It's so heartbreaking watching this documentary but at the same time its very uplifting that all these artists came together to show their love and support to the master Buddy Holly. Your true fans will never ever let your memory or music die Buddy because we all love you so much. God bless you and Phil Everly and may you both RIP. RAVE ON
When I find myself wondering why the good seem to die young, I remember what a friend of mine once told me--God always picks the sweetest flowers. I think that's true with Buddy Holly; he was a class act all around.
galoon well I guess we are ALL “sweet flowers” because we ALL die-no exceptions. This was not supposed to happen and had it not been for GREED of his sleazy manager, all 3 (4) would have lived long lives.
You’ve got that double negative thing going. I think what you mean is “Buddy will not never ever Not Fade Away. “Buddy will Not Fade Away. Ever.” Would work too. I lived in Lubbock, worked at the same radio station Waylon worked at. Buddy is still today (2021) seen in Lubbock. And trust me, nobody ever makes fun of anyone who sees Buddy. We just nod, and go on with our business. Someday there will be a book on the Real Life and Daily Death Struggles of Waylon Jennings. The effect of Buddys passing hit him much harder than he ever lets on in public. He almost didn’t make it. There are so many other side stories that need to be told. He, Buddy, had that kind of affect on anybody he came into contact with. He would appreciate your thought.
Buddy will always rave on he's a bright star shining with his friends tho that was the day he said good bye his music and legacy will not fade away RIP Buddy Ritchie Big Bopper
The tragic end to Buddy Holly’s life and career (along with Ritchie Valens, JP “The Big Bopper” Richardson and the pilot Roger Peterson) is surely the saddest and most devastating in the history of Rock & Roll. It seems that a series of negative events contributed to that ill fated flight in the early morning hours of February 3rd, 1959. The selfish attitude and behaviour of Norman Petty, the ridiculous and poorly planned logistics of the Winter Dance Party, the incomprehensibly bad decisions made by the airport manager and owner of the plane, Jerry Dwyer, and his choice of the young pilot to fly the three musicians, considering that Roger Peterson was clearly not qualified nor certified to handle the flight, especially in the atrocious weather conditions. As I mentioned, it was a combination of many poor and inconsiderate decisions/planning.
After Maria lost her baby a law was made, because of this fact, that in all future airplane crashes, all the next of kin have to be contacted prior to publicizing the names. It's been that way ever since.
And another law was enacted over a celebrity death a few years later: the DOT Bars on the back of tractor-trailers were mandated after Jayne Mansfield was killed.
Hi there, fellow Canuck, nice to meet Buddy's #1 fan...that makes me #2 Just finished watching "Rave On" , you really slammed Norman Petty!!! (He fully deserves it , of course!) I first heard Buddy when I was about 15, and he remains my all-time singer since (That'll be the Day was my 1rst BH song & remains my all-time favorite song... and likely will be til the day *I* die!) Shonen Knife is my favorite band, but, Buddy is my musical idol! Well, it's been fun reminiscing with you ;) Mikey
The narrator says that Dion was famous in 1959 for "The Wanderer", when in fact the song was only released in late 1961. (Now he's mostly famous for wearing big, floppy hats!)
XKE Dion is an idiot. He has claimed in recent years that HE was supposed to be on that plane, saying that HE lost the coin toss. Either drugs have impaired his memory or he is lying. NOBODY has ever said Dion was supposed to have a seat on that plane.
People blame manager Perry for Buddy's death, but the production company could be blamed just as easily. The way the concerts were scheduled, the bands had to make crazy zig-zag trips all over the area instead of going from one venue to another in a logical route. The difficulty of getting from one place to another is what wore the bands down and made them sick.
I agree. Also, another biography on UA-cam stated that the young pilot had already worked 17 hours when he took them up. That documentary showed the pilot's work record, which included a couple of prior infractions/concerns. My point is that the charter flight company was also responsible for what happened. There were sufficient reasons for them to have known that the pilot was not an appropriate choice for that flight. It seems that they might have put profit and perhaps bragging rights, ahead of safety. I am wondering if the charter flight company was sued and if not, then why not.
