Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day" - The Complete True Tale 

Good to see people keeping Buddy Hollys music and legacy alive. It saddens me that most people my age know absolutely nothing about him other than Weezers song. I’ve been listening to Buddy since I was 11 or 12 and he’s been one of my top three artists ever since and I listen to his music I swear at least once a day. There will never be another Buddy Holly, the closest we ever got was with The Beatles and it took four of them to create the music Holly did.

Wow what a great history story on Buddy!

Another true tale:One of Buddy's last concert on that winter tour was in Minnesota.Guess who was in the audience and up close.His Bobness,Mr.Dylan.Bob was.mesmerized,to say the least,like we all would've been.Moreover,Buddy was in the midst of performing when he looked down into the audience and his eyes happened to connect with Bob's.Bob almost felt like a torch was passed to him,knowing what we obviously know about Buddy's passing not long after, and Bob's unbelievable career over the past bunch of decades and his status in Rock history.

thank you so much for putting out this video.. I am a huge buddy holly fan.. got to know about him after I started reading about beatles (who I love dearly).. buddy's legacy lives on

I had this weird connection with Buddy when I was about 20ish. Suddenly, I got myself into a huge Oldies phase and delved deep into his music and life. I think it was that late teenager morbid fascination with young death and legacy that was still lingering in my head. Something about this young man who was snuffed out all those years before my own life just gripped me. To this day, visiting the crash site in Iowa is a huge bucket list. Started a lifelong love of 50s rock n roll. Oldies. And a general appreciation for an era that is too often pushed aside, misunderstood, or generalized into a hokey caricature. Finding this channel is like a goldmine. Thank you for all you do

I still have B Hollys old LP record back in released in 63 , the white cover with Buddy with his iconic glasses. Great record, will have it always

Very interesting story of one of the most important rock and roll contributors. I know a guy who went to the US, drove to Lubbock and got to play with a guy who had played with Buddy Holly. I will be green FOREVER about that.

That was excellent. Information i play a lot Of Buddy Hollys songs my favorites are Peggy Sue & Oh Boy!! People don't realize how good of a guitar player, Buddy Holly was.!!!! Rocky & The Hurricanes!!!

J.P. is doing a great job here. I knew Norman Petty before his death in 1983, he recorded me and published me. A very confident and knowing man. My mom, Marla Kay, was in a few pictures with Buddy when they were both children in Lubbock about 1940. Small world for destinies sometimes. I love Buddy Holley too. Thanks.

That was great. Very well researched (not always the case with RU-vid videos), and presented. Many thanks.

Thanks JP. Buddy was one of a kind in so many ways. I’ve been to Lubbock, and to where he used to live in New York City as well. And the surf ballroom.

A really good and informative video - loved the little demo playing that was included.

Wow! Very cool story. I’m so glad this video was recommended! Thanks!

This is a FANTASTIC video and history. I subscribed way before the video finished. Rock on, Sir! And thank you for putting this together! I look forward to seeing more of your videos. (And THANK YOU for not being AI -- I am now starting to read comments and reviews before hitting the "play" button.)

Buddy’s got so many great songs a lot of people don’t even know about.

Buddy holley is an absolute legend in the uk ❤❤❤

Wow! Thanks so much for this!

What a WONDERFUL review. Thank you!

Really well done! Thank you for this and for everything you’ve done to keep the flame burning. I love your theory about the opening to “Blue Monday”. And your deconstruction of the Decca version is spot on. Thank you!!

Thanks for this information, J.P.

One hit song vincen what a singer i give him the edge 16 i was😊😊

JP - you could make another video comparing the two versions of "Maybe Baby" from Nashville and Clovis, too! Those two versions are great but again, the 2nd one was lower and better sound quality.

Excellent!!

Well Done My friend - I loved it and it is good to hear facts not suppositions.

Great to have to have all the chapters together in one hit!

Excellent! I have / had the 78 version of TBD here in UK. I'll look for it. I think it was on the London label here. It caught us at the right time. That bright Fender sound (was it?). Buddy's was a softer more musical R&R. Rooted in Hillbilly I suppose. As an engineer & guitar player I give great credit to Norman Petty on all fronts. He was to them what George Martin was to The Beatles. He had the contacts & know-how and it shows. He had the equipment and the studio and knew how to use it. The acquisition of Tommy Allsup was masterful. Thanks for the great insights here.

Loved this video! I’d assumed that Norman Petty had sort of ripped off Buddy by adding his name to the writing credits, but his being “instrumental” (sorry ‘bout that) in being able to put the record out was major in its on way. Bobby Keys was given credit in his biography as having said that he played the baritone sax on the Intro to Elvis’ Return to Sender. Are you able to confirm this? Many thanks!

Brilliant and well done history. Thank you, love to hear more.

