Buddy Holly — That'll Be The Day
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Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye
Yes, that'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you gonna leave, you know it's a lie
'Cause that'll be the day when I die
Well, you give me all your lovin' and your turtle dovin'
All your hugs and kisses and your money, too
Well, you know you love me, baby
Still you tell me, maybe
That some day, well, I'll be blue
Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye
Yes, that'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you gonna leave, you know it's a lie
'Cause that'll be the day when I die
Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye
Yes, that'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you gonna leave, you know it's a lie
'Cause that'll be the day when I die
Well, when Cupid shot his dart
He shot it at your heart
So if we ever part and I leave you
You say you told me, an' you told me boldly
That someday, well, I'll be blue
Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye
Yes, that'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you gonna leave, you know it's a lie
'Cause that'll be the day when I die
Well that'll be the day, ooh hoo
That'll be the day, ooh hoo
That'll be the day, ooh hoo
That'll be the day
Yes, that'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you gonna leave, you know it's a lie
'Cause that'll be the day when I die
Well, you give me all your lovin' and your turtle dovin'
All your hugs and kisses and your money, too
Well, you know you love me, baby
Still you tell me, maybe
That some day, well, I'll be blue
Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye
Yes, that'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you gonna leave, you know it's a lie
'Cause that'll be the day when I die
Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye
Yes, that'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you gonna leave, you know it's a lie
'Cause that'll be the day when I die
Well, when Cupid shot his dart
He shot it at your heart
So if we ever part and I leave you
You say you told me, an' you told me boldly
That someday, well, I'll be blue
Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye
Yes, that'll be the day when you make me cry
You say you gonna leave, you know it's a lie
'Cause that'll be the day when I die
Well that'll be the day, ooh hoo
That'll be the day, ooh hoo
That'll be the day, ooh hoo
That'll be the day
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Somehow that original album cover art looks distinctly AI-generated.
Why cant they make music like this anymore?
He died the next year.
njswede wrote:
Too soon!
Masterful song progression: "American Pie" and then "That'll be the day (when I die)" by Buddy Holly!
Too soon!
I see by the bio in the right column that he died ten years before he as born. That's another good reason to be famous.
What happened to Buddy Holly´s Wikipedia entry? Born September 7, 1969 Lubbock, Texas, U.S.. At this wrong birth date he still was more then 10 years dead!? What seems to be correct is his date of death on February 3, 1959 (aged 22). That let´s us now, that his year of birth must be 1937!
Nowadays he goes by the alias 'James Hoffmann' and makes YouTube videos about coffee.
My job has me traveling to random locations throughout the country. I was walking into a restaurant in yet another small town and noticed a little homage to Buddy Holly and the plane crash. "Oh, so this is what happened in Clear Lake, Iowa..." Which, by the way is a pretty nice little town just west of Mason City with a few railroad bridges nearby that are diligently inspected ever year. Listen closely and you may hear RP playing in the hyrail truck as it drives between bridges...
Nice mix Bill. Pie followed by Holly. Nice touch. Brings up a smile.
Masterful song progression: "American Pie" and then "That'll be the day (when I die)" by Buddy Holly!
Sooooooooooooooooooooooo good.
Come on, folks; it's Buddy freakin' Holly!
You might as well criticize the oxygen in the air...
You might as well criticize the oxygen in the air...
American Pie followed by That'll be the Day. That is why we all love Radio Paradise so much!!!![smile](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/smiley-smile.gif)
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Stefen wrote:
ditto
ditto ditto
ditto
ditto ditto
Terrific set on RP the last few hours.
LaurieinTucson wrote:
ditto
what a segueway
ditto
what a segueway
pinem wrote:
I might have been 8 or 9, otherwise similar here. I wore that record out (The Buddy Holly Story)
This is a 10 for me. .
And thanks for playing it, BnR! I figured that would be the day, when you played American Pie too. Long Live RP!
(and my mental segue has Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill" playing next)
I remember this song as one of the first songs that caught my attention as a ten yr old; gives me 'American Bandstand' flashbacks.
I might have been 8 or 9, otherwise similar here. I wore that record out (The Buddy Holly Story)
This is a 10 for me. .
And thanks for playing it, BnR! I figured that would be the day, when you played American Pie too. Long Live RP!
(and my mental segue has Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill" playing next)
SheRidesABeemer wrote:
world class segue American Pie to That'll Be the Day![{#Bananajam} {#Bananajam}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/bananajam.gif)
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And singin' "This'll be the day that I die" (Don McLean)
Well, that'll be the day when you say goodbye (Buddy Holly)
SheRidesABeemer wrote:
Indeed!
world class segue American Pie to That'll Be the Day![{#Bananajam} {#Bananajam}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/bananajam.gif)
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Indeed!