Well they got it wrong though. It wasn’t that the pilot didn’t have his certification to fly by instrumentation only, it was the fact that the carburetor’s iced up and when they did that the power started to drop rapidly. I’m sure the pilot panicked, but had he reached over and pulled a lever that re-routed exhaust flie over the carbs to de-ice them, they may have survived. But bottom line is that pilot was not qualified to fly under those conditions but it wasn’t even his fault. He was 21 and just doing what he was being told which was what all of us did at 21. The responsibility lies with who let him fly. I know all of this because my step dad was an expert in aircraft safety and trained commercial pilots on this. He was very familiar with this case.
Thank you for explaining. The aircraft owner most definitely was negligent and responsible more than anyone else, for those deaths. In another UA-cam documentary about Buddy Holly, they state that the pilot had already worked 17 hours that day. They also show his work record from the charter company. It included a number of glaring red flags, that should have made it obvious that he was a poor choice for that flight. There was no excuse for their decision to use that pilot. I hope that they were sued, but I have not seen any indication that this happened.
I'm calling BS! The plane crashed only a few minutes after takeoff... carburetors aren't going to ice over in such a short time! They flew into a storm front and the pilot lost orientation, crashing into the ground at 170 MPH!
Very late 60s very early1970s my Dad brought home an New LP Buddy Holly and the Crickets He played both sides l and one of my brother's asked Can we play it again Singer song whirter that die way to early Dad always told Buy the time l was thirty years old Knew every word on that album 2021The LP is still Magical If you want one time to wiz by with a smile Buddy Holly and the Crickets 2001 2002 l had the same dream asleep for five nights mornings He was looking for his family and friends 🎼🕺🎸🎙️ He's still a helpful sole 🖐️ Money and some people Million copy's Couldn't shear royalties. Grate Smoke
Would have been something to see how Buddy and Elvis playing and competing against each other. Im just now at a point in my life where im listening to music, really listening, i always thought music is for happy people and growing, was not me. And im going back to the roots of music. Im 42 now. Anyways RIP to Buddy.
Me, I blame General Artists Corporation for their deaths,Because if those buses had adequate heating, The Big Bopper would not have gotten so sick, Carl Bunche would not have gotten Frost Bite, And Buddy would not have had just cause to need to charter a plane in the first place.
norman petty is 100% to blame, that greed killed 4 people, and its terrible that they didn't even have reliable transportation, imagine being broke down in sub zero temperatures, and sick on top of that, i hope norman had a conscience, they just wanted rest, and clean clothes, what a dam shame all around, and how many lives were effected by that greed, you can't blame the pilot, they shouldn't have even been there, dam norman petty...........
@@Goffix2009 yes. And Jay toured with the play actually portraying his dad JP! Hee looked and sounded like the Big Bopper! Imagine if all three had boys who looked and sounded like them?
I don't blame those guys for wanting to fly, I'm from Indiana and never had 25 below temps, they were burning News paper for alitte heat, plus sick you don't make good choices when your tired, sick, but can't imagine the horror those guys felt the last minutes when that plane hit the ground they knew they were dead going over 150 mph,
Dion and the belmonts did not record The wanderer it was Dion and the del satins in 1960 the belmonts were known for I wonder why and teenager in Love in 1958 and 59.
@@nicoleperezhernandez4612 You are correct and Junior played his Daddy onstage in the Play production of the Tour. Glad you know it because we need to tell it. Thank you!
So what happened in the end? That guy had his money, Buddy and friends died because he wouldn't give it to the band in the end, forceng them on a winter tour, it sounds like. What happened? What a sad story.
No one knows what would have happened if Buddy and his band had gotten all their money from Mr Petty. Maybe they would have spent foolishly and died even earlier. Hope not, but you never know.
Why is somebody like Buddy Holly still noticed and remembered?
"it's a simple simple answer, it's just that he was so good"
Yes, yes he was...
It's so heartbreaking watching this documentary but at the same time its very uplifting that all these artists came together to show their love and support to the master Buddy Holly. Your true fans will never ever let your memory or music die Buddy because we all love you so much. God bless you and Phil Everly and may you both RIP. RAVE ON
AS A MATTER OF FACT BUDDY HOLLY WAS PRODUCING THE EVERLY BROTHERS - SHORTLY BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY -
What a story, so sad .....Buddy, Ritchie, the Big bopper...RIP.... we allways love you......Rave on' in heaven !!
