Buddy Holly on the Arthur Murray Dance Party 12/29/57

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  • Buddy Holly and the Crickets made an appearance on the Arthur Murray Dance Party on December 29, 1957. It was unusual to see a band like the Crickets performing on the show. This video includes the complete introduction by Kathryn Murray. Another interesting note...this footage is used on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" compilations. Clark claims that the footage of the only appearance that Holly and the Crickets made on Bandstand in the fall of 1958 was destroyed in the 70s. They performed "Heartbeat". It's a shame that the footage was destroyed because it was Buddy's last appearance on TV before his death.
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  • @Loud0glbc
    @Loud0glbc Před 5 lety +93

    Possibly the most punk rock video ever recorded. Dude didn’t even have a vocal mic or monitors. What a dang legend .

  • @masamune793
    @masamune793 Před 11 lety +92

    I just smile when I hear the woman's words at the beginning: "No matter what you think of rock and roll, I want you to keep an open mind." Wish more people were like this now a days

    • @chrisst8922
      @chrisst8922 Před 4 lety +1

      They wouldn't play this now. It'd be all dancers in dresses and tuxedos.

    • @rollowarlin8450
      @rollowarlin8450 Před rokem

      Before the evils of rock and roll arrived, it was communists to hate and fear. Before that the Japanese and Hitler's Germans. After R and R it was time to find someone new to hate. The Hippies ! Now the infighting is between the far right and just about anyone else not white or not Republican. Never ends.

    • @antoniograncino3506
      @antoniograncino3506 Před 9 měsíci +4

      That was Kathryn Murray, Arthur's wife and dance partner.

  • @telecaster4372
    @telecaster4372 Před 9 lety +353

    Buddy was the real deal. His music was raw. There's even hints of punk 20 years before it's birth. Long live rock.

    • @pontiuspilot5887
      @pontiuspilot5887 Před 5 lety +29

      He and Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran set the bar for groups to come, sadly taken away too early. Peace

    • @dextrosebizarre
      @dextrosebizarre Před 4 lety +10

      Joe Strummer play guitar the same way. :-)

    • @Jessesalvo
      @Jessesalvo Před 3 lety +16

      Down picking. He only lived to 22. Imagine.

    • @hewgrebe4771
      @hewgrebe4771 Před 3 lety +6

      This man, Buddy wrote so many of his own songs. “Peggy Sue” was written by his drummer. Needed that snare roll.

    • @marcspardello1254
      @marcspardello1254 Před 3 lety +11

      Imagine that this kid is from rural Texas creating music and image like that.

  • @peterjordan5122
    @peterjordan5122 Před 3 lety +164

    Buddy was a fearless artist. He faced life head-on. He even took his geeky looks and ran with it. Made quirky a celebration. Rock-and-roll, let the cat out of the bag, and he was there to tell us, if you feel it in your heart, go-for-it. This was and will always be, true love ways. Bless you all 💛

  • @dudermcdudeface3674
    @dudermcdudeface3674 Před 10 lety +312

    It's too bad Buddy Holly didn't get to see where rock went after him, thanks to his influence.

    • @ZeskoWhirligan
      @ZeskoWhirligan Před 10 lety +38

      In late 1958, Buddy opined that the "Rock & Roll Craze" was only going to last about 6 more months. He had no expectation of doing Rock for the rest of his career, so there's no telling what Buddy would have done. Based on his work in New York in 1958, it's pretty clear that he was heading into symphonic recordings. Waylon Jennings (a major fan and friend of Buddy's) said, "It's not a question of where Music would take Buddy Holly. It's a question of where Buddy Holly would have taken Music." It's always going to be a mystery.

    • @imposterblockade1826
      @imposterblockade1826 Před 5 lety +6

      @@ZeskoWhirligan i feel like whenever big time singers or musicians die in one the span of a decade or 10 years all within that 10 year period i feel like whatever type of music ere will die out

    • @mikeyshmelby2291
      @mikeyshmelby2291 Před 5 lety +7

      Rock n roll eventually went to shit and I'm afraid buddy wouldve followed suit. He even hinted as much in other interviews.
      Its tragic that he died but as a fan of his I LOVE that ALL of his material is great rather than him filling up his catalog with crap.
      If he wouldve lived I would hope that he never would have went the way of progressive rock and instead always remained a real rock n roll entertainer....but again, I'm not sure he would have.

    • @carlsmith1263
      @carlsmith1263 Před 5 lety +7

      @@mikeyshmelby2291 Buddy would have kept it real us Texas boys that's all we can do

    • @swellybibbsenterprises5185
      @swellybibbsenterprises5185 Před 4 lety +8

      @@ZeskoWhirligan I've read that he was transitioning to folk & country music, though he also wanted to act, produce music, and score films. He probably would have created his own record label at some point. Holly was probably the most ambitious of the 50s rockers. "Learning the Game" evidenced how much his writing skills had blossomed even by age 22.

