Buddy Holly - You're The One

[SLANDERTUBE]

Elvis was pretty to look at and all but he couldn't carry Buddy Holly's jock strap talent wise!

[aomegapresents]

Very cool!

[midnightdjofficial]

I love it!!...Buddy is just too cool!!

[65rock4ever]

Buddy may have been influenced by Elvis and others of his time, but the quality of the music determines who is king. I happen to think Elvis was trash and I know alot of other folks who feel the same way. To post comments praising Elvis on a Buddy Holly thread is very distasteful and disrespectful to a brilliant young musician who died at a young age in a plane crash. Please show a little respect. Elvis couldn't sing or play guitar, just shake his booty to the screams of young girls.

[drummerbob51]

@65rock4ever I totally agree with you ! Elvis was a Hollywood sex symbol. I tried to get into his songs but there was nothing there. Buddy Holly played real genuine and original music. Like you said, Buddy Holly is the real king of rock & roll. It's terrible he had to die at such a young age. My sympathy goes out to his family, friends and everyone who knew him.

[65rock4ever]

This is a Buddy Holly song. I'm sure there are many Elvis songs available where those who worship him can post comments about how great he was. Buddy died at a young age and never had the chance to pursue his music career like Elvis and others did. Considering his short time span it amazes me how much great music he played and sang. Learning how to play guitar has given me a respect for Buddy that I cannot say about other musicians from the 50's.

[TheSilvergold45]

I'm talking about his memory

and music lives on..

and his spirit lives  on..

ok ?

[65rock4ever]

Elvis was a bad joke. This guy played REAL music.

[squeeky95]

@65rock4ever HEY. Elvis was amazing!

[65rock4ever]

@squeeky95 Buddy was the King. Elvis was outside the castle somewhere in the moat.

[squeeky95]

@65rock4ever Cool. Now can we stop comparing amazing people and just listen to the beautiful music? This whole "Budde was king. Elvis was whatever" stuff is annoying.

[65rock4ever]

@squeeky95 No problem here. I find all the hoopla about Elvis annoying.

[ndhudecz]

Buddy is the King...Sings and plays Strat.Formed an actual band...

[mrbobevans]

Buddy could say so much in so few words. Amazing. I love Bob Dylan, but it takes Dylan 3 times more words to convey as compared to Buddy.

[guitarbrittany31]

I'm young but I love this music. I actually got to see a tribute show of them last night.. Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. It was fairly good.. And the person who sang Big Bopper's songs was his song.... It was a very good song and i think there was only 5-6 songs out of the whole hour that I didn't know... My sister and cousins make fun of me for liking the old time music but I LOVE it...

[MrJorlop]

Buddy Holly lives.

[TheSilvergold45]

I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY

BUDDY NEVER RECORDED

ANY CHIRSTMAS SONGS..

I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE

HE WAS SO BUSY RECORDING

HIS GREAT SONGS IN JUST 2 YEARS..

HE DIDN'T HAVE THE GIFT OF

OF  ABUNDENT YEARS SADLY.

ANOTHER SHAME ABOUT

THE TRAGEDY..

[TheSilvergold45]

LONG LIVE BUDDY HOLLY !!!!!!

DARN GOOD SONG HERE

BY  BUDDY...

THEY ALL WERE..

[RnSTutorials]

@TheSilvergold45 How can Buddy Holly live long? He's dead, sadly.

[2SugarsPleeze]

Can you all please just enjoy each artist for what they gave us, instead of the constant meaningless comparisons?

:-(

[JoeTakeHolly]

I LOVE ELVIS ]BUT DID HE RIGHT HIS OWN SONGS NO ]COULD HE PLAY LIKE BUDDY NO ]ITS BUDDY EVERY TIME 4 ME SORRY ]

[TJCATLOVER]

Pretty good song!!!!!!

[Geodude123man]

Elvis is the king. Buddy is the prince. After all, Buddy was inspired by elvis lest we forget.

