Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show
The Buddy Holly Story podcast
This is the original radio show, including the songs played on the show – Buddy Holly Story podcast.
PLAYLIST
1 Elvis Presley – Good Rocking Tonight
2 Buddy Holly – Rock Around with Ollie Vee
3 Buddy Holly – Early in the Morning
4 Buddy Holly – Brown Eyed Handsome Man
The Buddy Holly Story
COMPANION BLOG of The Buddy Holly Story
This has all of the detail talked about in the show PLUS video links to all the songs referred to in the show, including his last “home recordings”.
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In its unique three-part format, Rock’n’Roll Unravelled tells the story of rock’n’roll from its roots to mid-1970s punk. Not just the music but also the social events which shaped the sounds of the times, the Vietnam War + Civil Rights struggle + much more.
The Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show – The Buddy Holly Story
Original Broadcast of Buddy Holly Story podcast
4 February 2019: 10.00am to 11am (UK) – Access North West
BUDDY HOLLY STORY PODCAST
The 3 February is the 60th Anniversary of the tragic death of rock’n’roll legend Buddy Holly, in a plane crash in 1959.
This is Buddy’s story from his first win at a talent contest, at the age of five, to his untimely death flying between gigs.
As Buddy and Bob, he opened for Elvis Presley. His first record deal with Decca led to the complications at Coral, where some Buddy Holly and the Crickets songs were released as “Buddy Holly” on Coral and others as “The Crickets” on Brunswick. His split from manager Norman Petty and the Crickets, plus the financial wranglings in 1958, led to Holly undertaking his ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour in America’s Midwest in the depths of winter. The appalling conditions on the tour bus prompted Holly’s decision to charter a small plane for the flight from Clear Lake, Iowa to the next gig in Moorhead, Minnesota. The plane never reached Fargo…
THE ROCK’N’ROLL UNRAVELLED SHOW
We’ll be looking at how rock’n’roll came about. It’s development into rock music in the mid-1960s the array of rock genres in the late 1960s and ‘70s. Blues, R&B, rock’n’roll, rock, prog, folk rock, country rock, psychedelia, glam, early metal, punk, new wave… they will all find their way into the shows. Plus artists and bands some well known, some more on the cult side. Stories behind classic singles and albums, record labels, venues, gigs… Not forgetting the people behind the scenes, managers, promoters, writers, Svengalis – the people who made it all happen.
If it’s relevant to the music of the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s I’ll be talking about it.
There will be some great music, some you’ll recognise and some that you might well be hearing for the first time.
Rock’n’Roll Unravelled – THE BOOK
Derek Shelmerdine is the author of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.
RocknRoll Unravelled tells the story of rock’n’roll from its roots up until mid-1970s punk. Not just the story of the music but also the external events which influenced it, such as the Vietnam War and Civil Rights struggle.
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