Buddy holly is a legend I am in love with he's music, buddy your music will always be alive!!
Yeah me too! :)
Long live his legacy.
IAMdeathblade You're damn right it will be. Buddy will Not Fade Away
When I find myself wondering why the good seem to die young, I remember what a friend of mine once told me--God always picks the sweetest flowers. I think that's true with Buddy Holly; he was a class act all around.
galoon well I guess we are ALL “sweet flowers” because we ALL die-no exceptions. This was not supposed to happen and had it not been for GREED of his sleazy manager, all 3 (4) would have lived long lives.
What a great find! Thanks for sharing this- lots of unheard history here, especially from Maria Elena. This tragedy will never make sense!!!!
who can hold his/her tears with this tragic story...sad but inspiring as well...YOU'RE A LEGEND BUDDY HOLLY!!!
What a super talent. Such a loss to the music world.
Buddy will never ever Not Fade Away
You’ve got that double negative thing going. I think what you mean is “Buddy will not never ever Not Fade Away.
“Buddy will Not Fade Away. Ever.” Would work too.
I lived in Lubbock, worked at the same radio station Waylon worked at. Buddy is still today (2021) seen in Lubbock. And trust me, nobody ever makes fun of anyone who sees Buddy. We just nod, and go on with our business.
Someday there will be a book on the Real Life and Daily Death Struggles of Waylon Jennings. The effect of Buddys passing hit him much harder than he ever lets on in public. He almost didn’t make it. There are so many other side stories that need to be told. He, Buddy, had that kind of affect on anybody he came into contact with. He would appreciate your thought.
Buddy will always rave on he's a bright star shining with his friends tho that was the day he said good bye his music and legacy will not fade away RIP Buddy Ritchie Big Bopper
It's always great to hear Keith Richards talk about Buddy the way he does.
Buddy`s music will live forever, I play his songs on my Juke box every day, The first and only true rocker RIP Buddy
Always will. It’s these guys. Always will love them and their will never be any other to ever fill their shoes .🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
The tragic end to Buddy Holly’s life and career (along with Ritchie Valens, JP “The Big Bopper” Richardson and the pilot Roger Peterson) is surely the saddest and most devastating in the history of Rock & Roll. It seems that a series of negative events contributed to that ill fated flight in the early morning hours of February 3rd, 1959. The selfish attitude and behaviour of Norman Petty, the ridiculous and poorly planned logistics of the Winter Dance Party, the incomprehensibly bad decisions made by the airport manager and owner of the plane, Jerry Dwyer, and his choice of the young pilot to fly the three musicians, considering that Roger Peterson was clearly not qualified nor certified to handle the flight, especially in the atrocious weather conditions. As I mentioned, it was a combination of many poor and inconsiderate decisions/planning.
Simple answer......
that he was so good !
It does matter, always will .
❤️❤️❤️
The Grateful Dead ended plenty of there shows with Not Fade Away. Thank You Buddy Holly.
Loved him & still love his music!
After Maria lost her baby a law was made, because of this fact, that in all future airplane crashes, all the next of kin have to be contacted prior to publicizing the names. It's been that way ever since.
It's not just for airplane crashes, it's for all tragic deaths.
And another law was enacted over a celebrity death a few years later: the DOT Bars on the back of tractor-trailers were mandated after Jayne Mansfield was killed.
R.I.P. Buddy, Richie and Big Bopper! Buddy Sept 7, 1936 to Feb, 3 1959 ! Shawn. P. BECK SEPT 6, 1960.
RIP Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper, Tommy Allsup, Carol Bunch, Waylon Jennings, Frankie Sardo
Hi there, fellow Canuck, nice to meet Buddy's #1 fan...that makes me #2
Just finished watching "Rave On" , you really slammed Norman Petty!!! (He fully deserves it , of course!)
