Tommy Dee - Three Stars

[truimphsrule]

i really dont matter who wrote / sung it does it ??? 

[hwaj5300]

@truimphsrule

That's how I feel also

Thanks

hwaj5300

[1Gdavis]

worked with Tommy in Portsmouth Va back in the mid 70s...He was a very nice guy and loved radio..taught me a lot

[hwaj5300]

@1Gdavis

Personally .....I feel you should be proud to say that

Thanks

Hwaj5300

[RyanAndTrishChernock]

Thank you for posting this. Tommy Dee was my Grandfather, this is a very rare recording.

[coralarch]

@RyanAndTrishChernock You must be proud of your granddad. Who is the lady singer?

[Amanda58398]

¡Qué hermosa poesía!

Es increíble cómo tres personas jóvenes que no se conocían se cruzaron en el mismo lugar para terminar en el mismo trágico destino: el accidente de la avioneta. ¡Qué pena!

Sobre todo, me gustaron los versos para Buddy Holly:

"Pero sólo una canción de sus labios haría derretir al más frío corazón".

Eso fue lo que sentí cuando le escuché cantar "True love ways". Espero que Buddy esté en el coro de Dios en el Cielo.

[Jim440626]

Tommy Dee was the one that originally sung and recorded the song but it was Eddie Cochran that actually wrote it. The Cochran verson was not realeased until after his own death a year later. He recorded his within a week of the accident

[068694]

@xlCoyoteHD As you might have noticed by now , this is the original. I was under the illusion like you . I think this version is best ....one mans meat i suppose.

[alyrocksthebraine]

i wish i could have been in my late teens when these guys were alive....what i wouldnt give to travel back and meet these legends...im gonna learn this song on the guitar...thanks for putting up this video

[hwaj5300]

@alyrocksthebraine

I Was in my mid teens ....What a great time for music

Thanks

Hwaj5300

[alyrocksthebraine]

@xlCoyoteHD Tommy Dee wrote this song like days after the three died. Tommy Dee Wrote the original. Eddie liked it alot and decided he would do his own version of the song with some of his own lyrics...they are both very good but i like Eddie Cochrans alot more because he put his heart into it when singing it. you could hear the sadness in his voice as it broke when he sang and he wanted to leave it like that because when he heard it and everybody heard it they would know how he felt...

[MrDagwoodBumstead]

Eddie Cochran's was NOT the original. This was. Tommy Dee wrote it

[hwaj5300]

@MrDagwoodBumstead

Thanks for the support ....And you are right

Wwaj5300

[hwaj5300]

@wismgism

Just sent a note to xlcoyotehd confirming what you just said

Thanks for your support

Thanks Hwaj5300

[hwaj5300]

@xlCoyoteHD

Two things I thought this was the original and I never heard Eddie Cochrans version

Thanks

Hwaj5300

[bejjenn1]

Being from Mason City Iowa, and working in Clear Lake.....it was a major tragedy that lives on every year at the Surf Ballroom. I worked at that airport...and also seen the crash site. Devastating to lose such talent

[hwaj5300]

@bejjenn1

Couldn't believe it when I first heard it announced ......I was about 16 at the time

So sad

Thanks Hwaj5300

[RyanAndTrishChernock]

thank you for posting, my grandpa was Tommy Dee... It is so awesome to be able to hear this on youtube and be able to play it for my baby.

[amainh]

Absolutely beautiful, a real tear jerker.

[hwaj5300]

@amainh

Sad but taken from real events.

Hwaj5300

[amainh]

@hwaj5300 yes it was so sad, I watched the films about them, I love this tribute to the three stars.

[amainh]

Absolutely beautiful.

[joemanpjg]

Thanks for the info, should have made #1.

Eddie Cochran's version also great.. real eerie that he would die in a car accident shortly after. Clear Lake Iowa, if in vicinity a must stop here...Surf Ball Room and crash site

[shakopeemike]

Some background on "Three Stars" - This is the original song released in April 1959 by Tommy Dee. Dee was a DJ at KFXM in San Bernadino at the time of this, his only hit. It reached # 8 on 4/13/1959. It's a pretty rare 45 hit, and likely has had very little radio play since 1959. A little "dated", but a pretty song that got a fair amount of radio play in the months after the plane crash. I remember seeing it being played on American Bandstand at the time.