  • @nattyboyo2404
    @nattyboyo2404 Před 5 lety +26

    His playing style was aggressive.. guitar worn low too. Definitely the beginning of a path that lead to the Ramones and beyond...

  • @Nickygino
    @Nickygino Před 6 lety +24

    Happy Birthday Buddy. Today would have been your 81st birthday. You were just a young man of 22 when you left the world in Feb. 1959. Gone but NEVER forgotten! You influenced countless of artists & musicians over the decades and your songs have been and STILL are played around the world! You left us with such a powerful and tremendous legacy of music and all was accomplished in a short period of time! A super talented young man who made many pick up a guitar and want to learn "That'll be the day", Peggy Sue, Rave on, Maybe baby, Oh boy and on. You are missed by many and we can only wonder and imagine what other great songs you would have recorded as time moved on. Happy Birthday Buddy, Rest in Peace and Thank you for the wonderful legacy of music you gave to us all......................

  • @DanielGutierrez-dl3gp
    @DanielGutierrez-dl3gp Před 9 lety +7

    I currently live in Lubbock Texas i go and visit his grave every week when i visit my dear departed mother god bless my mom and buddy holly we miss you and love you..

  • @choward5430
    @choward5430 Před 9 lety +107

    Buddy had something special. A nice guy with an original sound. Easy to like him.

  • @69kevroletfastback33
    @69kevroletfastback33 Před 5 lety +28

    The myth...The Legend... The one... The only... Immortal Buddy Holly! He did in 3 years what many bands couldnt do in decades! Wow!

  • @wills517
    @wills517 Před 5 lety +33

    Buddy holly to me was the greatest. And the reason I learnt to play the guitar.
    Buddy lives in the heart of ever Stratocaster player. God bless you Buddy

    • @jonathanbruce9658
      @jonathanbruce9658 Před 2 lety

      Learned

    • @wills517
      @wills517 Před 2 lety

      'Learned' and 'learnt' are both used as the past participle and past tense forms of the verb 'to learn'. ... 'Learned' is the preferred way of spelling in the US and Canada, while 'learnt' is favoured in British English.10 Oct 2016

    • @kristopherguilbault5428
      @kristopherguilbault5428 Před 2 lety +1

      Same here brother .. learned actually watching Gary busey on a VHS... Rewinding maybe baby

  • @buhreeze
    @buhreeze Před 9 lety +169

    Buddy Holly was too great! I remember finding out how he died when I was a kid, and wishing I could travel back in time to say DON'T GET ON THE PLANE, TAKE THE BUS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE to basically save his life and change music forever !

    • @flametronassmonkey
      @flametronassmonkey Před 9 lety +7

      Lol do you know where buddy is from ?

    • @buhreeze
      @buhreeze Před 9 lety +25

      Lubbock, TX. I grew up obsessed with this man, pretty sure I know his life story. How does that have anything to do with my comment? tf

    • @flametronassmonkey
      @flametronassmonkey Před 9 lety +20

      tf i was just saying because im from lubbock and live on the street he grew up on

    • @amyd2424
      @amyd2424 Před 8 lety +6

      +Capri Ocito What are you talking about? No one died on the tour bus!

    • @davidgough4798
      @davidgough4798 Před 8 lety +4

      Me too. He has enriched so many lives. Music would not have been the same without him.

  • @Lynch34
    @Lynch34 Před 10 lety +55

    How can anyone dislike this? Buddy Holly was a pioneer. RIP Buddy Holly

  • @ofofob
    @ofofob Před 10 lety +21

    Man, I bet those girls in the back were trying so hard not to run up to him and hug the crap out of him. HE's so cuuute!!

  • @A2D4
    @A2D4 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I was 11 when Buddy died. I was just becoming aware of rock n roll thx to my older sister who was then almost 16. I sure remember when Buddy died which I heard it on the radio & got the sense that it was a pretty big deal. Of course, all three of those who died seemed “old” to me then. 😄
    Now 2 of my grown sons both have ‘dibs’ on my Buddy Holly vinyl albums, (not to mention my original Elvis & Beatles records). Buddy was an amazingly creative and gifted musician. There’s never been another like him. Huge loss when all three of those young men died.

  • @choward5430
    @choward5430 Před 9 lety +56

    You can see why Buddy was special. Unique sound. Unique voice. Geek looking guy until he opens his mouth.

  • @LoneTinaja
    @LoneTinaja Před 10 lety +58

    Don't get a general practitioner when a Rock and Roll specialist is what is needed.