I first heard Buddy when I was about 15, and he remains my all-time singer since (That'll be the Day was my 1rst BH song & remains my all-time favorite song... and likely will be til the day *I* die!) Shonen Knife is my favorite band, but, Buddy is my musical idol!
Well, it's been fun reminiscing with you ;)
Mikey
Thanks for posting this documentary, I'm a big fan of Buddy
The good always die young R.I.P Buddy, Ritchie and The Big Bopper
The narrator says that Dion was famous in 1959 for "The Wanderer", when in fact the song was only released in late 1961. (Now he's mostly famous for wearing big, floppy hats!)
XKE Dion is an idiot. He has claimed in recent years that HE was supposed to be on that plane, saying that HE lost the coin toss. Either drugs have impaired his memory or he is lying. NOBODY has ever said Dion was supposed to have a seat on that plane.
Dion still good mr
People blame manager Perry for Buddy's death, but the production company could be blamed just as easily. The way the concerts were scheduled, the bands had to make crazy zig-zag trips all over the area instead of going from one venue to another in a logical route. The difficulty of getting from one place to another is what wore the bands down and made them sick.
I agree. Also, another biography on UA-cam stated that the young pilot had already worked 17 hours when he took them up. That documentary showed the pilot's work record, which included a couple of prior infractions/concerns.
My point is that the charter flight company was also responsible for what happened. There were sufficient reasons for them to have known that the pilot was not an appropriate choice for that flight. It seems that they might have put profit and perhaps bragging rights, ahead of safety.
I am wondering if the charter flight company was sued and if not, then why not.
He always draws me back too ❤❤❤❤
Well they got it wrong though. It wasn’t that the pilot didn’t have his certification to fly by instrumentation only, it was the fact that the carburetor’s iced up and when they did that the power started to drop rapidly. I’m sure the pilot panicked, but had he reached over and pulled a lever that re-routed exhaust flie over the carbs to de-ice them, they may have survived. But bottom line is that pilot was not qualified to fly under those conditions but it wasn’t even his fault. He was 21 and just doing what he was being told which was what all of us did at 21. The responsibility lies with who let him fly. I know all of this because my step dad was an expert in aircraft safety and trained commercial pilots on this. He was very familiar with this case.
The pilot couldn’t see. It was a basically a blizzard at that time so he had to rely on whatever he had.
Thank you for explaining. The aircraft owner most definitely was negligent and responsible more than anyone else, for those deaths.
In another UA-cam documentary about Buddy Holly, they state that the pilot had already worked 17 hours that day. They also show his work record from the charter company. It included a number of glaring red flags, that should have made it obvious that he was a poor choice for that flight. There was no excuse for their decision to use that pilot.
I hope that they were sued, but I have not seen any indication that this happened.
I'm calling BS! The plane crashed only a few minutes after takeoff... carburetors aren't going to ice over in such a short time! They flew into a storm front and the pilot lost orientation, crashing into the ground at 170 MPH!
Very late 60s very early1970s my Dad brought home an New LP Buddy Holly and the Crickets He played both sides l and one of my brother's asked Can we play it again Singer song whirter that die way to early Dad always told Buy the time l was thirty years old Knew every word on that album 2021The LP is still Magical If you want one time to wiz by with a smile Buddy Holly and the Crickets 2001 2002 l had the same dream asleep for five nights mornings He was looking for his family and friends 🎼🕺🎸🎙️ He's still a helpful sole 🖐️ Money and some people Million copy's Couldn't shear royalties. Grate Smoke
Would have been something to see how Buddy and Elvis playing and competing against each other. Im just now at a point in my life where im listening to music, really listening, i always thought music is for happy people and growing, was not me. And im going back to the roots of music. Im 42 now. Anyways RIP to Buddy.
i started crying. 😢 My heart aches this many years later.
Me, I blame General Artists Corporation for their deaths,Because if those buses had adequate heating, The Big Bopper would not have gotten so sick, Carl Bunche would not have gotten Frost Bite, And Buddy would not have had just cause to need to charter a plane in the first place.
Good point.
One of the most accurate and best presented interpretation ever done of this story. All the right people. Only Dion is left from that Tour....
Also Waylon Jennings survived (and of course, others who did not become famous).
