Buddy Holly - Rave on! (1958)

[YouFrickinStar]

I'm glad I'm not deaf.

[smasica]

I think "Rave On" is the best of Buddy and The Crickets because it features all of them working together at the top of their game. Excellent work by all the musicians and the back-up singing sets off Buddy's lead vocal perfectly. There is not one dead spot or phrase in the whole song. I could listen to this song all day.

[pat1947100]

@smasica I hear a piano in there but I don't see anyone or any credit.

[smasica]

@pat1947100 If I recall correctly, there was a female office worker or secretary who played keyboards on "Every Day". I have a CD collection, 'The Buddy Holly Story' and she was mentioned. I don't know if it was her on 'Rave On', too. I'll have to check it out.

[smasica]

@smasica Correction: Norman Petty played piano on 'Rave On'. Vi Petty played celeste on 'Every Day'.

[lonehorseman09]

great rock and roll.

[cunnidvd]

All the greats have covered the songs of Buddy Holly and his band.

[reforest4fertility]

RAVE ON, U toob commenters!



[Karatiannadiante]

Love Buddy

[alansmisclass]

Huh. I always thought this song was about Steve Ray Vaughn.

[cunnidvd]

How could anyone dislike anything Buddy Holly.

[pulversilva101]

@cunnidvd my girlfriend LOVES hip-hop.. but thinks Buddy Holly is crap. based on that alone.. its amazingly clear she's musically illiterate

[cunnidvd]

@pulversilva101 Ouch. There is no accounting for taste. If you like rock 'n' roll at all i would expect you to like Buddy Holly. He inspired the Beatles. In fact they named their band as a play on the name of Buddy Holly's band the Crickets.

[pulversilva101]

@cunnidvd ur absolutely correct, friend.. I jst finished peat 10/10 of the REAL Buddy Holly Story (produced by [Sir] Paul McCartney himself,) ystrdy. great musical knowledge!!

[elvicare35]

@pulversilva101 lol

[0hypnotoad0]

Speeding in Mafia II to this song...

[665885]

With the help of Mafia II, I discovered the true rock and roll !

[vinegaroon1]

Looks like he's actually singing Peggy Sue and they've dubbed in Rave on over it.

[pulversilva101]

@vinegaroon1 he's really singing "That'll Be The Day" on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1958.. I just watched it =)

[kikivr22]

Dion never was given the choice of going on the plane. If I owe Dion an apology, Buddy Holly's wife and Tommy Allsup also owe him one. They have both called Dion a liar...and that is history.

[MrMalcolm4605]

Amen to that Brother

[mrsimon181]

RIP buddy rave on

[Steamaddict1603]

It may have been 53 years ago today, but as we can see, he lives on in us and his music.

R.I.P Buddy, Ritchie, and J.P. Rave on!

[shaymcn3]

Thanks for the great Buddy reminder Elin :)

He left behnd some unforgettable songs in his short life !

[mschiquitita10]

@shaymcn3 He sure did Shay, this is one of my fav's! :)

Thanks for dropping by :))

[thescribe13]

I feel sorry for the poor Deutsche leuten this isn't available to...

[mschiquitita10]

@thescribe13 I got some great news: I just had a look at the status of the video and it seems like UMG has taken over the copyright claim and now it's available worldwide! :)

[thescribe13]

@mschiquitita10 That's awesome. I think more copyright owners are starting to realize that having their "property" available on youtube is some of the best advertising available! If you like it enough to listen to it more than a couple of times on youtube, chances are you'll buy yourself a copy anyways. : )

[msg033]

53 years ago today. RIP.

[joebstarsurfer]

I agree hello any x ravers).

[MrMalcolm4605]

@joebstarsurfer  Orhhhh Yass ! ! ! ! !

[tuberockets]

thanks



[TheEric2040]

"On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll pioneers: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson,The day was later called "The Day the Music Died"

FYI: I was only 12 years old and on my way to Duxbury middle school in my big brothers 59 Chevy and this news had came over the radio. I was in "shock," as I had use to play my first acoustic guitar to Buddy's and Ritchies songs! RIP Eric D. Erickson

[charlyW34]

It's a shame Buddy didn't get a chance to record a full album at the Pythian Temple in NYC.

[mikey00609]

Saw him performed in Sri Lanka , Egypt and Japan in '57 . Excellent !

[yunorisson]

Actually saw Buddy in March 1958 at the Davis Theatre, Croydon, London.

Brilliant stuff, will never forget it!

[alphadesignerone]

I was glad to hear Rave On!, but I don't think the laudio matches the video. If you mute the lyrics, the video looks more like a slowed down version of "Oh, Boy". Just saw Dion Dimucci perform several times last week on the Blues Cruise, and he told us that he was traveling with Buddy, Ritchie, and The Big Bopper on that tour when those three were killed. Dion opted not to fly, but to drive to the next town. Buddy chartered the plane, and all the others flew and died in the crash..

