Winter Dance Party - I Wonder Why - Dion & The Belmonts Tribute

A tribute to mark the 50th anniversary of the tragic deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J P 'The Big Bopper' Richardson on 3rd Feburary 1959 during their Winter Dance Party tour.

Marc Robinson and The Counterfeit Crickets are faithfully receating The Winter Dance Party with a theatre tour featuring the music of 'Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper and Dion & the Belmonts.

For more information on tour dates or to purchase a CD please visit - http://www.marcjrobinson.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Buddy Holly
• Ritchie Valens
• Big Bopper
• Dion and the belmonts
• well alright
• winter dance party
• 1959
• 1950's
• 50's
• rock and roll
• rockn'roll

[mightyatomics]

Very cool!

[misspopanoche]

Thanks Czar. We'd never really appreciated how demanding the Belmonts' vocals were until we started grappling with this. And four others...

Diddly wip-woppily yours,

Shuie.

[rhopen]

Wow Sonya, this is great. It sounds perfectly authentic too :o) Yes doowop is an art form all to itself and it not easy to do well, but it sounds great here. Thanks for putting this up for us. -Ron

[misspopanoche]

Thanks Ron. We had a Christmas doo-wop fest with this. It's pretty intricate- we've got a new extra respect for Dion & the Belmonts.

[Tilly220]

What a lovely cheery song on this wintery day..I had a good singalong with you :-)such a professional production !! Fabulous !!

[misspopanoche]

Becky, the snow is a-tumbling down here too. Definitely a music day, eh?

[oc888777]

@Marker0051 please expand on this...thnx

[Marker0051]

I can't wait till the truth comes out about who really was suppose to get on the plane with Buddy Holly that cold winter night !

[FrankDiggz]

Nice try!

[siasabora]

great hit...awesome!

[2wheelsturnin]

I heard this 500 times when I was a kid - my older brother played these constantly. You nailed the period sound, and great harmonies. This had to be a lot of work.

[elczanka]

Great video. Great atmosphere of the old year. I admire, congratulate. Thank you

Alicja

[jeffkahl]

LOL!