Are you going to play the Big Bopper next
The day Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day" followed Don McLean's "America Pie". McLean was 13 when Holly first appeared in his firmament.
world class segue American Pie to That'll Be the Day![{#Bananajam} {#Bananajam}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/bananajam.gif)
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senorcerveza wrote:
yep, yep, yep!!
Still great after all these years. Rock on, Buddy!
yep, yep, yep!!
Still great after all these years. Rock on, Buddy!
I remember this song as one of the first songs that caught my attention as a ten yr old; gives me 'American Bandstand' flashbacks.
It's old, ergo it has to be godlike? Just crap for me, sorry.
The comments on this page make me want to hurl and jump off the nearest cliff...
(please, no "school of rock")
(please, no "school of rock")
I appreciate Buddy more and more as the years pass. Really wish talents like his and too many others' weren't taken so young.
How is this not Godlike? ![{#Notworthy} {#Notworthy}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_notworthy.gif)
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That_SOB wrote:
Your comment is akin to saying " I don't like Henry Ford nor his inventions...... "
I guess there will always be those who "Rave On."
No it's not.
Your comment is akin to saying " I don't like Henry Ford nor his inventions...... "
I guess there will always be those who "Rave On."
No it's not.
This was the first single to hit UK in '57 and was one of the records that turned me on to rock n roll. RIP Buddy.
gjr wrote:
Absolutely! The Beatles modelled themselves (initially) after The Crickets! Buddy Holly, the founder of the 'nerd rocker' look. ;)
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Absolutely! The Beatles modelled themselves (initially) after The Crickets! Buddy Holly, the founder of the 'nerd rocker' look. ;)
the ORIGINAL Beatle!!!![{#Bananajam} {#Bananajam}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/bananajam.gif)
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terrapin52 wrote:
It's on this Linda record, which came out in '76. The album cover made everybody's Bicentennial bashes just a little bit better...
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I love Buddy Holly's cover of this Linda Ronstadt song. Just kidding!
It's on this Linda record, which came out in '76. The album cover made everybody's Bicentennial bashes just a little bit better...
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kingart wrote:
so just wash your mouth out, junior!
In this our time, this song is trite and banal. In it's 1958 time, it was groundbreaking. Buddy Holly is one of the original masters of rock and roll. If you underestimate his influence on any number of paradigm-shifting music acts of the 60s or 70s—like, you know, minor bands like The Beatles, or The Who, or Elvis (both Presley and Costello, OK?)—then you don't know music and you need aural surgery. As a matter of fact, some of your comments expose that you don't know very much. A 2? Have you got a friggin' pulse?
And the title, btw, you geniuses who disparage, is a wry allusion to a line repeated by Ethan Edwards (that would be the character of John Wayne) in the classic 1956 western, The Searchers: that'll be the day.
And the title, btw, you geniuses who disparage, is a wry allusion to a line repeated by Ethan Edwards (that would be the character of John Wayne) in the classic 1956 western, The Searchers: that'll be the day.
so just wash your mouth out, junior!
I love Buddy Holly's cover of this Linda Ronstadt song. Just kidding! ![{#Tongue} {#Tongue}](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_tongue.gif)
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In this our time, this song is trite and banal. In it's 1958 time, it was groundbreaking. Buddy Holly is one of the original masters of rock and roll. If you underestimate his influence on any number of paradigm-shifting music acts of the 60s or 70s—like, you know, minor bands like The Beatles, or The Who, or Elvis (both Presley and Costello, OK?)—then you don't know music and you need aural surgery. As a matter of fact, some of your comments expose that you don't know very much. A 2? Have you got a friggin' pulse?
And the title, btw, you geniuses who disparage, is a wry allusion to a line repeated by Ethan Edwards (that would be the character of John Wayne) in the classic 1956 western, The Searchers: that'll be the day.
And the title, btw, you geniuses who disparage, is a wry allusion to a line repeated by Ethan Edwards (that would be the character of John Wayne) in the classic 1956 western, The Searchers: that'll be the day.
freddyfender wrote:
I had rated this a 2; but after reading your comment, I switched it to a 1.
Your comment is akin to saying " I don't like Henry Ford nor his inventions...... "
I guess there will always be those who "Rave On."
I had rated this a 2; but after reading your comment, I switched it to a 1.
Your comment is akin to saying " I don't like Henry Ford nor his inventions...... "
I guess there will always be those who "Rave On."
milehighYinzer wrote:
What 6 people would rate Buddy Holy a 1? Seriously, you deserve to be punished to be deaf for rating Buddy Holy a 1.
What 6 people would rate Buddy Holy a 1? Seriously, you deserve to be punished to be deaf for rating Buddy Holy a 1.
I had rated this a 2; but after reading your comment, I switched it to a 1.
I am with you.....this is a very annoying song....excellent rating. :)
milehighYinzer wrote:
I had rated this a 2; but after reading your comment, I switched it to a 1.