  • @graciarother2563
    @graciarother2563 Před 9 lety +53

    oh my goodness gracious he makes me so flustered he's so gorgeous

  • @RichLobo1944
    @RichLobo1944 Před 9 lety +255

    I was a 13 year old in 1957 and like most teenagers I listened to Rock N Roll on my transistor radio. My parents, like most parents of teens in those days did not like RNR and all the body twitching that went along with it. Also, like many other parents they regularly watched the Arthur Murray Dance Party. To say that I was shocked when Kathryn Murray introduced Buddy and the Crickets, is and understatement akin to the Grand Canyon is just a hole in the ground. Watch the wall flower kids behind the band... NOT A MOVEMENT - under strict orders to not dance or move with the beat... OK to let the guys play a song, but dancing to Rock N Roll - No Way! I watched my parents faces, complete shock... FYI, they later learned to enjoy it too.

    • @RichLobo1944
      @RichLobo1944 Před 9 lety +12

      Richard Troxel I just read that Joe Mauldin, the Bass player for the Crickets has just died... So sad, these were young lads from Lubbock, Texas, who found a sound and a message that resonated with young people everywhere and greatly influenced four young lads in Liverpool. So much so that Joe became a regular in Paul McCartney's annual salute to the Crickets.

    • @kdrummer99
      @kdrummer99 Před 7 lety +6

      It's still cool. Great tunes.

    • @RockinJohnny
      @RockinJohnny Před 7 lety +1

      awww Richard I was only born then lol missed all the action but made up for it later, glad to have seen Bobby Vee, Crickets, Marty Wilde and few others though

    • @enfantterrible8060
      @enfantterrible8060 Před 6 lety +4

      How amazing that must have been!!

    • @itsjustrenee1320
      @itsjustrenee1320 Před 6 lety

      Richard Troxel body movements x🤤

  • @kbchaffin53
    @kbchaffin53 Před 2 lety +4

    I was born right at the end of '53 and this and Blue Suede Shoes were the first songs that sank in. What an era.

  • @StanSwan
    @StanSwan Před 6 lety +138

    No one can overstate how new and brilliant Buddy was. He died at 22 in 1959. Without him there would have been no Beatles or Rolling Stones.

    • @chrisst8922
      @chrisst8922 Před 4 lety +6

      Paul McCartney owns the rights to these recordings.

    • @davidfanara3229
      @davidfanara3229 Před 2 lety +8

      @@chrisst8922 I own them in my heart

    • @ffluigishots9288
      @ffluigishots9288 Před rokem +3

      Bruce Springsteen, Vaughan , Bob Dylan, Joh Fogerty, Beach boys, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix and much more!

    • @rocknroll_jezus9233
      @rocknroll_jezus9233 Před rokem +6

      Buddy Holly is the absolute godfather of power pop and pop punk. Pop rock would not be the same without him

    • @SeanMichaelWesley
      @SeanMichaelWesley Před rokem +3

      Rock and Rock wouldn’t be the same. The “full band” for the rock sound also came from him. He was so influential for being so young. It’s a shame death took him so early.

  • @XanneMabry
    @XanneMabry Před 13 lety +12

    I grew up listening to my father's Buddy Holly records. Didn't know Buddy had died before I was even born until I was around 12. I probably cried for a week. Buddy Holly was a musical GENIUS! I'm raising another generation of Buddy Holly fans to carry on the tradition.

  • @garystackhouse5787
    @garystackhouse5787 Před 4 lety +37

    THANK YOU for not ruining this amazing gem by dubbing the studio audio over this amazing live performance!! It's perfect just the way it is!!

    • @joeltunnah
      @joeltunnah Před 8 měsíci

      Uh, it wasn't live. Look again... his guitar isn't even plugged in. And they slightly miss the ending beat. It's a pretty good lip syncing act though.

  • @edhensley6810
    @edhensley6810 Před 11 lety +4

    Buddy's "Peggy Sue" made it to Okinawa in 1958, where I was on overseas
    navy shore duty, as a 19 y/o Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class. What an
    innocent and peaceful time, compared to the last 20 years, even with the Cold
    War closer to Hot than most people knew. Damn shame to lose Buddy so young.

  • @noelcruz2020
    @noelcruz2020 Před 4 lety +6

    Just love how buddy looks at his guitar on his solo part you can just see all the talent that man had at that time wow

  • @traylorvh
    @traylorvh Před 8 lety +8

    Love Buddy Holly's music. Watching this clip makes me remember how miserable I was trying to fit into that stupid mold back then. Weight on you back leg, point your other toe forward, suck in your tummy, hold your shoulders back, put your hands together, now smile!

  • @marygreenleaf9072
    @marygreenleaf9072 Před 8 lety +1

    As a teen age farm kid in N.E. Iowa in 1958 I was fortunate enuf to see the CRICKETS (BUDDYHOLLY) at Matters Ballroom in Decorah Iowa............see many greats in those good old days. RAL Donner.....B. Bumble and the Stingers...Tony Orlando....Buddy Knox...Jimmie Bowen. They weren't called concerts then..
    ..they were dances...and we all did.I almost fainted when I got to dance with . RAL DONNER. Never forget the bitter cold snowy a.m. in February when Ma woke me up for school and told the terrible news of the plane crash over in CLEAR LAKE. THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.

