As much credit as Buddy Holly along with the other early music heroes get, they are still underrated. We tend to forget that they were the trailblazers and innovators.
Check out some of the music instruction books that are available. How many were available in the 1950's? I rest my case.
Compared to the 1950's, it is so much easier to become a musical genius.
@flight105 Being bigger than Elvis was not hard to achieve; the Beatles knocked Elvis off his perch by 1963 in the UK, and in 1964 here in the US. You can count all of Elvis' good songs on one hand, and still have a couple of fingers left. Not a big Elvis fan.
@jsmyers24151 Not many acts were bigger than Elvis...probably The Beatles were the only ones to really top him in terms of popularity. Maybe there are a few artists here or there that may top them in a certain sales category, but no artists impacted the culture like Elvis or The Beatles. Elvis did have a lot of crap, but his Sun Sessions compilation and his first self-titled record on RCA are indeed worth getting and are awesome listens. And Elvis had a huge impact on Buddy as well.
@jsmyers24151 Not many acts were bigger than Elvis...probably The Beatles were the only ones to really top him in terms of popularity. Maybe there are a few artists here or there that may top them in a certain sales category, but no artists impacted the culture like Elvis or The Beatles. Elvis did have a lot of crap, but his Sun Sessions compilation and his first self-titled record on RCA are indeed worth getting and are awesome listens. And Elvis had a huge impact on Buddy as well.
Yes the apartment tapes were his last recordings, as you may know studio players added the rest to these tapes for final release posthumously. Neat to listen to the originals and the done ones here on youtube.
The show was was on ITV not the BBC, and it went out live. Any copy would have been on telecine (film), not tape.
There is a You Tube member who has posted some classic telecine clips from the show, and I have asked him if he has Buddy's appearance. Unfortunately he hasn't, or he hasn't come across it yet.
The singing and music was pretty simple(not a bad thing.) But he sounded great live. He was the king of simple good songs because he had many good ones/hits.
I wonder if Buddy is playing the lead on these snippets. If he is I guess he could play lead. The snippets only show him so I guess he is. He must have added the lead players later. Can't remember there names, except for Sonny Curtis, who left early in the band.
@TheZagline I believe that the guitarist who gigged with Buddy Holly & The Crickets were Nikki Sullivan (played rhthym guitar). When he left, the Crickets continued as a trio. When Buddy went solo, Tommy Allsup played. I think that he lost the bet and missed out on the flight that killed Buddy. Sonny Curtis palyed on the original Nashville sessions. He also has the distinction of being the first to paly the Fender Stratocaster on record. By the way...it was Buddy's guitar! ;-)
@MrPJ1954 You have it right! Original Crickets line-up was Buddy, Nikki Sullivan, Joe Mauldin, Jerry Allison. But by the time of the 1958 UK tour, Sullivan had left the group. He is on the cover photo of the original Crickets LP, though, which I bought in 1958, and still have. Buddy was indeed the first major artist to use the Fender Stratocaster, and he was a very good guitarist.
Buddy Holly did play lead guitar. Back in early 1982, there was a special issue of Guitar Player which went into a lot of the details of Buddy Holly's playing.
Good video regardless of the mess up with the BBC. Good live music. You never can quite get there with impersonators. It's not until you actually hear and or see the real performer that you actually get a real feel for the music. To bad about the original video. Thanks for posting it!
@NostalgicTimeMan That'l Be The Day ws one of Buddy Holly's first hit recordings. What's really ironic was that one of his last studio recordings was It Doesn't Matter Anymore.
@NostalgicTimeMan When I mentioned Buddy Holly's last recordings, I meant the studio tapes. Some of them were actually recorded in full stereo.
I know about the apartment tapes.
I should've been specific, especially when people who as knowledgeable as you are reviewing the commentsfor correctness as well as setting the record straight.
yes it sure is a shame we have to settle for pics when he was a awesome singer and was beautiful person there will never ever be another Buddy Hollywish they would leave us see him on youtube RIP Buddy I will always your your music as long as I live,,,
Yeah Dick Clark said he lost videos of 'Heartbeat' & 'It's So Easy'. I secretly think he has them somewhere along with lost Valens and Cochran videos that suddenly disappeared in the 70s.