What 6 people would rate Buddy Holy a 1? Seriously, you deserve to be punished to be deaf for rating Buddy Holy a 1.
I had rated this a 2; but after reading your comment, I switched it to a 1.
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I made a comment on one of the other Holly song pages re Paul McCartney's Buddy Holly documentary "The Real Buddy Holly Story"—mostly compiled to correct the factual errors in "The Buddy Holly Story" movie (Gary Busey, 1978). The documentary concentrates on the Lubbock, Clovis, and Nashville bands and interviews all of the surviving Crickets, some of whom were ignored in the movies, as was Norman Petty, their Clovis-based manager. If you're a Holly aficionado, the documentary is essential.
...nice...
10 for a sad anniversary. Still sounds fresh.
50 years ago today—the saddest day.
brighthue wrote:
Indeed. And it helps that they had such great masters to begin with. Many of the recordings from the 50s blow away the 60s/70s multitrack stuff in terms of sound quality. Not until very late in the days of analog multitrack could the per-track specs on those recorders begin to match what the old 30 ips Ampexes could do.
Excellent remastering.
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Indeed. And it helps that they had such great masters to begin with. Many of the recordings from the 50s blow away the 60s/70s multitrack stuff in terms of sound quality. Not until very late in the days of analog multitrack could the per-track specs on those recorders begin to match what the old 30 ips Ampexes could do.
cool song I first discovered on the "American Graffiti" soundtrack when I was a kid. I used to love to air guitar on the bridge.
I can still hear Wolfman Jack on the intro..."Who's this on the Wolfman Telephone"?
I can still hear Wolfman Jack on the intro..."Who's this on the Wolfman Telephone"?
Pyro wrote:
Well, that's a totally legitimate response, in my opinion. If you don't care for it, you just don't — can't really criticize that. And you're not running around going, "Man, this sucks! Buddy Holly is overrated!" like a lot of others here.
But I'm (no offense) quite a bit younger than you and I adore Buddy Holly — have since I was in my 20s. So I don't think it really has anything to do with being too young to like it.
I hold total reverence for what Buddy did and it would have been interesting to see how he would have grown, musically.
However, I guess I'm just a tad too young to really LIKE this. And how many times I've heard it!!
*Pyro dons flame suit*
However, I guess I'm just a tad too young to really LIKE this. And how many times I've heard it!!
*Pyro dons flame suit*
Well, that's a totally legitimate response, in my opinion. If you don't care for it, you just don't — can't really criticize that. And you're not running around going, "Man, this sucks! Buddy Holly is overrated!" like a lot of others here.
But I'm (no offense) quite a bit younger than you and I adore Buddy Holly — have since I was in my 20s. So I don't think it really has anything to do with being too young to like it.
I hold total reverence for what Buddy did and it would have been interesting to see how he would have grown, musically.
However, I guess I'm just a tad too young to really LIKE this. And how many times I've heard it!!
*Pyro dons flame suit*
ocsike wrote:
Because I have a very own taste of music, and I don't make silly comments on others'. And I just don't like his songs at all. But I like Wagner's operas... would your most highness rate that as music?
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, just because you like one form of music, you can't open your mind up to somebody that influenced almost all forms of music after him.
earthbased wrote:
He only recorded for 18 months due to his death in a plane crash. How many hits did he have in this period of time? 10?
Makes one wonder where he would have gone with his music if his life had not been cut so short.
What 6 people would rate Buddy Holy a 1? Seriously, you deserve to be punished to be deaf for rating Buddy Holy a 1.
Buddy was the man!
Buddy Holly died almost a year before I was born, but when my oldest boy was about two, (he's 28 now) he would say "that's Buddy Holly!" every time he heard any of his songs, so I smile whenever I hear any Buddy Holly. My boy still loves music.
Yeah Buddy looks more 80's than Elvis Costello.celadonstone wrote:
Great song.
That cover IS unusual--Holly could do an ad for Old Navy's polarfleece sale in that getup...
Great song.
That cover IS unusual--Holly could do an ad for Old Navy's polarfleece sale in that getup...
Wow. Crisp n clean R&R classic.
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- purity -
shimmy shakin' in my chair
looking at that cover I can't help but think
"are we not men?"
"Pure perfection from Lubbock, Texas."
(The only time in my life I have used this sentence.)
You didn't know he was a cross dresser?
highwindows wrote:
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Buddy & the song still have this extra-ordinary freshness & attack!
(Just a slight shame that the graphic artist let loose on the album cover makes it look as if Buddy is wearing a skirt!)
How I love music from the 50's. Keep it coming!
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Buddy & the song still have this extra-ordinary freshness & attack!
(Just a slight shame that the graphic artist let loose on the album cover makes it look as if Buddy is wearing a skirt!)
pciskowski wrote:But you'r right--this is surely not a 1. 'Cuz it's a 2.