  • @ZeskoWhirligan
    @ZeskoWhirligan Před 10 lety +41

    Ask his drummer, Jerry Allison, who TAUGHT HIM to play the drums... Allison always says, "Buddy taught me how to play." Ask Joe Mauldin who taught him how to play bass... Mauldin will immediately say, "Buddy Holly taught me how to play." Buddy MADE DEMANDS that caused his bandmembers to BECOME BETTER than they were. Ask Waylon Jennings. Ask ANYBODY who knew Buddy's background, and they ALL admit that Buddy RECREATED the music scene for small bands.

    • @brucerestau7716
      @brucerestau7716 Před 3 měsíci

      Buddy had an astounding impact on rock and roll and did it in just a year and a half in the public eye! The influence he had on The Beatles, the entire British Invasion groups, was phenomenal. Had he not died tragically in that plane crash while on the Winter Dance Party tour, he had planned to go back to Lubbock, Texas, his hometown, and open his own recording studio. He wanted to produce new acts. Waylon Jennings, his guitarist on the last tour, being one of them. Lou Giordano was another. A tragic loss for American music when he died at 22, along with The Big Bopper (JP Richardson), and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens. What a legacy they left us though.

  • @qzetu
    @qzetu Před 8 lety +23

    It's really amazing how they pulled that off with a electric guitar, drums, and a stand up bass.. That's all they had and it sounded great. It's pure talent simple as that.

  • @chriscorman734
    @chriscorman734 Před 8 lety +10

    Love this clip rip Buddy you remain a bedrock of modern culture and thou for such a short time on earth you have truly enriched so many of our lives

  • @1955RodHot
    @1955RodHot Před 9 lety +45

    All those young women in the background standing absolutely still....obviously under orders. One of the best rock 'n roll songs ever recorded, and at that time new to them. It must have been torture. And this show was called a 'Dance Party'.

    • @Ciaseea
      @Ciaseea Před 9 lety +11

      Its so interesting you noticed that. They want to move soo bad. Different attitudes for different times is really a crazy thing.

    • @stratplayr6997
      @stratplayr6997 Před 3 lety +1

      It may have been a "dance party" but not rock n' roll - the AMDP show was ballroom dancing.
      Interesting that we see Buddy performing here in the Arthur Murray Dance Party, at the beginning of his fame. His career ended with the Winter Dance Party.

  • @JapaneseJoe101
    @JapaneseJoe101 Před 12 lety +3

    RIP Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper. The music didn't die that day, it'll live on forever.

  • @michaelolz
    @michaelolz Před 3 lety +6

    Gosh I love Buddy Holly’s music. It was the prototype for a lot of later rock. Plus it’s just so cool that a guy in glasses could be a rock star in the days of Elvis.

  • @widetubevision4423
    @widetubevision4423 Před 10 lety +20

    Buddy Holly was the greatest of them all. He changed the rock and roll era in the late 1950s.

    • @lMrFresno559l
      @lMrFresno559l Před 9 lety +9

      He didnt change anything. He created it.

    • @erwinborloo5493
      @erwinborloo5493 Před 6 lety +5

      Buddy was the best, very sad he died so young and before i was born

  • @jussix48
    @jussix48 Před rokem +1

    That's very nice we have this original live video with Buddy and the band in fine costumes performing 'Peggy Sue'...! 🕵🏼‍♀️🎶🧡🎶😃👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

  • @MsSmitty9
    @MsSmitty9 Před 4 lety +1

    He was like 21 years old here. Incredible. One of the inventors of Rock and Roll. He’d be in his 80s now had he survived. What’s even more incredible is he was 4 years older than Ritchie Valens. Another charter member of the Rock and Roll first graduating class. God Bless them both. 🎵🎸⛪️

  • @kimberlysimpson3206
    @kimberlysimpson3206 Před 9 lety +30

    My parents saw him play at his last show before I was born.

    • @stratplayr6997
      @stratplayr6997 Před 3 lety +2

      They went to the show at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake??!!! OMG I bet your parents have/had incredible stories and memories from that show.

  • @floobuscanoobus
    @floobuscanoobus Před 11 lety +3

    RIP Buddy , now I know why I cried when I watched this earlier.

  • @dnumde69
    @dnumde69 Před 11 lety +2

    Elvis and Buddy have their own unique styles. Elvis has the looks, the voice and that wild showmanship that was so unusual in the 50s and that made him King . Buddy is one helluva guitar player and also composes.his own songs.

  • @nonstoprocker5377
    @nonstoprocker5377 Před 2 lety +1

    I love how stoic and pristine all the girls were standing in the background...even though you KNOW the jungle beat and Buddy were getting to them...raw rock and roll heat

  • @ncfeline1959
    @ncfeline1959 Před 10 lety +4

    What a sweet intro by Kathryn Murray!
    A first class lady and a first class band!