Circa 8.15 pm GMT. Sunday 2nd March 1958, London W.1. 51°30′54″N 0°08′27″W - 51.514944°N 0.140806°W. Full House 2,500, 10 Million Viewers. Apprehension high, curtains part, rising massed applause. All cut to shreds as a future-shock 'Live' electric blast eliminates the past.
The first concert Mike Jagger (as he was then called) went to see live as a young lad was to see Buddy Holly in London. Just info if you didn't know it.
Sunday night at teh London Palladium went out on ITV not the BBC. There was no video. Programmes were pre recorded on film or recorded by pointing a film camera at a TV monitor. We owe this to someone who recorded it on a reel to reel from the original TV broadcast
@jcuneojr Actually, I think he would have (and is) been the King of Garage Rock. Listen to Maybe Baby, then listen to a garage rock band from the 60's and you'll catch the influence. Dig it!
Amazing when you think of all the young British men who were watching this that night..The same young men that were to be part of the British Invasion six years later..
Great effort my friend. Another great performance of the 50's wiped by British T.V. Now I know why we just get documentaries about how great the 60's were and Jimi Hendrix (wasn't he sacked from most of the bands he tried to join) the Who, 60's blues and of course the Beatles (no offense, just hear of them a little too much). Why does the British media try to play down the 50's which started it all?...................
Cont'd..............Or are the directors of T.V. and radio, these days, old 60's swingers Beatles fans with a Bee in their Bonnet ha! ha! Thanks for letting me give everyone an ear bash, but something to think about, if you didn't know.
What a shame that there is millions of hours of footage of acts with no talent, and Holly fans have to settle for scraps. Thanx for the post. Been a Holly fan for 30 years, never heard it before!
@lwv6966 I second that. This live version is even better than the Ed Sullivan version all Buddy Holly fans have heard; the whole band sounds a lot more confident. Don't know where you got this from, because it's not on any BH collection, but thank you for sharing it. ;^)
As much credit as Buddy Holly along with the other early music heroes get, they are still underrated. We tend to forget that they were the trailblazers and innovators.
Check out some of the music instruction books that are available. How many were available in the 1950's? I rest my case.
Compared to the 1950's, it is so much easier to become a musical genius.
MrPJ1954 3 weeks ago
@MrPJ1954 Very true. Also, IMHO, If Buddy had lived, he'd have been bigger than Elvis!
flight105 3 weeks ago
@flight105 Being bigger than Elvis was not hard to achieve; the Beatles knocked Elvis off his perch by 1963 in the UK, and in 1964 here in the US. You can count all of Elvis' good songs on one hand, and still have a couple of fingers left. Not a big Elvis fan.
jsmyers24151 2 weeks ago
@jsmyers24151 You're entitled to your opinion sir!
flight105 1 week ago
@jsmyers24151 Not many acts were bigger than Elvis...probably The Beatles were the only ones to really top him in terms of popularity. Maybe there are a few artists here or there that may top them in a certain sales category, but no artists impacted the culture like Elvis or The Beatles. Elvis did have a lot of crap, but his Sun Sessions compilation and his first self-titled record on RCA are indeed worth getting and are awesome listens. And Elvis had a huge impact on Buddy as well.
RickGibbonsOfficial 1 week ago
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@jsmyers24151 Not many acts were bigger than Elvis...probably The Beatles were the only ones to really top him in terms of popularity. Maybe there are a few artists here or there that may top them in a certain sales category, but no artists impacted the culture like Elvis or The Beatles. Elvis did have a lot of crap, but his Sun Sessions compilation and his first self-titled record on RCA are indeed worth getting and are awesome listens. And Elvis had a huge impact on Buddy as well.
RickGibbonsOfficial 1 week ago
@jsmyers24151 When someone says the "KING', we both know who they mean. He was in the right place at the right time, no doubt.
hamzah938 1 day ago
Yes the apartment tapes were his last recordings, as you may know studio players added the rest to these tapes for final release posthumously. Neat to listen to the originals and the done ones here on youtube.
jamnjen6666 1 month ago
Don't blame the BBC. This show was shown on the commercial television network. By the way it's Joe Maudlin on bass (not Sonny Curtis).
