OT: RIP Bobby Vee
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It has been a while since I heard these tunes...Thanks C'67
Brings back some treasured memories.
another one of my favorites:
It's not a good sign when your condom whistles, is it?
Bob Dylan toured briefly with Vee early on under the name Elston Gunnn. Dylan was an admirer of Vee's.
Doowop radio linIt has been a while since I heard these tunes...Thanks C'67
Brings back some treasured memories.
another one of my favorites:
http://www.doowopradio.com/
Plus you can get youtbes of all 50s & 60s oldies.
I was a fan. I enjoyed his music and he was a good guy, a gentleman. He married Karen Bergen in 1963, they raised 4 children, and they stayed together until she died in August of last year. My favorite Bobby Vee song was "Take Good Care Of My Baby". Rest in peace.
Great memories of a time when things made a lot more sense to me.
If you wht to hear some great doowop, google Menny Vance. He sang with Jay and the Americans and still has his own goup clled the Planitones. He is bout 73 but still has a great voice and their songs take you back to high school.Thanks Mary, I will place the site on my favorites bar
It was a more innocent time and carefree time for teenagers. At my high school in suburban Pittsburgh, guys treated the girls they dated with respect. Girls were typically virgins when they married, or said they were. Drugs were non existent, crime was minimal, life was sweet.
Your favorite song or favorite video
I had to watch the vid a few times to get the complete flavor of the scene. The girl on the exercise scooter certainly has great muscle tone.Yep, sounds like Brooklyn. My block was like the UN, we had one of everything and we all got along just fine, especially when we started to date each others sisters
My 2nd favorite of the 60's teen idols, after Bobby Rydell. My Favorite songs were "Devil or Angel", The Night has a Thousand Eyes", and "Run To Him".I was a fan. I enjoyed his music and he was a good guy, a gentleman. He married Karen Bergen in 1963, they raised 4 children, and they stayed together until she died in August of last year. My favorite Bobby Vee song was "Take Good Care Of My Baby". Rest in peace.
Yep..Yep...Yep I remember a girl gave me a love chain, I guess I was in 9th grade, playing freshman sports. IIRC, the "love chain" was made from braded paper and the recipient of it was to burn the chain. I had a morning paper route which I started at 3:30 in the morning. I thought to avoid some teasing my team mates I would burn the chain near one of the wooded areas that I passed during my route. As I sat on a rock, in the darkness burning this paper "love chain" a skunk nonchalantly surprised me from behind and I became very upset waiting to get sprayed. I froze..didn't know what to do.
So sorry I can't give you a funny, theatrical ending to the burning of the love chain. The skunk gave me a pass and didn't spray but thinking that long ago, I'm wondering today as I write if I indeed pissed myself.
P.S. maybe one of the girls that post here can fill us in about the love chain.
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Connection to "the day the music died"
Wasn't aware of this, until I checked his wiki bio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Vee
The Day the Music Died
Vee's career began amid tragedy. On February 3, 1959, "The Day the Music Died", three of the four headline acts in the lineup of the traveling Winter Dance Party—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper—were killed, along with the 21-year-old pilot, Roger Peterson, in the crash of a V-tailed 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza airplane (Dion, the second headliner, opted not to travel on the plane). It crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa, en route to the next show on the tour itinerary in Moorhead, Minnesota. Velline, then aged 15, and a hastily assembled band of Fargo schoolboys calling themselves the Shadows volunteered for and were given the unenviable job of filling in for Holly and his band at the Moorhead engagement. Their performance there was a success, setting in motion a chain of events that led to Vee's career as a popular singer.
In 1963, Vee released a tribute album on Liberty Records called I Remember Buddy Holly. In the liner notes, Vee recalled Holly's influence on him and the events surrounding Holly's death:
"Like so many other people, I became a Buddy Holly fan the very first time I heard him sing. I've been a fan ever since and I guess I always will be. I remember a few years ago when Buddy was scheduled to appear at a dance in my home town of Fargo, North Dakota. It was going to be a big event for the whole town, but even more so for me. I was anxiously looking forward to seeing Buddy in action.
The day he was to arrive disaster struck, taking Buddy's life, along with the lives of two other fine singers, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. The shocking news spread through Fargo very quickly. The local radio station broadcast a plea for local talent to entertain at the scheduled dance. About a week before this, I had just organized a vocal and instrumental group of five guys. Our style was modelled after Buddy's approach and we had been rehearsing with Buddy's hits in mind. When we heard the radio plea for talent, we went in and volunteered. We hadn't even named the group up to that time, so we gave ourselves a name on the spot, calling ourselves The Shadows. We appeared at the dance and were grateful to be enthusiastically accepted. Soon afterwards, I made my first record. It was called "Suzie Baby" and I was pretty lucky with it; it was a fair-sized hit.
For some time now, I have wanted to make an album in tribute to Buddy, but I wasn't sure it was the proper thing to do. However, during the past year, I have received many requests to do such an album. These requests came not only from my fans and from DJs, but also from Buddy's loyal following---still a large group of devoted fans. It.... gave me the confidence to do the album. From "Suzie Baby" to this present album, I have made many records, but I have never forgotten Buddy Holly and his influence on my singing style and my career."