  • @msandoval8027
    @msandoval8027 Před 4 lety +4

    LEGENDARY, RIP Buddy Holly!!! Your music lives on in 2020!!!

  • @jayare2620
    @jayare2620 Před 6 lety +1

    If you have the gift of music nothing else matters--the gift speaks for itself.

  • @livefastdierrhea
    @livefastdierrhea Před 11 lety +1

    This is Great! Buddy Holly was sure ahead of his time, and the older lady at the begining was very sweet and way more evolved than the people of today.

  • @Bd951
    @Bd951 Před 11 lety +5

    That's some pretty fierce strumming.

  • @mattsmith3942
    @mattsmith3942 Před rokem +9

    Buddy Holly was amazing. The guy put out so much great music in just a couple of years. His hits are great but so are many of the other songs on his albums. He wrote most of his songs in a time when that wasn’t at all common and arranged his own music for recordings. He was a visionary who was an idol to the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, who saw him play live just a couple days before he was tragically killed. His music will always live on. He’s the true king of rock.

  • @JoseReyes-sr3nv
    @JoseReyes-sr3nv Před rokem +2

    My favorite part is his face expression right before he started singing. It's the expression you give when you're going all in.

  • @misterocain
    @misterocain Před 5 lety +2

    61 years on proves that genius and class are permanent.

  • @DrBinkler
    @DrBinkler Před 13 lety +3

    The drumming is great! Joe B. is the man. This is the original rock and roll band . . . a power trio.

  • @amyd2424
    @amyd2424 Před 8 lety +82

    Is it creepy to be so in love with a dead man? Love you Buddy Holly!!

    • @spaceman9514
      @spaceman9514 Před 7 lety +7

      Kelly Johnson not at all :P I'm quite in love with him as well

    • @mando8222
      @mando8222 Před 5 lety +8

      Hell no! He is one of the greatest artist in history!

    • @caressofstars4239
      @caressofstars4239 Před 5 lety +11

      Being a fan of someone who inspires you is completely normal, I think. He would be an old, old man if he was alive to-day, but since he will remain 22 forever, no wonder his memory touches your emotions.

    • @nottocleverxx614
      @nottocleverxx614 Před 5 lety +3

      @@caressofstars4239 Idk why but that gave me chills.

    • @YouTubeExplore777
      @YouTubeExplore777 Před 4 lety +2

      I think he was a gentleman. Seemed a very nice young man. I respect him. Its ok to love the deceased.

  • @Tonetwisters
    @Tonetwisters Před 8 lety +1

    Abbreviated version. Love that intro. Rock and Roll was considered the rebellious music culture, and most old folks said it wouldn't last; hence Danny and the Juniors', "Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay". This is a great video. Thanks.

  • @SuperWave86
    @SuperWave86 Před rokem +2

    Wow such a great performance and live!!

  • @kgkger
    @kgkger Před 3 lety +5

    The influence Buddy Holly would have had on rock and roll cannot even be imagined. So many fantastic tunes is a short time. Like some said earlier, I believe his influence would have been greater than Elvis',

  • @TobyRossFun
    @TobyRossFun Před 9 lety +104

    beautiful man, first hot geek

    • @shoknifeman2mikado135
      @shoknifeman2mikado135 Před 5 lety +22

      He had no choice, his eyesight was so weak that he tried to play without his glasses and nearly fell off the stage.

    • @jacrispy3275
      @jacrispy3275 Před 5 lety +13

      @@shoknifeman2mikado135 - that made me laugh harder than it should've.
      R.I.P - Buddy Holly

    • @theguywithanobjective482
      @theguywithanobjective482 Před 4 lety +6

      shoknifeman2 mikado late but he was playing and the guitar pick fell out of his hand and he had to get on hands and knees in front of the crowd and he cauldron find his guitar pick and contacts were to uncomfortable then so he started whetting his glasses on stage.

    • @brittneyreimers7968
      @brittneyreimers7968 Před 4 lety

      1:32 jerry kinda look pissed tho 😂😂😂😂

    • @genevievemott5043
      @genevievemott5043 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes

  • @zyscher
    @zyscher Před 6 lety +1

    A compilation of Buddy Holly songs was actually the very first record I bought in 1976 when I was eight years old. 41 years have gone by and I still love his music like I did back then.

  • @floobuscanoobus
    @floobuscanoobus Před 11 lety +1

    This made me cry.....not sure why, guess cuz he's so frickin innocent, amazing and transcendent. I don't think I'll ever forget seeing this for the first time. Thank y

  • @JacobHarvietheSinger
    @JacobHarvietheSinger Před 10 lety +4

    "Rock and roll specialists." I love it!

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 Před 3 lety +4

    How can over 200 people SELECT a video knowing it features Buddy Holly then give this priceless piece of film the thumbs down?
    Can only be insane people!

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf Před 2 lety

      Some people live to vote no.