Thanks for the music Buddy,
Thanks for the doco. montycombs...
So with you,He is the god of rock n roll,,
it was Norman fault. That money he was holding was Buddy's .If he had his money he I think wouldn't need to go on to tour.
norman petty is 100% to blame, that greed killed 4 people, and its terrible that they didn't even have reliable transportation, imagine being broke down in sub zero temperatures, and sick on top of that, i hope norman had a conscience, they just wanted rest, and clean clothes, what a dam shame all around, and how many lives were effected by that greed, you can't blame the pilot, they shouldn't have even been there, dam norman petty...........
I would never post words like that on You Tube but..... I totally share the feeling!
Excellent mini-documentary because it included Keith Richard, Graham Nash and Bob Dylan
How unfortunate she lost her child. I'll be she/he would have been talented!
Pam H I agree music royalty
The Big Bopper's wife was also pregnant. Just sayin'.
That changed death and accident notifications to Next of Kin first. Not to the Press because they were present and asking questions.
@@Goffix2009 yes. And Jay toured with the play actually portraying his dad JP! Hee looked and sounded like the Big Bopper! Imagine if all three had boys who looked and sounded like them?
She wasn’t pregnant
You are absolutely right.The must thought I Wonder Why.
The GOAT.
I don't blame those guys for wanting to fly, I'm from Indiana and never had 25 below temps, they were burning News paper for alitte heat, plus sick you don't make good choices when your tired, sick, but can't imagine the horror those guys felt the last minutes when that plane hit the ground they knew they were dead going over 150 mph,
The Budd Man lives for ever
Thank you.
I hope Ms. Dwyer publishes her husbands book//
A book about what?
"oh my god he was static"
Dion and the belmonts did not record The wanderer it was Dion and the del satins in 1960 the belmonts were known for I wonder why and teenager in Love in 1958 and 59.
So he died when his wife was pregnant? Terrible!
Pam H she also miscarried
Pam H the big boppers wife Adrianne also was pregnant and gave birth 3 months after the big bopper died!!!
Yes sadly....notification of Next Of Kin STARTED from this tragedy because she had a miscarriage from seeing it on TV.
@@nicoleperezhernandez4612 You are correct and Junior played his Daddy onstage in the Play production of the Tour. Glad you know it because we need to tell it. Thank you!
I don't believe in hell but, if it did exist, he'd be there!
For me the best version of ( Learning de game) was that of the English group The Hullaballoos
So what happened in the end? That guy had his money, Buddy and friends died because he wouldn't give it to the band in the end, forceng them on a winter tour, it sounds like. What happened? What a sad story.
And now only DION is left.....
I only gave it a thumbs down because 60 years later it's still so sad.
I never knew until recently that his Wife miscarried after hearing of his death on television. Sad,.
Norman Petty went so far as to put his name on the song writing credits. He wasn't involved to any extent in the creative genius.
No one knows what would have happened if Buddy and his band had gotten all their money from Mr Petty. Maybe they would have spent foolishly and died even earlier. Hope not, but you never know.
Jennings cursed Holly.
That's silly.Jennings didn't curse Buddy.
Damn Peterson.. :'(
His dream came true!! Bastard greedy peolpe who took advantage of their naivity till him, ritchie and big booper had tragically died!!
Why couldn’t they wait till spring or summer to the tour
whats up about him wanted do laundry in the middle of a tour.
1:56 - The Wanderer was NOT by Dion and the Belmonts ... but by Dion as a solo artist ... sloppy research!
Where is the first part video?
Matthew Scarborough I was wondering the same
Why didn't he keep his brothers close 😢
ROTTEN SOB!. Stealing Buddys money!.
so am I
I honestly believe Buddy would have outdone and out classed Elvis if he would have lived...
This part 3 is just a repeat of part 2...
Promoters godamned Sharks!!!!.😠🙏😢🐲👿
Buddy holly was bigger than jesus
Nope
They got some facts wrong in this cheap doc.
that plane is a pos stay of them
allsup is a liar!Lucky he did not raid the plane for relics!
absolute bollox, the only liar is Dion
What lie?