employee at a
Beaumont Texas radio station following
time in the US Army Richardson has given
his own show and became known as the Big
Bopper
in 1957 the DJ made history after
broadcasting for over 120 hours he soon
began writing songs and even penned
number-one hits for George Jones and
Johnny Preston as a recording artist the
big boppers biggest song was the top ten
hot hit Chantilly lace ain’t nothin in
the world like a bigger girl a big back
so funny make me sad mama gonna make me
feel real like alone pegs alike the
fates of these three musicians connected
the night of February 3rd 1959 they were
headed to Moorhead Minnesota as part of
the three-week long 24 City winter dance
party tour however the distance between
stops became a problem when the heating
system of their tour bus broke down
due to extremely cold temperatures as a
result 21 year-old Roger Peterson was
hired to fly some of the musicians to
their next destination in a small
Beechcraft Bonanza 35 plane in an ironic
twist many of those aboard the plane
were not meant to be as the Big Bopper
had a cold
Holly’s bass player Waylon Jennings gave
him his spot Valens won his seat in a
coin toss with Holly’s guitar player
Tommy Allsup despite light snow the
single-engine aircraft took off at close
to 1 a.m. local time but quickly
disappeared from sight due to the
weather and an inability to establish
radio contact the crash site was only
discovered the next morning when plane
owner Hubert Dwyer found the debris
miles from Mason City Municipal Airport
near Clear Lake Iowa
poor visibility and pilot error were
named as likely causes of the accident
the coroner reported the impact of the
crash had caused brain trauma and
resulted in the unfortunate deaths of
all those aboard even after their
premature deaths the legacies of these
musicians lived on the Big Bopper was
remembered as a record-breaking deejay
Ritchie Valens open doors for Chicano
and Latin rock and Buddy Holly
popularized the band lineup of two
guitars bass and drums while appealing
to both black and white audiences with
his mix of rockabilly country and R&B as
such
they will forever be remembered as
architects of rock and roll with an
influence that reaches far and wide
show
and with the light
you
touched me deep inside the music don
mclean called this the day the music
died
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the depths of
early rock legends Buddy Holly Ritchie
Valens and the Big Bopper
hey Ritchie relax man everything’s cool
besides the sky belongs to the stars
right Buddy Holly whose real name was
Charles Hardin Holly was born September
7th 1936 in Lubbock Texas
he learned various instruments from his
older brothers and began performing at
talent shows and clubs in high school
soon Holly incorporated rockabilly and
rock into his bluegrass musical style
after being influenced by Elvis Presley
and Bill Haley & his comets Hey
oh my
after a few unsuccessful deco record
singles Holley and his band the crickets
had their first smash with 1957 s
that’ll be the day that’ll be the day
during his lifetime he released three
studio albums as a solo artist and with
his band the chirping crickets his
eponymous sophomore effort and that’ll
be the day despite the band’s eventual
breakup Hawley continued recording
profusely and because of this new
material was released four years after
his untimely passing
Ritchie Valens was born Richard
Stephan Valenzuela on May 13 1941 in
Pacoima California he was exposed to
Mexican and Spanish music early and
after learning to play multiple
instruments he played at numerous events
by his mid-teens shortly after signing
to Delphi records in 1958 Valens began
recording with a full band at
Hollywood’s gold star studios though no
full-length albums were released during
his lifetime Valens did record several
successful tracks these included the
number two hit Donna
and a rock-and-roll rendition of the
Mexican folk song la Bamba
Vallance soon dropped out of high school
to play shows across the country make
numerous television appearances and to
continue recording the songs from this
period later emerged on posthumously
released albums
Giles Perry JP Richardson jr. was born
October 24th 1930 in saving Pass Texas
he occasionally played with his college
band but really pursued his love of
music when he quit his pre-law studies
to become a full-time employee at a
Beaumont Texas radio station following
time in the US Army Richardson has given
his own show and became known as the Big
Bopper
in 1957 the DJ made history after
broadcasting for over 120 hours he soon
began writing songs and even penned
number-one hits for George Jones and
Johnny Preston as a recording artist the
big boppers biggest song was the top ten
hot hit Chantilly lace ain’t nothin in
the world like a bigger girl a big back
so funny make me sad mama gonna make me
feel real like alone pegs alike the
fates of these three musicians connected
the night of February 3rd 1959 they were
headed to Moorhead Minnesota as part of
the three-week long 24 City winter dance
party tour however the distance between
stops became a problem when the heating
system of their tour bus broke down
due to extremely cold temperatures as a
result 21 year-old Roger Peterson was
hired to fly some of the musicians to
their next destination in a small
Beechcraft Bonanza 35 plane in an ironic
twist many of those aboard the plane
were not meant to be as the Big Bopper
had a cold
Holly’s bass player Waylon Jennings gave
him his spot Valens won his seat in a
coin toss with Holly’s guitar player
Tommy Allsup despite light snow the
single-engine aircraft took off at close
to 1 a.m. local time but quickly
disappeared from sight due to the
weather and an inability to establish
radio contact the crash site was only
discovered the next morning when plane
owner Hubert Dwyer found the debris
miles from Mason City Municipal Airport
near Clear Lake Iowa
poor visibility and pilot error were
named as likely causes of the accident
the coroner reported the impact of the
crash had caused brain trauma and
resulted in the unfortunate deaths of
all those aboard even after their
premature deaths the legacies of these
musicians lived on the Big Bopper was
remembered as a record-breaking deejay
Ritchie Valens open doors for Chicano
and Latin rock and Buddy Holly
popularized the band lineup of two
guitars bass and drums while appealing
to both black and white audiences with
his mix of rockabilly country and R&B as
such
they will forever be remembered as
architects of rock and roll with an
influence that reaches far and wide
show
and with the light
you
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