[kikivr22]

@alphadesignerone Dion is a liar. It was Tommy Allsup that flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens for the last seat on the plane. When he lost the coin flip, Allsup had given Holly his ID to pick up some mail from the Post Office for waiting for him. When the wreckage was found, it was originally reported that Allsup had also died.

[billstroller]

@kikivr22 I think you owe Dion an apology. The previous poster only said that DION was on the Winter Dance Party tour...which he was.Dion refused to go on the plane cos it was $126 to hire - $42 each. I have a BBC radio interview in which Dion says that his mam had just $42 a week to bring up his whole family as kids so thought it too expensive. BH offered the other seat to Big Bopper. The rest is history. Tommy Alsups story also true. The MUSIC DIDN'T DIE - KEEP IT ALIVE. RAVE ON !!

[Syzygy60]

I'm referring to Buddy's contribution in his short 22 years

[Syzygy60]

most non musicians can't comprehend Buddy and rock and roll we know they don't

[Syzygy60]

I would have been one of the few that woulda known it was History in the making

[yunorisson]

I actually saw Buddy Holly and The Crickets LIVE at the Davis Theatre, Croydon, UK whilst on their one and only tour of the UK. Fantastic! Unbelievable! Brilliant!.

[Syzygy60]

@yunorisson u mean 1959 or earlier?ur my hero

[diuga1]

@yunorisson Wow! Great memories, Yuno!

[NAJWA1989100]

cool song

[Mrfairchap]

Hello again dear Youtubers and greetings! Rock and Roll! Why do all the great artistes die so young? Buddy, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Jim Hendrix - the list just goes on and on. What a shame. Oh well, we still have their music. Many thanks for posting.

[thcrazyazin]

9 people didn't get to rave!

[psylabius]

first raver in galaxy!

[mistermafia100]

is that him really singing it. or is that the audio song with another vid of buddy holly live?

[condimentman54]

SOUND FAIL!...... BUT EXCELLENT SONG!

[akatsku]

0:57 Awesome

[79tazman]

This song blows away all the music of the 21st century

[crowntownpunx]

How can anybody not like Buddy Holly, rockabilly and the wonder of am radio?

[KierLightraven]

imagine playing this at a rave party these days?

[tonupjohnny]

my mother saw him when he played at wolverhampton, england he even went to the local fish and chip later, ,,truth

[tafflad1]

huge in britain,and cant we all tell,with real rock n rollers like the stones ,led zep ,etc

[paulinus43ad]

Wish I could have seen the man,,,,,

[LA19941]

On this video he singin' "Oh boy" :P

[Zeldaxlove1998]

thank god for buddy holly

[natty71991]

wow... I don't know how I ended up here but as soon as I read Rave On I knew it was this song. I've heard it from M. Ward and I didn't know it was a cover (sorry for that to the fans here) but I always knew it should have been happier than the M. Ward version, even though I love it . Anyway, I liked this :)

[kyb4725]

i saw him preform this number in 1956. nobody had heard of him in 1956 but the 500 kids at our armory went nuts. $5.00 admission was worth every penny and the memory will never be lost. fantastic music.

[ApocalypsePlough]

Buddy would have become King if he didn't die.

He wrote almost all of his songs.

And he was only 22 when he died.

Elvis didn't write ONE WORD of his songs.

And yes, it does make a difference.

[marybird064]

No one says a word about Justins sex life. JJL and Elvis were under the glass.

[ease3joser]

its sad to see that the people this centery dont even know music.if the teens from this generation are the next adults of this world this world is fucked.justin bieber has more tahn 5 million views and real music not even close thats sad/

[AkiroXKE]

I like Buddy Holly, but I don't like this song. Sorry.

[marybird064]

I Love the guitar Buddy does.

[totowatony]

i have never run into anyone who disliked only 2 performers in my life, buddy holly and patsy cline. universal music. sometimes i think people just hit the dislike button to be contrary. his music is so good even gary busey did a decent job of singing in the bio movie

saw a bumber sticker the other day " the good thing about being this old is i got to see the best bands" how true

[MrRedcap999]

Imagine getting your hands on that very early Strat and playing a chord before chords were invented?....what a great piece of history this footage is.

[j20tower]

Its a privilege to listen to this great singer and performer. His legend will live on forever.

[GMAN4142]

turn off the sound and read his lips, the video is him doing Oh Boy not Rave on. its been dubbed over. Buddy Holly died before his time. Long Live the Music!!!

[marybird064]

Love it. Great voice and feeling by the great one.

