{"id":795,"date":"2016-02-16T01:30:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T01:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/?p=795"},"modified":"2016-02-16T01:30:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T01:30:17","slug":"clear-lake-iowa-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/clear-lake-iowa-59\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear Lake, Iowa &#8217;59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><u>&#8220;Clear Lake Iowa &#8217;59&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>BUZZ Newspaper Article (#59 -cL) Feb -Mar 2016<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>By: RLSchwinden aka: MrZer0<\/u><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWhen I was a kid in <strong><em><u>Sioux City<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, I was really into music &amp; records, I still am, I once asked my Mom &#8220;Why can&#8217;t I find any <strong><em><u>Monkees\u2019<\/u><\/em><\/strong> records at any of the stores?&#8221; she said <em>&#8220;Because they only<\/em> <em>stock the titles that sell&#8221; <\/em>I asked <em>&#8220;How do you know that?&#8221;<\/em> she answered <em>&#8220;Because I used to run<\/em> <em>the &#8220;Record Dept.&#8221; @ <strong><u>Kresge&#8217;s<\/u><\/strong> downtown&#8221;<\/em> then in\u00a0 <strong><em><u>1986<\/u><\/em><\/strong> I started working at <strong><em><u>&#8220;RecordShop&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em><u>W. Des Moines, Iowa<\/u><\/em><\/strong> until they were purchased by <strong><em><u>&#8220;Wherehouse&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em><u>1993,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> I worked there at <strong><em><u>Southridge<\/u><\/em><\/strong> until they filed bankruptcy in <strong><em><u>1995<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &amp; closed 1\/3rd of their chain, I then worked at <strong><em><u>&#8220;Best Buy&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on the south-side of <strong><em><u>Des Moines<\/u><\/em><\/strong> from <strong><em><u>1995 -98<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, until I left to work for <strong><em><u>&#8220;DiscJockey-<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>Wax Works&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> at <strong><em><u>Merle Hay<\/u><\/em><\/strong> until <strong><em><u>2000<\/u><\/em><\/strong> when they were purchased by <strong><em><u>&#8220;fye -Trans-World&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> where I worked in <strong><em><u>Burnsville<\/u><\/em><\/strong> until <strong><em><u>2005<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, though down-sizing I was laid-off &amp; worked for <strong><em><u>&#8220;DiscLand&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em><u>Bloomington,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> until I left to open my own <em>MusicShop<\/em> <strong><em><u>&#8220;Mr.Zero&#8217;s&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em><u>2009<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &amp;\u00a0 I have managed to keep it open for the past <strong><em><u>7 years<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, despite all the obstacles\u00a0 &amp; competition, so see I have literately done one job my whole life <em>retail sales of Records, Cassettes &amp; CDs,<\/em> &amp; for the past 5 years I have authored this Music Article.<\/p>\n<p>The thing I have found most interesting over the past <strong><em>7 years<\/em><\/strong> is the gross misinformation the internet has created about music history. Every <strong><em><u>Feb<\/u><\/em><\/strong> we get a lot of people coming in looking for <strong><em><u>&#8220;Original&#8221; Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens &amp; Big Bopper Vinyl Albums<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. So with this article, I decided to cover the original records of the artists from the <strong><em><u>&#8220;Clear Lake, Iowa Plane Crash&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> the 1st of many plane crashes that killed Musicians. Here are some of the others who also died in plane crashes<strong><em>: Patsy Cline: 1963 in Tennessee, Otis Redding: 1967 in Wisconsin, Jim Croce: 1973 in Louisiana, Lynyrd: 1977 Skynyrd:\u00a0Ronnie VanZant,Steve &amp; Cassie Gaines in Mississippi, Ricky Nelson: 1985 in Texas, Stevie Ray Vaughan: 1989 in Wisconsin, John Denver: 1997 in California &amp; Aaliyah: 2001 in the Bahamas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>*Buddy Holly: 1936 -1959<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was born <strong><em><u>Charles Hardin Holley on 7 Sep 1936 in Lubbock, TX.