(Eddie Cochran also covered it).

[hwaj5300]

@shakopeemike

I believe at least rumor has it .... Eddie was supposed to be on that ill fated flight..

Thanks for the info

Hwaj5300

[068694]

@shakopeemike Thanks man ...always thought Eddie's was the original. I for one think this is a better version, one man's meat i suppose.

[shakopeemike]

I was 16 when we heard the news. All three were popular and received radio play... Buddy being the star that had really "arrived", with That'll Be The Day hitting number one, followed by the hits Peggy Sue, Oh Boy, and Maybe Baby. My personal all time favorite was recorded in New York for Coral in January 1959 just before his death: It Doesn't Matter Anymore reached number 13 nationally on 3/09/59. I can't hear any of their songs without it still bringing a tear to my eyes. Rock on!

[DeeJaySidneyRibeiro]

Beautiful song !!

[MrKatyPerryfan]

more like three fagits if you ask me

[Tannerwood66]

@MrKatyPerryfan Alright, son, that is actually not just a stupid statement, but an insulting one. This song was a memorial to three people who had families, and many people who loved their music. Sure its a long ago, but Jesus, man, have a little respect on a MEMORIAL song, oh wait, you freaking people nowadays, no dang literacy, listening to your crappy "gangstaz", no respect for the decased, and not a clue about real music of the 50's-early90's. Just buzz off, or grow respect!

[hwaj5300]

@Tannerwood66

You tell em Tanner

Way to go....But who are you admonishing?From what I read is mostly Positive

Thanks

Hwaj5300

[thefreakshowish1]

@Tannerwood66 Not all kids nowadays are bad. i'm a teenager, but I love this type of music and most of my friends do too. But I do agree with you.

R.I.P

Buddy

Ritchie

Bopper

[rte66byhd]

i was 14 the day the music died. the entire jr high was in a very somber mood. i never knew who recorded this tribute song until now. thank you for bringing back memories of a more innocent time from long ago.

[joemanpjg]

Had a chance to visit the Surf Ball Room in Clear Lake Iowa and the crash site.

Was like time stood still, especially after going up on the stage.

A visit here a great tribute to the " 3 Stars"

[hwaj5300]

@joemanpjg .

Good stuff Thanks

Hwaj5300

[whirlpool1646]

Bringing back old memories of a tragic day in the music world...This is a great song and video to remember the best

[hwaj5300]

@whirlpool1646

Thanks and I agree

Hwaj5300

[paulomarcosvideos]

On the left stand Ritchie Valens A young boy just seventeen Just beginning to realize And explore his teenage dreams Why did God call him oh so far away Maybe to help some boy or girl Who might have gone astray With his star shining in the dark On a lonely night to light the path And show the way, the way that's right Gee we're gonna miss you, Everybody sends their love

[hwaj5300]

@paulomarcosvideos

Thanks Paul....But I have the words included

Hwaj5300



[ChrisCurtisFan]

This is the version of this song that was played all over radio in the East. Thanks for putting a great video together, complete with lyrics!!  Beautifully done. 1,000 ****'s for your work.

[hwaj5300]

@ChrisCurtisFan

Thanks ChrisCurtisFan

Sometimes a party feels they need a good word .You just supplied it

Hwaj5300

[Danieltichonenko]

I say tragic accident ritchie valens not appreciate the music!

[hwaj5300]

@Danieltichonenko

I agree and do appreciate the music also

Thanks

Hwaj5300

[Danieltichonenko]

tragic tragic acidente

[hwaj5300]

@Danieltichonenko

The day the music died ?????

Hwaj5300

[Danieltichonenko]

@hwaj5300

I say tragic accident ritchie valens not appreciate the music!