[44t56]

The dislikes bar is the size of the penis' of those who disliked this

[KlayyJayy]

@44t56 no existant!!!!

[265CoJ]

@44t56 I know, it's like someone stuck an acorn to the bottom of my torso

[akatsku]

@44t56

They have no penis'

[GollyVids]

@44t56 Well it is a very poorly made video

[mrmsrv]

@44t56 you got that right brother....

[caat57]

Thanx for uploading !

[Idolfan21785]

This is my favorite Buddy Holly Song

[thecubanism]

Sorry boys, born in '42, lived through, and loved, all this, conscripted in '59, fought in Malaya in '60 , and still at a young 70 a romping stomping mother humping rock and roller from Ferriday Luisianna, with appologies to my friend Jerry Lee., contact me on my link, and don't forget I've seen and not done it all, if you get my drift.

[LetsGoMetsGo33]

Fave Buddy fast one. Rock! Buddy, you are a genius. Happy 75th, keep rockin in r n'r heaven forever.

[SuperPearlsmith]

yes i remember this only to well

[PreCodeMovies]

Does anyone know of any video or film clip in existence of Buddy Holly and the Crickets performing "Rave On" live? If so, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love seeing it.

[Honour42GB]

@PreCodeMovies ...Yes, I remember seeing a film clip of Buddy & the Crickets singing this song at the cinema in either 1958 or 59 during the news feature between films. That means it was either Pathe or Gaumont news. I was 16 at the time so the memory has faded but it may give you a start....good luck with your search...regards.

[shprocketsnowwedawnc]

The Godfather of punk! The one and only.

[MrShane3581]

THE BEST SONG BUDDY EVER SANG!

[jamiesomersuk]

the little things you say and do, make me want to be with youahoo!

[Owenbowen56]

Its got me reelin`....! Rave on and tell me...

[palpatine17]

Poor Buddy was just way too cool for this world.

[davidamurdoch]

the way you dance and hold me tight, the way you kiss and say goodniahight

[Howardraz]

Gotta love this music. Just cant get any better. To bad music like this isnt on the radio pap stations and get rid of the garbage they now call music.

[jamiesomersuk]

without doubt the best start to a song that i have ever heard in my 30 years on this planet

[grantevan49]

buddy beats elvis bigtime

[miketommo]

PURE CLASS. The music did die on that sad sad day R.I.P Buddy Heaven gained an Angel and the music !!!

[jamiesomersuk]

imagine witnessing him perform this live back in the day? so envious of those people!!! proper music!

[redthunder2007]

@jamiesomersuk true that ...feb 2 his final show at the Surf Ballroom

[punchinker]

@jamiesomersuk Jamie, March 3 1958, I saw him in Southampton, UK. Best concert ever; just the three of them, performing the big hits. I yelled out for "Words of Love", but he glanced around and said they didn't have that one down yet.

[jamiesomersuk]

@punchinker amazing, i bet you cherish the memories dearly, i live up here in shrewsbury, am i right in saying they came to wolverhampton?

this song is as pure as untouched snow

[punchinker]

@jamiesomersuk Can't recall, sorry. But having also seen Haley, Johnny and Hurricanes, Cliff (in his prime), Everlys, and others, can say that Holly was more exciting than all of them.

[tonupjohnny]

@jamiesomersuk yes mate Buddy appeared at the Gaumont Cinema, Wolverhampton on 7th March 1958 and also did two performances at Brum Town Hall on 10th March 6.30pm and a later one at 8.30pm. my mother was at the wolves one, lucky woman

[vico1316]

@jamiesomersuk It would have been boring as shit



[theoldmole]

@jamiesomersuk -- I saw him. Allen Freed's Christmas stage show at the Times Square Paramount. And yeah, he was that good.

[pauly194500]

just awsum

[sonyahannah]

LOVE your analysis of that glottal stop -- there WAS something useful in my linguistics courses!

[Mary1Claire]

Swirling petticoats, neck scarves, bouffant hairstyles and rock 'n' roll ... Rave on Buddy! Fantastic ...

[MyDanceMoovez10]

1:04 This is when crab core headbanging was invented lol!

[jamiesomersuk]

amazing how this track has influenced the sound of so many bands over the years, buddy was a true pioneer

[decemberschild1217]

Every thing this guy released was a hit...Incredible

[paulinus43ad]

Rave on ,,,Mr Buddy Holly,,,,

[splitpin10]

The best Bubby Holly we will never let your music go ,it will be played when we are in heaven.

[compton698]

mafia 2

[wdaun]

Buddy is my god!

[Tomsouthrock]

YOUR WERE SUPER BUDDY

[TJCATLOVER]

Great song!!!!!!!

[TheSilvergold45]

What can you say about this song?