<\/u><\/em><\/strong> His nickname <strong><em><u>&#8220;Buddy&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was given to him at an early age. <strong><em>Buddy<\/em><\/strong> learn to play piano at <strong><em><u>age 11<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &amp; about a year later learned to play guitar, influenced by Country &amp; Western Artists from the late 20s to the early 50s. In <strong><em><u>&#8217;49<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Buddy<\/em><\/strong> made home recording of <strong><em>Hank Snow&#8217;s song &#8220;My Two Timing Woman&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> on <strong><em>&#8220;Wire<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Recorder&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Buddy started performing as a <em>Country &amp; Western Duo<\/em> in <strong><em>&#8217;52 -53<\/em><\/strong>, then in &#8217;54, Buddy started adding R&amp;B into his Country music, thus creating his style of <strong><em><u>Rockabilly <\/u><\/em><\/strong>fully<strong><em><u> developed <\/u><\/em><\/strong>by <strong><em><u>\u201855<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. Buddy opened up for <strong><em><u>Elvis &amp; Bill Haley&#8217;s Comets<\/u><\/em><\/strong> several times in <strong><em><u>1955<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, which lead to <strong><em><u>Holly<\/u><\/em><\/strong> being signed to <strong><em><u>Decca Records<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em><u>1956<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, &amp; 2 singles were released <strong><em><u>&#8220;Blue Days, Black Nights b\/w Love Me&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &amp; <strong><em><u>&#8220;Modern Don Juan b\/w You Are My One Desire&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> it was <strong><em>Decca<\/em><\/strong> who misspelled <strong><em><u>&#8220;Holley&#8217;s&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> last name on the record labels, therefore changing Buddy&#8217;s professional name. In <strong><em>Jan &#8217;57<\/em><\/strong> Holly was dropped from <strong><em>Decca.<\/em><\/strong> Then Holly meet producer <strong><em><u>Norman Petty<\/u> (27 May 1927 -15 Aug 1984)<\/em><\/strong> who was impressed with Holly&#8217;s music &amp; recorded some demos for him, &amp; eventually was able to get <strong><em><u>Holly<\/u><\/em><\/strong> signed with <strong><em><u>Brunswick Records<\/u> in Spring &#8217;57.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As <strong><em><u>Brunswick<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was part of <strong><em>Decca Records<\/em><\/strong>, the new single <strong><em><u>&#8220;That&#8217;ll Be The Day b\/w Looking For<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>Someone To Love&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> released in <strong><em>May &#8217;57<\/em><\/strong> <em>(&amp; went to #1),<\/em> would be under the band name <strong><em><u>&#8220;The<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>Crickets&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> as suggested by their drummer <strong><em><u>Jerry Allison<\/u> (31 Aug 1939; Hillsboro, TX)<\/em><\/strong> which consisted of <strong><em><u>Joe <\/u>(Joseph Benson Mauldin, Jr. 8 Jul 1940 \u2013 7 Feb 2015)<\/em><\/strong> on <strong><em>Stand-up Bass<\/em><\/strong> &amp; <strong><em><u>Niki Sullivan<\/u> (23 Jun 1937 \u2013 6 April 2004)<\/em><\/strong> on <strong><em>Guitar<\/em><\/strong>, while <strong><em>Buddy&#8217;s Solo Records<\/em><\/strong> would be under his own name on <strong><em>Coral Records<\/em><\/strong>. The next single <strong><em><u>&#8220;Peggy Sue b\/w Everyday&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was released in <strong><em><u>Sep &#8217;57,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &amp; <strong><em><u>hit #3<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on the <strong><em><u>Billboard Charts,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> the song was re-named for <em>Allison&#8217;s girlfriend<\/em>, <em>(I remember this was one of my Mom&#8217;s favorite songs, &amp; she used to sing it to me, I asked why are you singing that way&#8221; (with a sort of hiccup), she answered &#8220;Because that&#8217;s the way he<\/em> (Holly) <em>sang it&#8221;).<\/em> The next single <strong><em><u>&#8220;Oh Boy b\/w Not Fade Away&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was a <strong><em>#10 hit<\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em>Oct &#8217;57<\/em><\/strong>. His next charting single was <strong><em><u>&#8220;Maybe Baby b\/w Tell Me How&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &amp; hits\u00a0<strong><em><u>#17<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on the charts in the <strong><em>Fall &#8217;57<\/em><\/strong>. <em>Holly&#8217;s 1st &#8220;Long Player&#8221;<\/em> album <strong><em><u>&#8216;Chirping Crickets&#8217;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was released in <strong><em><u>Nov 1957<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on <strong><em><u>Brunswick,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> as well as a total of <strong><em>7 singles<\/em><\/strong> was released in the year of <strong><em>1957.