Buddy Holly limited 2 cd limited sampler set from Japan

Kenmerken

Periode: Voor 1960

Eigenschappen: Boxset

Beschrijving

Early life singer. Born charles hardin holley on september 7, 1936, in lubbock, texas. As the fourth and youngest child in his family, holly was nicknamed ;buddy; by his mother, who felt that his given name was too big for her little boy. ;holly,; the altered form of his last name, would later result from a misspelling in his first recording contract. Buddy holly learned to play piano and fiddle at an early age, while his older brothers taught him the basics of guitar. A 1949 home recording of ;my two-timin; woman" showcases holly;s skilled, if prepubescent, singing voice. Holly;s mother and father, a tailor by trade, both proved to be very supportive of their son;s burgeoning musical talents, generating song ideas and even penning a letter to the editor of lubbock;s newspaper in defense of rock ;n; roll-loving teenagers lambasted in a conservative editorial.

Despite his parents; support, holly couldn;t have become a founding father of rock ;n; roll without engaging in some degree of rebellion. Once a preacher at the local tabernacle baptist church asked him, ;what would you do if you had $10?; the young rocker reportedly muttered, ;if i had $10, i wouldn;t be here.; holly had clearly set his sights on something other than growing up to join his brothers in their tiling business. After high school, holly formed a band and played country and western songs regularly on a lubbock radio station. He frequently opened for more prominent national acts that toured through town. Bandmate sonny curtis viewed holly;s opening for elvis presley in 1955 as a crucial turning point for the singer. ;when elvis came along,; curtis recalls, ;buddy fell in love with elvis and we began to change.

The next day we became elvis clones. although the bespectacled, bow-tied youth lacked elvis;s incendiary sex appeal, holly;s conversion from country to rock and; roll did not go unnoticed. A record company talent scout soon caught his act at a skating rink and signed him to a contract. In early 1956, holly and his band began recording demos and singles in nashville under the name buddy holly and the three tunes, but the group;s lineup was later revised and dubbed the crickets.

Holly wrote and recorded his breakthrough hit, ;that;ll be the day,; with the crickets in 1957. The song;s title and refrain are a reference to a line uttered by john wayne in the 1956 film the searchers. Between august 1957 and august 1958, holly and the crickets charted seven different top 40 singles. Coincidentally, ;that;ll be the day; topped the u.s. Chart exactly 500 days before holly;s untimely death.