[hollywoody5000]

Takes me back to my youth - don't know if they are shining or shinning

[hwaj5300]

@hollywoody5000

Oops misspelled word....4 pages of comments and you are the first to point that out

Thanks

Hwaj5300 

[hollywoody5000]

Takes me back to my youth

[mdjdecorations]

Got this on a 45 Awesome.

[marthacatgirl]

Tommy Dee write and recorded this song just hours after the crash.

[hwaj5300]

@marthacatgirl

Didn't know that Martha....But remember how soon after the tragedy this was being played

Thanks Hwaj5300

[larrynealwaxmuseum]

Singer Herschel Almond had a tribute record also in 1959 on Ace Records called the Great Plane Tragedy. Different song than this one. This version is the ultimate.

Larry N. Boyington, aka Larry Neal, former curator of the Wax Museum on the big 1520 KOMA

[juan14239]

rip ritchie valens we missed yuh

[barrygioportmorien1]

Great tribute song.

[pannoni1]

American Pie is so overrated; this is what oldies stations should be playing more!

[hwaj5300]

@pannoni1

Much better tribute.... Don't you think?

Hwaj5300

[wintercat2]

@pannoni1 - No way, American pie says it all, best song ever.

[hwaj5300]

@wintercat2

Don't know the ace recoding .......But as a tribute I must confess this is my favorite.

I guess that's why there are so many flavors of Ice cream. Too try and please all tastes

Hwaj5300

[hwaj5300]

@Lester1Beck

Got cha

Thanks

Hwaj05300

[hwaj5300]

@Lester1Beck

When you say "cut up" you mean "broke up"??? He was not a survivor of the crash correct ?

Hwaj5300

[hwaj5300]

@Lester1Beck

Hi Lester

Who was??????

Hwaj5300

[tunespinner1]

The singer in the background is Carol Kay

[TheGoldensq]

One of the great iconic songs of the era, especially remembered today , the anniversary of the disaster

[wwrigle2]

Does anybody know who the girl was that did the singing? Such a pretty voice & singing.

[historicbloke]

yes it was carol kay and the teen aires

[Skywarriorusa]

I know it been a long time since this post and someone may have corrected but the woman singing is Ruby Wright.

[hwaj5300]

Not sure

But it doesn't Sound like "Ruby".

[TheMemphiskat]

rest in peace buddy holly, ritchie valens & the big bopper

[Grifiki]

None better. Sounded original..

[Grifiki]

Well it was new on the duke-box at my Camp in England in Oct 1961..

[hwaj5300]

Either way

G R E A T TR I B U T E ? N O ?

Harry

[Grifiki]

This was the original. Late 1961...

[hwaj5300]

not one to argue Timelines

but really believe this was feb or march of 59

[gloriasant]

Love this song, where can I find it to purchase it? I've tried I tunes and rapsody.

thanks

[hwaj5300]

hi gloria

send an e-mail address and i will return it attached to your address .... no charge of course

[RMunnPC87]

It's on itunes under "Three Stars" Big Bopper.

[gloriasant]

Thank you so much, it worked, I found it.

[MrBerlusconi10]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmm

[hwaj5300]

Ok

I give up what does this mean??????

[Kockabilly]

great song....great singers! rock all life long!

[TINAOldiefan]

Really good song. Love it so much. THANKS ****** TINA

[rdf1947]

In those days, the difference between 6th grade and high school seemed like a 100 years. At this point in life, I have friends 20 years older and 30 years younger and everywhere else in between. There is no age restrictions for Doo Wop lovers. We have a common bond that age cannot divide. Thanks for all of your great posts.

[rdf1947]

I was in 6th grade when this song was popular and the girls used to cry . What innocent days they were.

[hwaj5300]

It seem I got you by a few Years.

I was in high school when this tragedy happened.

What a musical tribute though

[chaosgone]

You made a great video for this song.

[MarNegroDelaMariposa]

This song gave me goose bumps, unfortunately, they're gone but never forgotten...thanks Harry for creating this lovely video. Many have gone on and have left their legacies behind for us to cherish their marvelous music, again thanks. Miss I.

[xxfocesarxx]

i love this song!!! Even my little sister!!!