<\/em><\/strong> Holly &amp; The Crickets made 5 TV appearances in &#8217;57 &amp; 11 more in &#8217;58.<\/p>\n<p>Holly&#8217;s 2nd LP <strong><em><u>&#8216;Buddy Holly&#8217;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was released in <strong><em><u>Feb 1958<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on <strong><em><u>Coral Records<\/u><\/em><\/strong> followed by the <strong><em><u>#37<\/u><\/em><\/strong> hit single <strong><em><u>&#8220;Rave On b\/w Take Your Time&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em><u>Apr &#8217;58<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, his 3rd LP <strong><em><u>&#8216;That&#8217;ll Be The Day&#8217;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was released on <strong><em><u>Decca<\/u><\/em><\/strong> with <strong><em><u>Sonny Curtis<\/u> (9 May 1937; Meadow TX)<\/em><\/strong> on guitar, who had played with Holly since <strong><em>1951 <\/em><\/strong>&amp; who wrote many well known songs like the theme to <strong><em><u>&#8220;Mary Tyler<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>Moore Show&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Sonny<\/em><\/strong> took over lead vocals in <strong><em><u>&#8216;The Crickets&#8217;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> when Holly died. Holly &amp; The Crickets played <strong><em><u>Minneapolis<\/u><\/em><\/strong> for the 1st time on <strong><em><u>25 Apr 1958 @ the Municipal Theatre.<\/u><\/em><\/strong> Their single <strong><em><u>&#8220;Think It Over b\/w Fool&#8217;s Paradise&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> hit <strong><em><u>#27<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on the charts, was released in <strong><em>May &#8217;58.<\/em><\/strong> Holly made a 2nd appearance in <strong><em><u>Minneapolis on 11 Jul 1958 @ the National Guard Armory<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, remarkably I can find no set-lists for any concerts he performed, although it&#8217;s safe to say they probably played 2 shows a night averaging <em>20 to 30min a set,<\/em> which back then equated to about <strong><em><u>10 songs<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. <strong><em><u>Buddy&#8217;s<\/u><\/em><\/strong> next charting single was the <strong><em><u>#32<\/u><\/em><\/strong> hit <strong><em><u>&#8220;Early In The Morning b\/w Now We&#8217;re<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>One&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was released on\u00a0<strong><em>30 Aug 1958<\/em><\/strong>, a total of <strong><em>8 singles<\/em><\/strong> were released in <strong><em>1958.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In <strong><em>Dec &#8217;58<\/em><\/strong> Holly split with <strong><em>&#8216;The Crickets&#8217; &amp; their Manager- Producer Petty<\/em><\/strong>, over unwarranted song writing credits &amp; unpaid royalties. His single <strong><em><u>&#8220;Heartbeat b\/w Well Alright&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was released on <strong><em><u>24 Jan 1959<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &amp; hit <strong><em># 82<\/em><\/strong> on the charts, <strong><em><u>Holly<\/u><\/em><\/strong> assembles a new band with <strong><em><u>Tommy Allsup<\/u> (24<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Nov 1931; Owasso, OK)<\/em><\/strong> on <strong><em>Guitar<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em><u>Waylon Jennings<\/u> (Waylon Arnold Jennings: 15 Jun 1937<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Littlefield,TX -13 Feb 2002)<\/em><\/strong> on <strong><em>Bass<\/em><\/strong> &amp; <strong><em><u>Carl Bunch<\/u> (24 Nov 1939; Big Springs, TX \u2013 March 26,<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>2011)<\/em><\/strong> on <strong><em>Drums<\/em><\/strong> to embark on the <strong><em><u>&#8220;Winter Dance Tour&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> stopping in <strong><em><u>St. Paul on 28 Jan 1959 @<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>the Promenade Ballroom<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, &amp; only <em>5 days later<\/em> was killed in the now famous plane crash just <strong><em>132 miles south of MPLS<\/em><\/strong>. Holly was quite prolific in his short recording career of; <strong><em><u>Jan &#8217;56 &#8211; Dec &#8217;58<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (unlike most other artists of the day) he released 17 Singles (32 songs) &amp; 3 LPs before he died. Here&#8217;s some <strong><em>Buddy trivia<\/em><\/strong> for you <strong><em><u>The Beatles<\/u><\/em><\/strong> recorded a very loyal cover of\u00a0 <strong><em><u>&#8220;Words