Vee went on to become a bona fide star and regularly performed at the Winter Dance Party memorial concerts in Clear Lake. His sons are all musicians and have performed with him there.
Wasn't aware of this, until I checked his wiki bio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Vee
The Day the Music Died
Vee's career began amid tragedy. On February 3, 1959, "The Day the Music Died", three of the four headline acts in the lineup of the traveling Winter Dance Party—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper—were killed, along with the 21-year-old pilot, Roger Peterson, in the crash of a V-tailed 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza airplane (Dion, the second headliner, opted not to travel on the plane). It crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa, en route to the next show on the tour itinerary in Moorhead, Minnesota. Velline, then aged 15, and a hastily assembled band of Fargo schoolboys calling themselves the Shadows volunteered for and were given the unenviable job of filling in for Holly and his band at the Moorhead engagement. Their performance there was a success, setting in motion a chain of events that led to Vee's career as a popular singer.
In 1963, Vee released a tribute album on Liberty Records called I Remember Buddy Holly. In the liner notes, Vee recalled Holly's influence on him and the events surrounding Holly's death:
"Like so many other people, I became a Buddy Holly fan the very first time I heard him sing. I've been a fan ever since and I guess I always will be. I remember a few years ago when Buddy was scheduled to appear at a dance in my home town of Fargo, North Dakota. It was going to be a big event for the whole town, but even more so for me. I was anxiously looking forward to seeing Buddy in action.
The day he was to arrive disaster struck, taking Buddy's life, along with the lives of two other fine singers, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. The shocking news spread through Fargo very quickly. The local radio station broadcast a plea for local talent to entertain at the scheduled dance. About a week before this, I had just organized a vocal and instrumental group of five guys. Our style was modelled after Buddy's approach and we had been rehearsing with Buddy's hits in mind. When we heard the radio plea for talent, we went in and volunteered. We hadn't even named the group up to that time, so we gave ourselves a name on the spot, calling ourselves The Shadows. We appeared at the dance and were grateful to be enthusiastically accepted. Soon afterwards, I made my first record. It was called "Suzie Baby" and I was pretty lucky with it; it was a fair-sized hit.
For some time now, I have wanted to make an album in tribute to Buddy, but I wasn't sure it was the proper thing to do. However, during the past year, I have received many requests to do such an album. These requests came not only from my fans and from DJs, but also from Buddy's loyal following---still a large group of devoted fans. It.... gave me the confidence to do the album. From "Suzie Baby" to this present album, I have made many records, but I have never forgotten Buddy Holly and his influence on my singing style and my career."
Vee went on to become a bona fide star and regularly performed at the Winter Dance Party memorial concerts in Clear Lake. His sons are all musicians and have performed with him there.
Even the Jets & Sharks dance during their gang fights and street brawls
Well step, I must say, I never heard of this "love chain" thing, but it sounds interesting. I guess different schools, or areas of the country, had their own uniqueness. A girl did give me a foil gum wrapper once, but I think that was just because she was too lazy to put it in the trash herself. Anyway, today instead of a love chain kids are sexting. I know it's old school, but I'm a romantic when it comes to love. I always treated my dates with respect and I married the sweetest, prettiest girl in my school, so it paid off.Yep..Yep...Yep I remember a girl gave me a love chain, I guess I was in 9th grade, playing freshman sports. IIRC, the "love chain" was made from braded paper and the recipient of it was to burn the chain. I had a morning paper route which I started at 3:30 in the morning. I thought to avoid some teasing my team mates I would burn the chain near one of the wooded areas that I passed during my route. As I sat on a rock, in the darkness burning this paper "love chain" a skunk nonchalantly surprised me from behind and I became very upset waiting to get sprayed. I froze..didn't know what to do.
So sorry I can't give you a funny, theatrical ending to the burning of the love chain. The skunk gave me a pass and didn't spray but thinking that long ago, I'm wondering today as I write if I indeed pissed myself.
P.S. maybe one of the girls that post here can fill us in about the love chain.
I have always been a doo wop guy, and I favor ballads over the fast stuff. Pittsburgh was always a big doo wop town, and we had a lot of great groups like the Skyliners, Marcels, Del Vikings, Vogues, Lettermen, and many more. Porky Chedwick was a DJ legend. A good example of a Porky tune is the song below, "The Fires Burn No More" by the Chesters (Litttle Anthony's group before the Imperials).
I think it's call "texting" Fair, I believe this oldie stuff is putting sexting in your mind. Besides, I still have two granddaughters in HS..senior & soph. They better be texting.
If you're their grandpa, I have no doubt they are.I think it's call "texting" Fair, I believe this oldie stuff is putting sexting in your mind. Besides, I still have two granddaughters in HS..senior & soph. They better be texting.
If they are bored let 'm excuse themselves, go to their room and play "Pong or "Packman".
Bobby Vinton is the Polish Prince. Bobby Vee is Scandinavian. He's in the Scandinavian Hall of Fame. I thought everybody knew that.Rest In Peace, Polish Prince
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