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THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY
From Buddy Holly’s first talent contest at the age of five, to his tragic death in 1959. This is the Buddy Holly Story radio show.
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The Buddy Holly Story
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BUDDY HOLLY STORY
Buddy Holly Story
The life and times of Buddy Holly, from his first talent contest win at the age of five, to his untimely death in a plane crash in 1959.
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 from 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…
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
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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 and 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.
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Not just the story of the music but also the social events which shaped it. The Vietnam War, Civil Rights struggle and so many other factors because they had such an influence on the music of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.
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The Buddy Holly Story
…..first broadcast on Access North West 4 February 2019
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