    • @joeltunnah
      @joeltunnah Před 8 měsíci

      Maybe they don't like lip syncing?

  • @bennyjazzful
    @bennyjazzful Před 5 lety +1

    GOD---Buddy was a complete musical genius.
    From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan.

  • @rosu5726
    @rosu5726 Před 3 lety +2

    Wonderful introduction! Where did such classy respect go?

  • @rickrick5041
    @rickrick5041 Před rokem +4

    The Rock N Roll specialists

  • @cornucopia8591
    @cornucopia8591 Před 7 lety +8

    Anytime I see him live I think that the music would go in another direction if that plane landed well.. He was such a hero, and I'm sure that being such a creative talent he could be the superstar of the 60s. To see, how he aging, how he became wise and experienced while still bright and shiny... This world lacks Buddy Holly.

  • @cecilia6323
    @cecilia6323 Před 6 lety +1

    It's so weird that the people were told not to dance to buddy's music! If I was thier I don't think I'd be able to resist that beat and such an awesome song. RIP Buddy Holly ❤

  • @joen5332
    @joen5332 Před 5 lety +2

    this rock and roll is completely better than the rock and roll of today's rock and roll today's is crap that's why I'm listening right now to a Buddy Holly CD set

  • @Realist101100
    @Realist101100 Před 11 lety +3

    The more time passes, the better this sounds. We love you Buddy Holley!

  • @MrTyler7707
    @MrTyler7707 Před 10 lety +54

    im 13 and I like music from the 50s 60s 70s 80s and 90s

    • @punkrockstuff
      @punkrockstuff Před 10 lety +18

      Good for you

    • @bryceanhk1428
      @bryceanhk1428 Před 10 lety +5

      punkrockstuff lol right its like you want a cookie?

    • @MrTyler7707
      @MrTyler7707 Před 10 lety +8

      Bryce Beltran i dont want anything why does everyone say i want something

    • @MrDblStop
      @MrDblStop Před 10 lety +12

      Ignore the internet tough guys Tyler. I grew up on music from the 50's, 60's and 70's and it's good to hear a younger person recognising the great wealth of good music from earlier decades.

    • @deel2435
      @deel2435 Před 6 lety +4

      I did too at your age, music isn't meant to only be enjoyed when it was created but for forever and for everyone. You like what you like. I hope it brings you loads of happiness, and comfort.

  • @meyouandthesky
    @meyouandthesky Před 12 lety +1

    i'm 23 and love, love, love this music...as long as there are people my age to hear it, buddy holly will live forever

  • @barbarasauve
    @barbarasauve Před 12 lety +2

    Buddy Holly is an amazing musician. He gave us so much in such a short time. I can't imagine how all those women standing behind Buddy could just stand there like statues while he was singing. I cannot listen to him without moving and dancing up a storm! He stirs my spirit. Thank you Buddy.

  • @nuwavedave
    @nuwavedave Před 5 lety +6

    Buddy could've never imagined his approach to songwriting, his band lineup, and energy would set the stage for The Beatles, the music of the 1960s, and Pop Music Future. Our greatest treasures aren't always wrapped in pretty boy looks. Buddy Holly was a musical dynamo!

  • @seekillumination4109
    @seekillumination4109 Před 7 lety +140

    If Buddy Holly lived longer i honestly feel like he would've been more famous than elvis.

    • @grannysgonerabid7425
      @grannysgonerabid7425 Před 5 lety +32

      Man, when you consider all the great songs -- Peggy Sue, Oh Boy, Rave on, It's Alright, That'll Be the Day, Peggy Sue Got Married, Everyday and about 15 others -- all written, recorded and released in just 2 years by the age of 22(!!!) it is staggering to think of what he could have accomplished.

    • @andrewcollier1093
      @andrewcollier1093 Před 4 lety +5

      I agree. He was a genius.

    • @ueray4
      @ueray4 Před 4 lety +7

      Elvis music was boring!! Buddy has the real talent

    • @HelloooThere
      @HelloooThere Před 4 lety +3

      Ridiculous

    • @Daniel-nj1qw
      @Daniel-nj1qw Před 4 lety

      I Agree

  • @takeemout4357
    @takeemout4357 Před 3 lety +2

    I love Buddy. That old lady is just the cutest! All the kids are on their best behavior, too. Id at least be swaying.

  • @annabrown7302
    @annabrown7302 Před rokem +2

    THE AUDIENCE LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE IN SHOCK NO EMOTIONS AT ALL THANKS BUDDY HOLLY ❤

  • @Eric-ei7hh
    @Eric-ei7hh Před 10 lety +4

    Love this song R.I.P Buddy Holly

  • @dquillen1
    @dquillen1 Před 9 lety +7

    It's hard to imagine a time when this was considered provocative...

  • @gleasonparker1684
    @gleasonparker1684 Před 4 lety +2

    Mercy. Time travel . if I could do it One more time and change the world. BH was best. EVER.