Great music though.
47fasteddie 1 month ago
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The show was was on ITV not the BBC, and it went out live. Any copy would have been on telecine (film), not tape.
There is a You Tube member who has posted some classic telecine clips from the show, and I have asked him if he has Buddy's appearance. Unfortunately he hasn't, or he hasn't come across it yet.
seftonwallet 1 month ago
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seftonwallet 1 month ago
The singing and music was pretty simple(not a bad thing.) But he sounded great live. He was the king of simple good songs because he had many good ones/hits.
CheddarBob39 1 month ago
@CheddarBob39
As a professional musician, I agree with you. There is a lot to be for simplicity!
MrPJ1954 1 month ago
I wonder if Buddy is playing the lead on these snippets. If he is I guess he could play lead. The snippets only show him so I guess he is. He must have added the lead players later. Can't remember there names, except for Sonny Curtis, who left early in the band.
TheZagline 2 months ago
@TheZagline I believe that the guitarist who gigged with Buddy Holly & The Crickets were Nikki Sullivan (played rhthym guitar). When he left, the Crickets continued as a trio. When Buddy went solo, Tommy Allsup played. I think that he lost the bet and missed out on the flight that killed Buddy. Sonny Curtis palyed on the original Nashville sessions. He also has the distinction of being the first to paly the Fender Stratocaster on record. By the way...it was Buddy's guitar! ;-)
MrPJ1954 1 month ago
@MrPJ1954 You have it right! Original Crickets line-up was Buddy, Nikki Sullivan, Joe Mauldin, Jerry Allison. But by the time of the 1958 UK tour, Sullivan had left the group. He is on the cover photo of the original Crickets LP, though, which I bought in 1958, and still have. Buddy was indeed the first major artist to use the Fender Stratocaster, and he was a very good guitarist.
AgTigress 3 weeks ago
@TheZagline
Buddy Holly did play lead guitar. Back in early 1982, there was a special issue of Guitar Player which went into a lot of the details of Buddy Holly's playing.
Interesting...
MrPJ1954 1 month ago
Good video regardless of the mess up with the BBC. Good live music. You never can quite get there with impersonators. It's not until you actually hear and or see the real performer that you actually get a real feel for the music. To bad about the original video. Thanks for posting it!
TheZagline 2 months ago
buddy holly, roy orbison, stevie ray vaughn, j.p. richardson, janis joplin, doug sahm, Selena, . . .
Why did all those Texas guys have to die so young?
Melody615199999 2 months ago
This song is so disturbing, but only because its true. RIP February 3, 1959.
NostalgicTimeMan 2 months ago
@NostalgicTimeMan That'l Be The Day ws one of Buddy Holly's first hit recordings. What's really ironic was that one of his last studio recordings was It Doesn't Matter Anymore.
MrPJ1954 1 month ago
@MrPJ1954 Were the apartment tapes his last recordings?
NostalgicTimeMan 1 month ago
@NostalgicTimeMan When I mentioned Buddy Holly's last recordings, I meant the studio tapes. Some of them were actually recorded in full stereo.
I know about the apartment tapes.
I should've been specific, especially when people who as knowledgeable as you are reviewing the commentsfor correctness as well as setting the record straight.
I humbly stand corrected.
MrPJ1954 1 month ago
@MrPJ1954 No I know the difference but are you saying that It Doesn't Matter Anymore was the very last thing he recorded?
NostalgicTimeMan 1 month ago
@NostalgicTimeMan
It Doesn't Matter Anymore probably wasn't the last thing that Buddy Holly recorded.
I'm not sure what his last recording was.
MrPJ1954 1 month ago
HE MAKES MODERN MUSIC LOOK SICK ]
JoeTakeHolly 2 months ago
THE REAL KING 4 ME SO GOOD JUST NOT TRUE
JoeTakeHolly 3 months ago
yes it sure is a shame we have to settle for pics when he was a awesome singer and was beautiful person there will never ever be another Buddy Hollywish they would leave us see him on youtube RIP Buddy I will always your your music as long as I live,,,
BrownEyedGirl2100 3 months ago
YOU SUCK YOU TUBE---CAN'Y EVEN POST THESE-
bluesman341 3 months ago
Yeah Dick Clark said he lost videos of 'Heartbeat' & 'It's So Easy'. I secretly think he has them somewhere along with lost Valens and Cochran videos that suddenly disappeared in the 70s.