It defines Buddy Holly

RAVE ON IN HEAVEN BUDDY.!!!!!!!

I KNOW HE IS..

[1977Acosta]

why did the illuminati killed buddy holy

[The8347135]

@1977Acosta hahaha Good joke! :D

[IIIII666IIIII]

"In 1971 Don McLean wrote 'American Pie'" so this is how it happened...

[GreenCertains]

I love the song! XD

[sawa1221furu]

Thanks for the video. I like much, again thanks.

[27wingnut]

God bless John Henry and Saturday bandstand for playing Buddy.....

[screenpuller]

Think about it... that's a 22 year old boy! He didn't even have a chance at a full life, but the musical legacy he left is immeasurable. Buddy is one of the first Masters of the Stratocaster! Thank you, Buddy.

[dennello]

Screw the Effin 4 dislikes, There would be no Rock and Roll today if not for Holley and Elvis!

[buzzhorn1]

@dennello The rock n' roll today is awful, old rock n' roll however is wonderful and awesome like the combination of potatoes and gravy.

[Willredd94]

@dennello dont forget chuck berry!!

[MegaZsolti]

@dennello I think you forgot Bill Haley, but I agree.

[hirdy6]

@dennello Right on, what do they want?

[RSGun]

@dennello and Chuck Berry and Little Richard!

[NostalgicTimeMan]

@dennello Its just too bad that most people don't praise it like you and me.

[fab4fan4ever64]

Happy Birthday Buddy !! RIP...

[misspbj1999]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!

[racourdav]

Bein a blk girl from Detroit--I adore Buddy Holly!! Know ALL of his songs, and this is one of his best...Early in the Morning is da bomb!! LOL

[gearbanger57]

3 people don't rave on

[eddie5507]

Mercy !!!!!  All i can say ................

[wefunc]

rave on buddy holly rip

[RemyCh182]

EL MEJOR VIDEO CSM



[vikingmanMN]

What a great voice!!!!

[MickehDaHuskeh]

RIP buddy... what a tragic death, he was still so young T_T

[MsEekhoorn]

Pure nostalgia... My dad loved the music of B H.

This song and you made my day!

[SuperAntMi]

@MsEekhoorn Let's rock 'n roll baby! In fact I'd like to do that v m with you!

[car2nist2003]

The song is rave on, but the film is oh boy

[aellarex]

Buddy Holly was the real star outta the 3 that died. Ritchie Valens was 17. And to fly out in one of those western storms was suicide. The pilot knew that; he must have had a death wish. Many groups have their tour buses because the refuse to fly and with good cause.

[BlackMysticFire]

Julian cover of this is incredible! <3

[crashroader]

Fuckin air planes and Boeing kill every good talent. But Justin Bieber would never get killed cause he sux and hes not real tallent.

[jennifawasherr]

\m/

[crashroader]

since this great rockstar died, rock and roll has been going down the tubes.

[ZeskoWhirligan]

The video pitch is too SLOW. Buddy was HAMMERING his guitar on Rave On.

[pesrritox]

Good vision color.No synchro image and audio.My job on this image and song :It's so easy,is very nice,more times,hours 2 days to job.Very you post to color image and very song :Rave on .Very nice mschiquitita10 :)

[skatekidize]

yes it's in mafia 2

[VWman100]

Lol, It's teh oh boy video, but anyways. Good song.

[demonethagreat]

put this song in the mix troll...

[hitlersucks101]

he can change his voice to anything

[wolfoutlaw1]

ONE OF BUDDYS BEST, LOVE THIS.

[MsWS6]

@wolfoutlaw1 For sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ovechkin100]

buddy holly !!! epic. influenced the name "The Beatles" after john lennon said he liked the band name "The Crickets" ... thats not the only thing he influenced either.... haha RIP Buddy

[EliteC0d3r]

Mafia 2

[TheThenerdanotor12]

@EliteC0d3r huh

[2341938119]

the best of the best bud from a west country fan

[c7i6abc]

lol, I don't think so.. : -) You know what I mean...

But, I love Buddy Holly and I love Rave on.

[Steppenwulf79]

Two people are weird :-l

[l7ebels]

@Steppenwulf79 l'd rather be weird then plain like you

[Adam42101]

Mistrzostwo Świata. Kto uważa, że biber jest lepszy od Budd-ego to go chyba coś szczypie.

[druidieh]

I love you, Mafia 2.

[TheThenerdanotor12]

@druidieh was this song in mafia 2

[druidieh]

@TheThenerdanotor12

yeah it's a game =p

[TheThenerdanotor12]

@druidieh i no mafia 2 is a game

[NoSevenProductions]

@druidieh WHAT does that have to do with Buddy Holly?