Of Love&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em>1964,<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>Don Mclean<\/u><\/em><\/strong>: recorded <strong><em><u>&#8220;American Pie&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em>1971<\/em><\/strong> which was his telling of the day he found out about the plane crash, the song went <strong><em>#1 in Jan &#8217;72<\/em><\/strong>. <strong><em><u>Micky Dolenz<\/u><\/em><\/strong> of <strong><em><u>The Monkees<\/u><\/em><\/strong> recorded a single <strong><em><u>&#8220;Buddy Holly Tribute&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em><u>1974<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on <strong><em><u>Romar Records<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, as the\u00a0 50s revival was in full swing by then. In <strong><em><u>1975 Paul McCartney<\/u><\/em><\/strong> bought publishing to <strong><em>Holly&#8217;s songs<\/em><\/strong> as part of <strong><em><u>MPL Communications<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &amp; then in 1978 <strong><em><u>&#8220;The Buddy Holly Story&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> biopic film was released starring <strong><em><u>Gary Busey.<\/u><\/em><\/strong> I 1st saw <strong><em><u>&#8216;The Crickets&#8217;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in the <strong><em><u>Summer of &#8217;93,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> a 2nd time in <strong><em><u>W. Des Moines,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> When I spoke to <strong><em><u>Mauldin, Allison &amp; Curtis<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em><u>2005,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>Mauldin:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> told me <em>&#8220;Well, that movie was more of Gary&#8217;s (Busey) version of the Buddy story, Buddy wasn\u2019t confrontational like that movie depicted him to be\u201d <strong><u>Allison:<\/u><\/strong><\/em> &#8220;It was probably as close as it was going to get, <em>better than not being made at all, they didn&#8217;t use my real name because I had already sold the rights to someone else, before that movie was made&#8221; \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Ritchie Valens: 1941 -1959<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was born <strong><em><u>Richard Steven Valenzuela:<\/u> 13 May 1941 in Pociama,CA. (3 Feb 1959)<\/em><\/strong> a <strong><em><u>Mexican- American<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, a son to migrant workers, who spoke no real <strong><em><u>Spanish.<\/u><\/em><\/strong> At the <strong><em>age of\u00a05,<\/em><\/strong> though he was <em>left handed<\/em> learned to <em>play Guitar right handed<\/em>, he also learned to play <strong><em><u>Trumpet &amp; Drums<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. <strong><em>Ritchie&#8217;s <\/em><\/strong>1st band was <strong><em><u>&#8216;The Silhouettes&#8217;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> he was hired 1st as <em>Guitarist<\/em>, Valens being from a meager background played a low-end <strong><em><u>Harmony H44 Stratatone<\/u><\/em><\/strong> originally a Bronze finish\u00a0 he had it painted <em>(probably because of wear)<\/em> <strong><em>Chrysler forest green<\/em><\/strong> in shop at school.\u00a0 Later he took over <em>Lead Vocals<\/em> in the band, they 1st performed live in <strong><em><u>Oct&#8217; 57<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. As he was gaining a reputation, it was suggested to <strong><em><u>Bob Keane<\/u> (Robert Verrill Kuhn: 5 Jan 1922<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Manhattan Beach, CA. \u2013 28 Nov 2009)<\/em><\/strong> that he should check out the new <em>&#8220;Little Richard&#8221;.<\/em> <strong><em>Keane<\/em><\/strong> saw Valens perform at a <em>Sat. Matinee<\/em>, impressed with what he heard, Keane convinced Valens to come down to his <strong><em><u>&#8216;Gold Star Studios&#8217;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &amp; cut some Demos, Keane became Valens <em>Record Producer &amp; Manager<\/em> &amp; signed <strong><em><u>Ritchie<\/u><\/em><\/strong> to <strong><em><u>&#8220;Del-Fi Records&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em>May &#8217;58,<\/em><\/strong> it was Keane who changed Valens name to be less ethnic, for a broader appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Valens<\/u><\/em><\/strong> 1st 45 Single <strong><em><u>&#8220;Come On Let&#8217;s Go b\/w Framed&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> a <strong><em>#42<\/em><\/strong> hit on the charts, was recorded &amp; released in <strong><em>Jul &#8217;58<\/em><\/strong> featuring a backing band of the legendary session people <strong><em>Carol Kaye, Earl<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Palmer &amp; Ren\u00e9 Hall.