20FlightBlues 3 months ago
we should be able to see the profiles of the people that dislike so we can all slate him out of it.................ejit
1danomc 3 months ago
Class Pure Class!
BlueSuedeTom 4 months ago
long live buddy
10000liverpool 4 months ago
It Never gets old..
StereoLightz 5 months ago
ROCK ON GOOD OLD BUDDY
JoeTakeHolly 6 months ago
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The first concert Mike Jagger (as he was then called) went to see live as a young lad was to see Buddy Holly in London. Just info if you didn't know it.
chrisbeach1 6 months ago
Sunday night at teh London Palladium went out on ITV not the BBC. There was no video. Programmes were pre recorded on film or recorded by pointing a film camera at a TV monitor. We owe this to someone who recorded it on a reel to reel from the original TV broadcast
feloniousmunk 6 months ago
Acoustic bass & 4-Drums, 1 vocal mike, 1 x 45 Watt Amp - 10,000 Watt blast of Talent.
DougPatton1 7 months ago 6
Why is it like this? Why not just play the footage like its supposed to be played? Just many bits of footage are of Buddy in existence anyway?
hopop313 8 months ago
Buddy you are still the king of rock to me
cawkanos 8 months ago 3
i think that if he lived longer he would have been the true king of rock n roll
jcuneojr 10 months ago 56
@jcuneojr Actually, I think he would have (and is) been the King of Garage Rock. Listen to Maybe Baby, then listen to a garage rock band from the 60's and you'll catch the influence. Dig it!
johnnykool 2 months ago
This is the performance he made with one tooth punched out after a backstage disagreement, isn't it?
RovingMike1 11 months ago
@RovingMike1
No. Different show.
TheIntruders 10 months ago
Amazing when you think of all the young British men who were watching this that night..The same young men that were to be part of the British Invasion six years later..
bstroh20 11 months ago 2
Buddy Holly isn't just a rock legend, so talented with a perfect voice, he's so handsome too. I love his music even though it's way before my time.
neatania 1 year ago 2
I think it's all Buddy. Photos from TV has a tendency to distort, especially from this era.
charlyW34 1 year ago
Is it just my imagination, or have a couple of composite shots been inserted with a Holly lookalike?
MrJimddddd 1 year ago
Beautiful. Thank you.
RTFLDGR 1 year ago
what a gem!!! rave on!!!
jstinnett75 1 year ago
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Great effort my friend. Another great performance of the 50's wiped by British T.V. Now I know why we just get documentaries about how great the 60's were and Jimi Hendrix (wasn't he sacked from most of the bands he tried to join) the Who, 60's blues and of course the Beatles (no offense, just hear of them a little too much). Why does the British media try to play down the 50's which started it all?...................
doctordonuthin 1 year ago
Cont'd..............Or are the directors of T.V. and radio, these days, old 60's swingers Beatles fans with a Bee in their Bonnet ha! ha! Thanks for letting me give everyone an ear bash, but something to think about, if you didn't know.
doctordonuthin 1 year ago
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doctordonuthin 1 year ago
What a shame that there is millions of hours of footage of acts with no talent, and Holly fans have to settle for scraps. Thanx for the post. Been a Holly fan for 30 years, never heard it before!
lwv6966 1 year ago 42
@lwv6966 You Are SO RIGHT! I Think This Everytime I Watch Pop Acts On Tv
ninjabluewings 1 year ago
@lwv6966 Ive been a holly fan for 6 years and im only 14
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PaintballAce7 3 months ago
@lwv6966 I second that. This live version is even better than the Ed Sullivan version all Buddy Holly fans have heard; the whole band sounds a lot more confident. Don't know where you got this from, because it's not on any BH collection, but thank you for sharing it. ;^)
ToxiMoron 3 months ago
Most pics copyright John Cura "Telesnaps"/ATV-B.Tesler.
DougPatton1 1 year ago
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DougPatton1 1 year ago
Another superb picture montage that works brilliantly!
RaeVon1958 1 year ago