  • @ORTHMANCUSTOMS
    @ORTHMANCUSTOMS Před 8 lety

    Can you imagine just standing still in the background lol. I couldn't sit still on the couch while that was playing. God bless rock and roll and Buddy Holley.

  • @beagleguitar
    @beagleguitar Před 9 lety +18

    Just noticed how odd Buddy's fingering for the A chord was. Interesting.

    • @caressofstars4239
      @caressofstars4239 Před 5 lety +1

      Oh yeah! Have noticed it myself. Will recommend this alternative to those who struggle with the "official" way of doing an A!

    • @chrisst8922
      @chrisst8922 Před 4 lety +2

      @@caressofstars4239 We all play A differently. I use what maybe 3 shapes given my mood, the previous and next chord etc.

  • @movienerd202
    @movienerd202 Před 8 lety +8

    Buddy Holly lives!

  • @jcedwards8363
    @jcedwards8363 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you Buddy Holly and The Crickets

  • @parmjr1
    @parmjr1 Před 4 lety +1

    I would like to pay tribute to young people aged 15 to 20 who come here to immortalize the songs and dances of the 40s, 50s and 60s. Congratulations to everyone who has good taste !!

  • @ZeskoWhirligan
    @ZeskoWhirligan Před 10 lety +6

    All through that, Buddy was only stroking DOWN on the Fender. Not UP and down, just DOWN. "Peggy Sue" was originally called "Cindy Lou," a Calypso song that Buddy wrote and performed for his niece, Cindy Lou. Jerry Allison asked Buddy if they could change the title to "Peggy Sue" (Peggy Sue was Jerry's fiancé at the time). Buddy said YES, but only if Jerry could play paradiddles all the way through the song. Jerry did it, played paradiddles, and Buddy changed the song title to Peggy Sue.

  • @PepeLadd
    @PepeLadd Před 10 lety +154

    In 1958 Elvis, the king of Rock & Roll, went to the Army and never came back. Jerry Lee Lewis was banned and blacklisted, Little Richard retired, Chuck Berry was in prison and Buddy Holly died in 1959. What a mess. Buddy was a real genius. Rip.

    • @jimmcnair6506
      @jimmcnair6506 Před 10 lety +28

      The conditions were set for the arrival of The Beatles to help fill the void you described.

    • @visaman
      @visaman Před 9 lety +14

      Jim McNair
      Well, the Rickeys (and Fabian) came first, then the Folkies, The Beach Boys, then The Beatles.

    • @Scotseasy
      @Scotseasy Před 6 lety +5

      Good point, well made, about Elvis.

    • @facubozzi7395
      @facubozzi7395 Před 6 lety +3

      Pepe Ladd I dont understand, elvis died in 1977...

    • @fordsrule35
      @fordsrule35 Před 6 lety +6

      jonny yuma You know why in my opinion. His mom died while he was in the Army...he was never the same once he came back.

  • @PaulSaysShezam
    @PaulSaysShezam Před 11 lety +2

    Buddy Holly is definitely one of the feel good musicians I can turn to on any given day and feel ten times happier.

  • @stratplayr6997
    @stratplayr6997 Před 3 lety +1

    So sad to think that Buddy only had just over a year left to live after this.

  • @karlmahlmann
    @karlmahlmann Před 11 lety +3

    Buddy Holly, a true genius. What a fascinating performance.

  • @NerdWerld
    @NerdWerld Před 14 lety +3

    This is real music, and it was, and still is powerful music.

  • @antonematos6241
    @antonematos6241 Před rokem +1

    He’s 20 years old in this video, pretty nuts when you think about how young he actually was.

  • @bigstar66
    @bigstar66 Před 11 lety +1

    It's amazing how rock and roll went from that thing youngsters like to the standard of pop music.

  • @rubbersole79
    @rubbersole79 Před 7 lety +21

    "Rock n Roll Specialists receive polite applause......"
    Of course they had no way of knowing they were in the presence of RR Royalty.

  • @bodensick
    @bodensick Před 6 lety +5

    She's wonderful the way she asks her audience to give these young fellows a chance. She refers to them as "rock 'n roll specialists"

  • @MADKingR
    @MADKingR Před 11 lety +1

    I'll never understand how can they stand so still und such a great music.

  • @ChrisBakerauthor
    @ChrisBakerauthor Před rokem +1

    Thank you, Jerry Allison.

  • @SPINNINGMYWHEELS777
    @SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 Před 13 lety +4

    Aside from the greatness of Holly, the band is sublime. That drummer does more with a on the floor Bass beat and snare than many can't do with double kick and heavy metal kit.

  • @GaRbAllZ
    @GaRbAllZ Před 9 lety +11

    Can you imagine what the strat he is playing would be worth today?