<\/em><\/strong> Valens 1st TV appearance was on <strong><em><u>&#8220;American Bandstand&#8221;<\/u> 6 Oct 1958<\/em><\/strong> &amp; his 2nd single <strong><em><u>&#8220;Donna b\/w La Bamba&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>#2 &amp; #22 charting hits<\/em><\/strong>; respectively was released on <strong><em>18 Oct 1958<\/em><\/strong>. <em>Donna was Valens&#8217; real life girlfriend <strong><u>Donna Ludwig<\/u><\/strong><\/em>. In the <em>Fall of &#8217;58<\/em> Valens quit school to make music full time. Valens 2nd TV appearance was on <strong><em><u>&#8220;Saturday Night Beechnut<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>Show&#8221;<\/u> on 28 Dec 1958<\/em><\/strong>. There is a 30 second <em>&#8220;Home Movie&#8221; in 8mm color<\/em>, taken in his Mother&#8217;s home in L.A. at a party playing a <strong><em>Tobacco Stratocaster<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 &amp; singing wearing a blue satin frilly shirt &amp; horsing around with his brother Robert, from about this same time period, it really gives you a sense of what Ritchie looked &amp; moved like. Sometime in <em>late&#8217;58 or early &#8217;59<\/em> Ritchie filmed a scene in the movie <strong><em><u>&#8220;Go Johnny Go&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> for the song <strong><em><u>&#8220;Ooh My Head&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> released in <strong><em>Jun 1959.<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Valens released a 3rd 45 single under the name <strong><em><u>&#8220;Arvee Allens&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> titled <strong><em><u>&#8220;Fast Freight\u00a0 b\/w Big<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>Baby Blues&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on <strong><em><u>Del-Fi #4111<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, but this was <em>re-issued<\/em> under <strong><em><u>Valens&#8217;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> name after his death, Actually the real <strong><em><u>\u201cStar\u201d<\/u><\/em><\/strong> of the 3 who died in the plane crash; at this time was Valens who was currently on the top of the charts.<strong><em> Valens<\/em><\/strong> won a coin toss over <strong><em>Allsup <\/em><\/strong>on the morning of the <strong><em><u>3rd<\/u><\/em><\/strong> that resulted in his death. In summation, Valens released <strong><em><u>3 singles before he died<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, his 1st LP was released a month after his death. Here&#8217;s some Valens Trivia; <strong><em><u>Led Zeppelin&#8217;s<\/u><\/em><\/strong> 1975 song <strong><em><u>&#8220;Boogie With Stu&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> is based on <strong><em><u>&#8220;Ooh My Head<\/u><\/em><\/strong>&#8221; a lawsuit was filed <em>(1 of many)<\/em> &amp; Zeppelin lost, &amp; had to give credit to <strong><em><u>Valens<\/u><\/em><\/strong>. A Biopic film <strong><em><u>&#8220;La Bamba&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was released\u00a0in <strong><em><u>Jul 1987<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, which was fairly accurate as it had Valens Family involvement <em>(&amp; Local Hero Brian Setzer).<\/em> I spoke to Valens older brother <strong><em>Bob in 2008<\/em><\/strong> about the film &amp; the scene where Ritchie tells Bob he doesn&#8217;t want to use him on drums. <strong><em><u>Brother Bob Morales:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <em>&#8220;Yes I was a great artist like the film depicted I was a good musician too, it&#8217;s just Ritchie didn&#8217;t want to play with me, because I was his older<\/em> <em>brother&#8221;<\/em> at the time I saw the film with my girlfriend at that time, this was the impression she walked away with <strong><em><u>Michele:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <em>&#8220;Can you believe he (Valens) was afraid of flying &amp; that&#8217;s the way he died&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Big Bopper: 1930 -1959<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was born <strong><em><u>Jiles Perry &#8220;J. P.&#8221; Richardson<\/u>, Jr. on 24 Oct 1930 in Sabine Pass, TX.<\/em><\/strong> &amp; was primarily known as a <strong><em><u>Disc Jockey<\/u><\/em><\/strong><em> on Station <strong><u>KTRM<\/u><\/strong> in <strong><u>Beaumont, TX<\/u><\/strong>.<\/em> &amp; a <em>Novelty Song Writer.<\/em> He served 2 years in the <strong><em>US Army<\/em><\/strong>, before becoming a full-time <em>DJ<\/em>. <strong><em><u>J.P.<\/u><\/em><\/strong> at a function he hosted, had seen some collage kids doing a new dance, they called <strong><em><u>&#8220;The Bop&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &amp; he decided, because of his size, to go under the moniker <strong><em><u>&#8220;The Big Bopper&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong>, prior to his very short recording career, he broke the &#8220;<strong><em>Continuous On-Air Broadcasting&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> record, by broadcasting live for 5 days &amp; 2 hours &amp; 8min. in <strong><em>May &#8217;57.