[RetroGurl73]

@Geodude123man True, but The Beatles, The Hollies And The Rolling Stones were Inspired By Buddy! :D

[dalamanwill]

@RetroGurl73 Die Hollies tragen bis heute seinen Namen!! Die Hollies gibt es erst seit März 1959. Ich weiß nicht wie sie vorher hießen.

[JM13121]

@Geodude123man : Elvis might have been the King...But, Buddy was the roots!!!!

[RetroGurl73]

@JM13121 :D

[stupidsk8erchick]

@JM13121 no he wasnt Dx but at least he didnt die next to the crapper.

[TheLang0lier]

@Geodude123man Buddy was inspired by the Everly Brothers. But yea Elvis was the king although it's always hard for me to compare such talents.

[hirdy6]

@TheLang0lier As Elvis often said when asked about comparisons and competition, 'There's room for everyone'. Elvis and Buddy were true greats of music, just a shame we didn't have them for very long. Can you imagine what Buddy would have achieved if he'd hadn't died at such a young age? 22 he was only starting out :(

[RetroGurl73]

@hirdy6 Yeahh :'( :'( </3 But I Still appreciate Every bit he had accomplished before he died. And I Believe that I always will <3 Long live Buddy Holly.

[TheLang0lier]

@hirdy6 We can only imagine.

[johnnymccrowe]

@Geodude123man the day after buddy saw the king play in texas he went to his band and said we gotta give up this western style and start playing "Elvis Music" as he referred to it, like you said, Elvis is the King, thank god Buddy saw that too and went on to play some great Rock and Roll because of it!

[reinhold51775]

@Geodude123man You say Elvis is King. You need to remember in the 1950s Elvis was singing only gospel and country music. It wasnt until after Buddy passed away that he started singing rock and roll and became the King of rock and roll. 

[reinhold51775]

@reinhold51775 Remmeber Buddy and the crickets started out wanting to sing country with the rockabilly sound. It was thier sound and style that moveed it to rock and roll. He truly was a pioneer of rock and roll and actually one of the first cross over stars that we see so often today. Buddy Holly is and always will be a legend.

[iceybleu]

Wish I was in your shoes... to be in like.

[Scotseasy]

Still a great record, but, for me too, the original version without the string-effect overdub was better, as on the flip-side of the single, "Love's Made A Fool of You", which was released in the UK in 1964. From reading biographies of Holly, I learned that "You're The One" was recorded informally at a local radio station in Lubbock, when Buddy was home for Christmas, 1958....

[ndhudecz]

King of Rock...to me

[charlyW34]

Actually those are NOT natural strings, but a string setting on one of Norman Petty's many Baldwin organs. This was overdubbed a bit early (1968) for a synth to have been used. I also prefer the original basic vocal/guitar/handclap version. Cheers

[TheEliproductions]

My great uncle Ray Corbin wrote this for Buddy Holly O_o

[RetroGurl73]

@TheEliproductions O_o is right!

[TheDJGrandPa]

@TheEliproductions Wasn't this the song that Buddy wrote in 30 minutes as a part of a bet?

[MRSMORRIS74]

@TheEliproductions  I LOVE THIS SITE IT'S SO COOL, TO SEE BUDDY HOLLY AND LOVELY WIFE.

[squeeky95]

@TheEliproductions LUCKY!

[yerrowcookie]

does anyone know of a version of this without the synth sound and without the handclapping?

[lazyishardwork]

Just another reason why Buddy is a legend

[visor109]

Is this an overdub from the "Apartment Tapes"?

[JamesTKirkCobain]

Great but what's with the lame synth sounds? What is this, the `80s version of Buddy Holly?

[lazyishardwork]

@JamesTKirkCobain that isnt a synthesiser thats Buddys arrangement, he got heavily into all strings, are you 15 go to bed

[missionrd100]

Fabtastic !

[historicbloke]

this is so classic what a great song

[pfizzbones]

Thanks for posting! I was looking for this version.

[RetroGurl73]

@pfizzbones Not a problem! :)