Our second release on commemoration of the tragic plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959. The second part of the 'Winter Dance Party' tour will be covered for the first time with this CD album. The promoters let the tour continue seamlessly! Dion & The Belmonts, Frankie Sardo and the Crickets (Buddy Hollys Band) from the original tour line-up stayed on board. Replacement for the casualties was quickly found: Frankie Avalon, Jimmy Clanton, Fabian, Robert Velline and his Shadows, and Bill Parsons filled the gaps. The new tour members were successful young teen idols, hardly the typical heavy rock 'n' rollers. Two more songs dedicated to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper complete this CD. The ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour that tragically took the lives of the immortal Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959 has been documented extensively ever since then, and Bear Family's recent 'The Great Tragedy - Winter Dance Party 1959' (Bear Family BCD17585) expertly covers that part of the story. But what of the aftermath? The tour continued on despite that tragedy for another week-and-a-half without so much as a day off. New performers were brought in for added star power, and a career was launched when teenager Robert Velline and his Shadows filled in that first fateful night (you know him better as Bobby Vee). This set continues the story where our first CD left off, spotlighting the survivors (Dion and The Belmonts, The Crickets, and Frankie Sardo) and the replacement stars (Frankie Avalon, Jimmy Clanton, Fabian, Vee, and Bill Parsons) along with two more tribute songs to the fallen triumvirate for good measure.
5 Tommy Dee with Carol Kay & the Teen-Aires - Three Stars
6 Jimmy Clanton - You Aim to Please
7 Frankie Avalon - I'm Broke
8 Bobby Vee & the Shadows - Suzie Baby
9 Frankie Sardo - No Love Like Mine
10 Ritchie Valens - That's My Little Suzie
11 The Big Bopper - Someone Watching Over You
12 Jimmy Clanton - That's You Baby
13 Dion & the Belmonts - Don't Pity Me
14 Fabian - Steady Date
15 Frankie Avalon - Venus
16 Ronnie Smith - My Babe
17 Terry Lee & the Poorboys - My Little Sue
18 Jimmy Clanton - Just a Dream
19 Frankie Avalon - Ginger Bread
20 Fabian - I'm in Love
21 Dion & the Belmonts - Just You
22 Jimmy Clanton - a Part of Me
23 Frankie Avalon - Teacher's Pet
24 Fabian - I'm a Man
25 Terry Lee & the Poorboys - Driftin'
26 Bill Parsons - the All American Boy
27 Frankie Avalon - I'll Wait for You
28 Waylon Jennings - Jole Blon
29 Buddy Holly - Raining in My Heart
30 Bill Parsons - Rubber Dolly
31 Frankie Avalon - You Excite Me
32 Frankie Sardo - Oh Linda
33 Buddy Holly - Early in the Morning
34 Jimmy Clanton - a Letter to An Angel
Our second release on commemoration of the tragic plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959. The second part of the 'Winter Dance Party' tour will be covered for the first time with this CD album. The promoters let the tour continue seamlessly! Dion & The Belmonts, Frankie Sardo and the Crickets (Buddy Hollys Band) from the original tour line-up stayed on board. Replacement for the casualties was quickly found: Frankie Avalon, Jimmy Clanton, Fabian, Robert Velline and his Shadows, and Bill Parsons filled the gaps. The new tour members were successful young teen idols, hardly the typical heavy rock 'n' rollers. Two more songs dedicated to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper complete this CD. The ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour that tragically took the lives of the immortal Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959 has been documented extensively ever since then, and Bear Family's recent 'The Great Tragedy - Winter Dance Party 1959' (Bear Family BCD17585) expertly covers that part of the story. But what of the aftermath? The tour continued on despite that tragedy for another week-and-a-half without so much as a day off. New performers were brought in for added star power, and a career was launched when teenager Robert Velline and his Shadows filled in that first fateful night (you know him better as Bobby Vee). This set continues the story where our first CD left off, spotlighting the survivors (Dion and The Belmonts, The Crickets, and Frankie Sardo) and the replacement stars (Frankie Avalon, Jimmy Clanton, Fabian, Vee, and Bill Parsons) along with two more tribute songs to the fallen triumvirate for good measure.