    • @phillipcarpenterjr1576
      @phillipcarpenterjr1576 Před 6 lety +1

      My father went to Norman Petty studios while Norman's wife was still alive. His favorite musician was Buddy Holly. His pictures he got were great. He also visited Buddy Holly's grave. It has a metal of some type pressed with Buddy's image on it if I remember right. Somberist of photos. The tour played Serb Hall in Milwaukee, Wi in my state before his last place in Clear Lake, Iowa. A lot of musicians death's have wisconsin connections or close times. Like Stevie Ray Vaughn's copter crash after leaving Alpine Valley. Too many young dead. And Eddue Cochran died a year after the day the music died. 58-59 were sad years indeed for r'n'r. Rip.

    • @knowmusicman157
      @knowmusicman157 Před 6 lety +1

      Eric Clapton's Blackie sold for just under a million. Don't forget his 50's Fender tube amp. It would be worth a bundle too.

  • @joecreevy4086
    @joecreevy4086 Před 5 lety +1

    Raw, hearfelt, and original. Rock on Buddy.

  • @lhart99
    @lhart99 Před 11 dny

    Buddy was way ahead of his time. LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @MCO18
    @MCO18 Před 8 lety +73

    The lady at the beginning reminds me of the principal in Grease.

    • @superman31172
      @superman31172 Před 6 lety +2

      Max Power i was thinking the same thing

    • @patricias5122
      @patricias5122 Před 5 lety +6

      She's adorable, and a kind, openminded lady. She was a lot nicer to them that Ed Sullivan was.

    • @fvshkatie
      @fvshkatie Před 5 lety +2

      I believe that was Katherine Murray. She and her husband Arthur got people dancing all over the world. They did mostly ballroom style dancing and there were Arthur Murray Dance schools in many cities.

  • @caerus90
    @caerus90 Před 8 lety +16

    Wow..how can all those people in the background not be moving an inch to this?..those were some very rigid times back then.. I could never stand still like that confronted with such a masterful piece of Rock 'n' Roll

    • @w1ndwr1t3
      @w1ndwr1t3 Před 8 lety +1

      +J Mac They all were want to break loose and wanted to but you have to remember that they had never heard this new sound and didn't know what to think of it.

    • @AlfredHawthornBennyHill
      @AlfredHawthornBennyHill Před 7 lety +1

      Back then it wasn't proper to do that. You were considered a hooligan if you just busted out and startted dancing. There were certain rules you had to follow.

    • @AlfredHawthornBennyHill
      @AlfredHawthornBennyHill Před 7 lety +1

      ***** That's just how things were back then. You didn't do certain things. You were supposed to be proper and act a certain way, especially in public. I think some of that should be brought back, the acting proper in public thing at least, and not acting like a damn fool or you just escaped from the Flakey Farm, for the whole world to see and just for the attention.

    • @AlfredHawthornBennyHill
      @AlfredHawthornBennyHill Před 7 lety

      ***** I wasn't talking about dresses and all of that, although some of the clothes women wear should noy be worn. I'm talking about the way people act. Most people used to be more polite especially in public.

    • @AlfredHawthornBennyHill
      @AlfredHawthornBennyHill Před 7 lety

      ***** Again, I'm not talking about that and those weren't polite people with manners, those were sickos, monsters and people who were against all things good. Those were people who wanted to destroy, who did not want to make progress with certain things, were ignorant, were greedy, only cared about themselves, had a one track mind, were close minded and so on. I'm talking about manners and the people who had to be kind to you wherever you went and those were actually kind to everyone no matter what. You're obviously not undertsanding anything I'm saying. I didn't think I would have to explain or have to explain the difference. With the exception of a few races, although there were a lot of times that was passed over, people were willing to help unlike most places that you go to for "help" today that don't help you and or give very little help. The most "help they give today are to those that don't need or deserve it. Certain people get $10,000 a month or more in social security and food stamps because they refuse to lose 900 lbs or (im being nice here and not saying) certain groups of people don't or they say they don't speak english, while I get barely enough to survive on each month and I get told "I'm sorry, but we can't give you anymore help then that". Because that's what a certain "running group" tells me I'm worth, because of what I look like and according to them I have no ailments or illness even though I suffer from depression and severe chronic anxiety. add and adhd, which are illnesses, as well as a bad back, several herniated discs in my spine and my spine is now slowly deteriorating, I also have to take super strong pain medication, anxiety medication and other medication for the add and adhd, which all of keeps me from working and going out in public for the most part, but according to them, when I was first just diagnosed with the spine, back, depression and anxiety, they said none of that should prevent me from working. Even though some is being done for me now and years ago they couldn't have done much for me, but still, I don't get enough money and my Dr get s questioned why I need all of that medicine. Hello, I have ailments. Sorry for going on, but I was trying to make a point.

  • @KarenBH
    @KarenBH Před 2 lety +2

    His legacy lives on! ❤️

  • @Furry67
    @Furry67 Před rokem +2

    They were fine rock & roll specialists.