1959, 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tourbus. All three were traveling to Fargo, North Dakota, for […]
Song Of The Day – “Chantilly Lace” by The Big Bopper
Jiles “Jape” “JP” Richardson became a radio D.J. in 1952 and worked for ten years (with a two year break in the middle for army duty) at Texas radio station KTRM where he ultimately became their music director. While working at a sock hop, he decided to change his name to The Big Bopper after […]
Today in Rock History – May 18
1967, The Beatles were selected to represent the UK for the first-ever global-wide satellite broadcast. The group agreed to be shown in the studio recording a song written especially for the occasion, scheduled for June 25. John Lennon wrote “All You Need is Love” which was thought to sum up the 1967 “Summer of Love” […]
Today in Rock History – March 25
1966, At a photo session with Bob Whitaker’s studio in London, The Beatles posed in white coats using sides of meat with mutilated and butchered dolls for the cover of their next American album, Yesterday and Today. After a public outcry, the album was pulled from stores and re-issued with a new cover. At the […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Party Doll" by Buddy Knox
Song Of The Day – “Party Doll” by Buddy Knox Buddy Holly wasn’t the only rockabilly artist to come out of Texas in the late ’50s. Buddy Knox and his Rhythm Orchids featuring Jimmy Bowen on bass also sprang forth from the Lone Star State with this classic in 1957. Like […]
Today in Rock History – February 29th
1968, The Beatles Sgt. Pepper won album of the year, best cover and best-engineered and recorded album at the 10th annual Grammy Awards. Producers Johnny Rivers and Marc Gordon won for The 5th Dimension song for “Up, Up and Away,” while Jimmy Webb won Song of the Year as it’s composer. Bobbie Gentry took home […]