<\/em><\/strong> While Richardson was a musician, he mainly wrote songs for other people, some <em>18 in total<\/em>, his most famous being <strong><em><u>&#8220;White Lightning&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> a <strong><em>#1 hit in Feb &#8217;59<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em><u>&#8220;Running Bear&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (<em>which he sang back-up on the record)<\/em> also a <strong><em>#1 hit<\/em><\/strong> in Jun &#8217;59, &amp; <strong><em><u>&#8220;Purple People Eater Meets The<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>Witch Doctor&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> released in <strong><em>Jun &#8217;58.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Richardson<\/em><\/strong> himself was\u00a0 signed to <strong><em><u>Mercury Records<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in early <strong><em>&#8217;58,<\/em><\/strong> he only recorded &amp; released <strong><em>4 Single 45s<\/em><\/strong>, the 1st being <strong><em><u>&#8220;Beggar To A King b\/w Crazy Blues&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> on the <strong><em><u>&#8220;D Records&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> label. Big Bopper&#8217;s 2nd record is of course what he is most famous for <strong><em><u>&#8220;Chantilly Lace b\/w Purple People<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><u>Eater Meets The Witch Doctor&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> a <strong><em><u>#6 hit<\/u><\/em><\/strong> in <strong><em>Summer\u00a0\u201958<\/em><\/strong> <em>(interesting note; Jane Mansfield cut a<\/em> <em>response record to this titled &#8220;That Makes It&#8221;)<\/em> Richardson is given the credit for creating the 1st <em>\u201cMusic Video\u201d,<\/em> filming himself for a potential TV appearance. His <strong><em>3rd<\/em><\/strong> single release<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>&#8220;Big Bopper&#8217;s Wedding b\/w Little Red Riding Hood&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Mercury<\/em><\/strong> in the Fall of &#8217;58. Richardson made 2 TV appearances on the <strong><em><u>&#8220;Dick Clark Show&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Sep &amp; Nov &#8217;58<\/em><\/strong>, whereas upon his 4th single <strong><em><u>&#8220;Walking Through My Dreams b\/w Someone Watching Over You&#8221;<\/u><\/em><\/strong> was released in the Winter of &#8217;58, just before the <strong><em><u>&#8220;Winter Dance Party&#8221;,<\/u><\/em><\/strong> as far as I can tell this was <strong><em>Big Bopper&#8217;s<\/em><\/strong> only tour, which he had come down with the flu &amp; was able to secure a seat on the <strong><em>Beechcraft Bonanza<\/em><\/strong>, which tragically crashed only a few minutes after take-off. In his life-time he released <strong><em>4 singles<\/em><\/strong>, his <em>1st &amp; only LP (Long Player)<\/em> was released a month after he died.<\/p>\n<p>You see fans, back in the olden days, Artist released <strong><em>45 Singles<\/em><\/strong>, &amp; once you had <em>2 or 3 big hits<\/em> their Record Label would release an <em>Album<\/em> &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay tuned for next month&#8217;s installment &#8230; Also<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You can catch my Band <u>&#8220;KISSin Time&#8221;<\/u> @ The Pickled Loon &#8211; Nest in St. Cloud on Sat 26 Mar 2016<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_796\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Website-Mar-2016-patch.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-796\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-796\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-796\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Website-Mar-2016-patch-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Rock N Roll '59\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, Big Bopper<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Clear Lake Iowa &#8217;59&#8221; BUZZ Newspaper Article (#59 -cL) Feb -Mar 2016 By: RLSchwinden aka: MrZer0 When I was a kid in Sioux City, I was really into music &amp; records, I still am, I once asked my Mom &#8220;Why<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/clear-lake-iowa-59\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,225,227,224],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-big-bopper","tag-buddy-holly","tag-clear-lake-iowa","tag-ritchie-valens"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":798,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrzeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}