Another interesting fact not mentioned----since Cedarwood music published TBTD originally and since Norman Petty picked it up for his company NOR-VA-JAK music-- Cedarwood was promised one of Buddy's future compostions-- hence, Think It Over was given to Cedarwood.

Nice Stratocaster, almost a 3 tone Sienna sunburst, beautiful to behold, sound is tops too!

that must be one of the most well researched posts on yt

Excellent research!! James

Very interesting back story to that song. I have the album from 1957 "The "Chirping" Crickets" with "That'll Be the Day" on it, on the Brunswick Label. I didn't know he first recorded it with Decca.

Thanks for the clear story on "That'll Be The Day". While the 1978 movie was great for it's time, it seemed like the producers did very little research into the real Buddy Holly Story.

I life in Iowa and not long ago a neighbor guy had a poster from the last show and told me his parents took him there when he was 11 and it was tacked up in his garage and he was going to assted living and he gave it to me. True story and m 53

Great job!

Great info. Thanks.

Long live Buddy!

4:21 How could nobody know this was Buddy’s cousin? The resemblance is striking!

Such a great song to hear. But I like the Clovis version best. Sounded a lot better. Thanks, to this group of men. 👏

Quite educational!

J.P. -- As always, you give us the full story on all things Buddy Holly. I would say the first "That'll Be The Day" is a lousy record. But that's said with the caveat that it is a Buddy Holly record and it is being measured against the other TBTD cut for Petty and the other big tune cut that day, "Ollie Vee." I think if the record belonged to another artist -- and there was no other version of TBTD to compare it to -- we collector types would probably prize it a bit more. (God knows I revere records by Herbie Duncan, which is hard to explain to normal people like my girl friend.) One of my favorite obscure rockabilly records is "It Ain't Me" by Ray Campi on Dot. Ray clearly was listening to Buddy when he wrote that one. And if you think about, "Feelin' Right Tonight" by Tex R, from our own home base, owes a lot to The Crickets' Brunswick version of "That"ll Be The Day." Now maybe you can tell us why the parent company (Decca/MCA) put Buddy's hits out under two different names on two different labels. (That said, I'm sure all this history means nothing to those younger people who grew up without 45s or 'over the air' radio. Actually, I feel for them. We lived during the tail end of what used to be called fun.)

That ,ll Be The Day was recorded by Decca and all the songs recorded by them were released on an album called That.ll Be The DAY BUDDY HOLLY to cash in on the CRICKETS HIT.

What do you suppose a copy of that Decca recording of TBTD would be worth to a collector...?

Interesting - Decca Records also turned down the Beatles, who later covered several Buddy Holly songs. Paul McCartney OWNS the Buddy Holly catalog now. Take that, Decca Records!

Owen Bradley would probably have had a thirty piece string section and a full chorus. But....let's not forget how Norman Petty stole Buddy Holly blind, same with the StringALongs and other artists.

Does anyone know where I can find this deaf phone call? I can’t seem to find it anywhere.

I knew Music Row was nearsighted back then, but they told BUDDY HOLLY he wasn’t talented? Wow… I guess they didn’t understand yet.

I have been discovering how complicated the recording process can be. I thought making up a pretty good song was the important part.

Paul McCartney’s MPL Music owns Buddy’s songs. The major hits. The Norman Petty company Nor-Va-Jak Music owed over $1 million in taxes. And Maria Holly still blames Norman Petty on the death of her husband.

It’s sad that Norman Petty is the co-writer of the major hits. He rip off Holly that would lead to Holly’s death.

It’s incredible how many great talents were dismissed by Decca in the 50s and 60s. in the UK they rejected the Beatles.

If you ask me Decca records, deserved to go out of business. They rejected Buddy Holly and they rejected the Beatles.

When he died could do nothin no scnool cryed on school bus

Decca turned down the Beatles 😂

In my opinion the Decca version of That;ll be the day is better!

Really good stuff,but the musical examples of your great insights…just sayin’😂

Far from Complete True Tale. Straight off the 'Crickets' bat: 1) BUD'S 1st BIG Hit was summer not fall '57 as composer of "Words of Love" by The Diamonds. 2) Well within his range BUD was advised to sing high on his great Rockabilly TBTD like Gene Vincent's BIG Hit "Be Bop A Lula" BUD got Gene's autograph at the Nashville D.J. Convention during his 3rd & last Decca session in November not December '56; 3) No note of June Clark; 4) 7-piece BUD/Crickets/vocalists 12-Bar swing beat TBTD intro was standard early Blues not unique to Fats. 5) Contract-freak Cohen forced BUD to create The 'Chirpin' Crickets myth not fact first nailed on 'Live' TV Tu Oct 22 Rockin '57 by Portland Oregon KPTV High Time when acapella J.I. & Joe B. looked kinda uncomfortable and the only true 'Chirpin' Cricket Niki was somehow absent! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_t4RmxEkfJQ.html