OMG DID HE SAY "HELLLOOOOO BABBBYYYY"? THE BIG BOPPER - CHANTILLY LACE (REACTION) 

Clear Lake, Iowa

Joanne Vincent: The plane crashed in a field about a mile from my grandparents' house when I was 12. I was devastated. They were on a tour called "The Winter Dance Party". Their last performance was at The Surf Ballroom, and the first weekend in February every year The Surf holds "The Winter Dance Party". Even after all these decades, it still draws a big crowd of people from all over the country and some from other countries. It's a really cool retro place, and they've preserved the feel of the old days and the history of music through articles, mementos, etc. Also, the farmer who owned the field built a memorial at the crash site which is still there and can be visited by fans. I'm

@@kathifielder1110 WOW! Thank you for this info! Hoping the Surf Ballroom has a website. Such a tragedy

@@susanelkins3068 The Surf Ballroom does have a website and a Facebook page. You might also find this an interesting read and a bit eerie: "Waylon Jennings' Close Call on 'The Day the Music Died' ".

Coined by Don McLean's "American Pie."

I agree. Although he was the oldest he was pretty hot at that time. I think Valen would’ve opened for both him and Holly.

Waylon Jennings was supposed to be on that plane also, but everyone apparently "drew straws" to decide who would ride the bus with its broken heater or take the plane. In a way, he lucked out. Still a terrible tragedy though 😢.

the night the music died. My my miss american pie.

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Just one of the people talked about in the song American Pie by Don Mc Clean

J P Richardson wrote at least one other song - which I cannot remember !! - Ahh Running Bear - made famous by Johnny Preston. Richardson's other songs included Someone Watching Over You / Walking Through My Dreams / White Lightning / Pink Petticoats / Big Bopper's Wedding/ Monkey Song [You Made A Monkey Out Of Me]

@@highpath4776 Purple people eater.

Yes I agree 👍💯

The Day The Music Died. RIP, all three brothers.

That made me laugh

That's what mom and i would dance to growing up - with elvis, Everly brothers and the beach boys included

@@andreadeamon6419 sounds like fun!

@@mj95b i had a painful childhood - ear infections and tons of surgeries. When i wasn't in pain - we were dancing, baking, or at the metro parks in Cleveland. 54 now and from moving so much - i have another ear specialist. He's watching my ears very often and checking my hearing aids all the time. He's great. Mom passed in 1996 - dad 2013. I still dance no matter where when i hear the music. It's my heart. My daughter has love me tender lyrics tattooed on her arm. I raised her well 😉

Ah Fats Domino! Gotta pull out the old records now

His posthumous son performed his father's music [Hank Williams Jr "Bocephus" started the same way] but Richardson died eight years ago.

wow, thats crazy, I never heard that.

@@leonardshevlin7260 wasn't Bocephus Hank Williams son?

@@annmenzzasalma6151 Yes

his son came to visit Waylon Jennings many years ago this song is how my youngest niece got her nickname Lacy

I met Sheb Wooley who sang the Purple People Eater live about 20 years ago? He had luekemia I think? He passed away a bit later. Also, as a child I had a People Eater hat!

Cut Across Shorty by Eddie Cochrane.

"Somethin' Else" by the husky voiced one!

May all there souls RIP tho to me music died at the end of the 80s. I actually liked American Pie that has that line but got to dislike it so much due to so much overplay I turn it off when I hear the first few notes

You’re so welcome Denise😀

I laughed Soooooooo hard at the look on your faces 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Don't forget the #1 hit he wrote for Johnny Preston: "Running Bear". Bopper may have had a career as a song writer if not for the plane crash.

I don't consider it Christmas until I hear John Lennon'" So This is Christmas" 'Beautiful Baby Boy" reminds me of my son and how he lost his father very shortly after his birth.