Who would rate this a 1? Why bother to listen to music if you think this is a 1?
About what song could you not make that comment?
This is gettin' pretty close to the roots of R&R.
Buddy Holly was always part of my Dad's compilation tapes that he used to play in the car while we were on holiday. ![music](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_music.gif)
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pciskowski wrote:
Who would rate this a 1? Why bother to listen to music if you think this is a 1?
Because I have a very own taste of music, and I don't make silly comments on others'. And I just don't like his songs at all. But I like Wagner's operas... would your most highness rate that as music?
Great dance music
Excellent remastering.
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He only recorded for 18 months due to his death in a plane crash. How many hits did he have in this period of time? 10?
Hannio wrote:
I didn't listen to Buddy Holly when I was young. My loss.
But presumably you listen to him now, which means you can look back when you're 94 and say "I listened to Buddy Holly when I was young."
Ain't temporal perspective a hoot?
pciskowski wrote:
Who would rate this a 1? Why bother to listen to music if you think this is a 1?
AMEN! ![music](https://img.radioparadise.com/emoji/icon_music.gif)
WonderLizard wrote:
Roverfish wrote:
Garish and kitschy? Those are some of my finest traits! ;-)
Hey, that it's been done before doesn't discount the idea. There are looser strings running around RP, why not this one?
Excellent tune.
Bill, you've given me an idea for a sequence: Don McLean's "American Pie" after Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly.
Oh, dear. I heard this done a long, long time ago on some classic rock station. Not so much morbid as garish and kitschy. Sorry, I don't like to rain on someone else's parade, but, Bill, please...no.Who would rate this a 1? Why bother to listen to music if you think this is a 1?
I didn't listen to Buddy Holly when I was young. My loss.
The tip of the iceberg that is the dearth of early rock-and-roll at RP -- slighted, disregarded, sidestepped, or simply overlooked.
It's clear the innocence Buddy Holly's songs represent, is long gone.
Roverfish wrote:
Bill, you've given me an idea for a sequence: Don McLean's "American Pie" after Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly.
Oh, dear. I heard this done a long, long time ago on some classic rock station. Not so much morbid as garish and kitschy. Sorry, I don't like to rain on someone else's parade, but, Bill, please...no.
Wow, haven't heard this in years. Takes me back to my childhood.
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Bill, you've given me an idea for a sequence: Don McLean's "American Pie" after Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly. By the way, a great analysis of the lyrics to McLean's song are at https://www.rareexception.com/Garden/Pie.php .
Great tune.
JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
Yeah! Whiny little bastards!
When I was their age, I have to walk 45 miles to school in my bare feet, then work a full time job in the evenings just to support my alcoholic parents!!
Ohh, we used to dream of having alcoholic parents.
yeah! Buddy!
OK, this is going to far back now...
JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
Yeah! Whiny little bastards!
When I was their age, I have to walk 45 miles to school in my bare feet, then work a full time job in the evenings just to support my alcoholic parents!!
You forgot to add that it was uphill both ways
One of the originators of R&R! ORIGINATORS!!!
drH wrote:
Probably the same dork changed it to a 1 out of spite.
Children these days have no respect for their ancestors...
Yeah! Whiny little bastards!
When I was their age, I have to walk 45 miles to school in my bare feet, then work a full time job in the evenings just to support my alcoholic parents!!
drH wrote:
Probably the same dork changed it to a 1 out of spite.
Children these days have no respect for their ancestors...
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Gregorama wrote:
Lubbock's pride and Joy!
Great to hear some fairly rootsy rock on RP.
Would like to hear some more music with historic roots for rock, like Robert Johnson, Louis Jordan, Ike Turner and others whose accomplishments lead us to today's incarnations of rock & roll. Does anyone agree with this view?
Maybe I need to upload some of it...
Wholeheartedly agree! More roots, more pioneers!
Lubbock's pride and Joy!
Great to hear some fairly rootsy rock on RP.
Would like to hear some more music with historic roots for rock, like Robert Johnson, Louis Jordan, Ike Turner and others whose accomplishments lead us to today's incarnations of rock & roll. Does anyone agree with this view?
Maybe I need to upload some of it...
Gotta love Buddy Holly, i wonder were Elvis would of been ranked as best musician if Buddy had lived longer?
TheLoneIguana wrote:
What malcontent gave this a "2"?
Sheesh.
Probably the same dork changed it to a 1 out of spite.
Children these days have no respect for their ancestors...
Rock in its infancy. Cool!
Still amazed that anyone could assign this a 1. Sigh. :roll:
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Love them Crickets!
LOVE IT!!!!
What malcontent gave this a "2"?
Sheesh.
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Buddy Holly is king. This reminds me of my childhood stuck in the car with my parents...good choice DJ