{"id":89351,"date":"2025-09-07T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=89351"},"modified":"2025-09-06T14:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:35:40","slug":"happy-birthday-buddy-holly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=89351","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him &#8216;pop.&#8217; Don&#8217;t tell him &#8216;rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll&#8217; or they won&#8217;t even let you in the hotel.&#8221; &#8212; Buddy Holly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BuddyHollyWaylonJennings1959GrandCentral.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BuddyHollyWaylonJennings1959GrandCentral.jpg\" alt=\"BuddyHollyWaylonJennings1959GrandCentral\" width=\"500\" height=\"580\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BuddyHollyWaylonJennings1959GrandCentral.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BuddyHollyWaylonJennings1959GrandCentral-86x100.jpg 86w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BuddyHollyWaylonJennings1959GrandCentral-172x200.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BuddyHollyWaylonJennings1959GrandCentral-344x400.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly, Grand Central Station, 1959<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s Buddy Holly&#8217;s birthday today.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQiIMuOKIzY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<i>Buddy Holly on Arthur Murray Dance Party, December 29, 1957<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Buddy Holly&#8217;s career was cut tragically short. Signed to Decca in 1956, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=95636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">killed in a plane crash in 1959<\/a>. While he was with us, however, he managed to put out enough music to inspire generations (including the Beatles, whose band name is a nod to Buddy Holly&#8217;s band The Crickets). Still. He was only 23 years old. It seems inconceivable.<\/p>\n<p>Favorite Buddy Holly songs off the top of my head? <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Love Me.&#8221; That guitar. That urgent and demanding young-man sexuality that was so much a part of the birth of rock &#8216;n roll. I love it when he roughs up his voice, too. <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qz9m2JfpnHw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Midnight Shift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eAuTT0sEyiU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Holly Hop.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MHpd2q1ePW4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Think It Over.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/isgUxR4R_hg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Down the Line.&#8221; Hot.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KqmzGwBHZHo?si=yhN7HiFCcC1bSG9M\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m Gonna Set My Foot Down,&#8221; (talk to me, big boy!).<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/evv7wnmWjh8?si=Cv1PDNwxi_9g10gH\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n &#8220;Ting-a-Ling&#8221;. I cannot imagine what it must have felt like to be 14, 15 years old and hear THIS coming out of the radio. I would have writhed with adolescent agony.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fhm3z1F0OHo?si=xmOv2UgiIiXjfTab\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Rave On.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IUV-QxwlRM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\nI don&#8217;t care how many times I&#8217;ve heard it. It still feels fresh, new. It&#8217;s impossible to over-play this one. There are songs I have over-listened to in the past and had to take a break. They lost their magic for me. There are certain songs, though, that NEVER lose their magic. This is one of those songs. I love how darkly BITTER it is too. Don&#8217;t knock bitterness as a creative force until you&#8217;ve tried it. <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9mDGcxbAusg?si=ObX-3tUgeKNy2rCc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\nIn 2019, I went to the &#8220;Play It Loud&#8221; exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, filled with incredible guitars, keyboards, drum sets, harmonicas, whatever, played by the legends of rock &#8216;n roll. Buddy Holly&#8217;s guitar was a magical and very emotional object to look at. There&#8217;s so much joy in it. Not just joy. Exuberance. Freedom. <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_5617-e1566775183894.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_5617-e1566775183894.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149548\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_5618-e1566775196243.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_5618-e1566775196243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149549\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_5619-e1566775208796.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_5619-e1566775208796.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><p>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<small><em>Thank you so much for stopping by. 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