It wasn't till this moment I realised I had never heard him before either.

Same here. When I saw interview in the title I immediately thought I don't think I've ever heard his speaking voice.

​@@StuMarston...Stu...neither have I heard Buddy speak...don't know why. I am always hearing. Mick Jagger talk, even though he is worthless . Buddy"s. " Rave On " is one of the. BEST rock songs of all time and still sounds " Modern" today.!! Note - Dick Clark turned out to be huge jerk.

Dick Clark was doing this interview..

For those who are hearing Buddy's voice for the first time. Watch Buddy's and The Cricketts performance on the ed sullivan show. The group was on there twice. The first time Buddy speaks quite a bit, talking about all the band members and Texas. Second performance, ed sullivan had Buddy's guitar amp turned down. Buddy keeps trying during the performance to turn up the volume on his guitar. Mr ed was not a nice person. You can check that out for yourself. Thankfully, we still have the music.

I'm a huge Wilburys fan and I think you're spot on with your suggestion, ❤

Never thought of that

Most definitely! 😎👍

What should have been!

Paul would've joined the wilburys to work with buddy holly

Way, way, way ahead of his time.

I tell ALL BEATLES Fans the same thing, there wouldn't BE a BEATLES, without Buddy Holly.🕶️🎸🎼🎵🎶⭐

He still is.

He was a true musical visionary! Eddie Cochran had similar ideas. But Buddy fleshed more of them out.

BUDDY HOLLY - - HE HAD IT ALL - - SONG WRITING - - GUITAR PLAYING AND SINGING - - GONE BUT STILL WITH US ALL YEAR AFTER YEAR - - DECADE AFTER DECADE -

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Waaaay before vapid selfies took over....

Very mature for his age. Like Sam Cooke.

Both unique icons! Sam with that melodic serene voice and Buddy with his outstanding guitar riffs and such fantastic song writing. Rockabilly and Rock and the music world lost two pioneers whose music will always stand out.

Was it really Dick 😮, never picked that up

One legend.

Buddy Holly is a legend, Clarke was merely a parasite of the music industry.

well said ! @@hirdy6

Waylon said pretty much the same thing in an interview. Buddy was turned down by Nashville and hated record companies...just like Waylon.

Without a doubt.

​@thetruthofchristalwaysprev1269 he was 22 when he died

YES just to hear his speaking voice is a treat - - god blessed buddy holly ____

Buddy was everybody’s buddy!

first time I've ever heard him speak.

The original brian Wilson. Before drugs. It would've been cool if buddy was around for the early psychedelic/weedy ara.

Era

And the pilot rodger peterson.

I saw Buddy Holly life in Liverpool when I was 10 years of age, 1958. Later I was known as an expert on his life and music. I direct you to the best biography written by John Goldrosen. In fact, Norman Petty forced Holly to go on the Winter tour, as he kept Holly's money. He als had his name as co-writer under songs he never participated in, In fact he was a 2 faced bastard. Common saying of his later recording studio is "The house Holly build"

@@cirrus1964 Well, it was a bit more complicated than that. Norman gave Buddy unlimited studio time off the clock. Considering Buddy had just gone nowhere with Owen Bradley in Nashville, it's easy to understand why Buddy traded his publishing in exchange (as it turned out, a terrible deal for Buddy, when his songs began to catch on). Cutting Norman in on songwriting credits was a normal practice in the '50s. Alan Freed did it, George Goldner at Roulette and Dick Clark did it. They were the ones assuming the most risk, if the record stiffed. If a "Norman Petty" was responsible for the production and “sound” of a Million Seller - WHY should he merely settle for a couple hundred dollars in studio time for his contributions, while the singer-songwriter walks away with, say, $50,000 gross (in 1950s money)? As for Norman withholding Buddy's royalties - that was a real messy situation. Buddy wanted to leave Norman. The Crickets wanted to stay with him - and it ended up splitting up the band in October 1958. Sounds like John Fogerty's problems with Creedence and Saul Zaentz at Fantasy Records. Not justifying Norman - as he was definitely getting the upper hand in his dealings with Buddy. Welcome to the Music Industry.

And, of course, "The Buddy Holly Story" featuring Gary Busey as Buddy, omits any mention of Norman Petty and the Clovis studios. I had a private tour of the studios in 2009...what a incredible experience!

Bullshit, it was blackmail. And you are telling me stuff I knew before you were born@@nuwavedave

@@cirrus1964 I am sorry that I never got the chance to see Buddy Holly, and Liverpool in 1958 must have been quite a musical culture to be a part of. I will look for the book by John Goldersen as per your suggestion. I shared my reminiscence mostly because it remains very strong in my memory...it is really my only association with Buddy Holly. By the time I met Norman Petty at his studio the musical scene I was associated with had moved on from Buddy Holly and his era, though there was a good deal of local pride that he had an association with our state. The Fireballs continued to be very popular in our area for a long time into the sixties, and I associated them more with Norman than Buddy Holly. The session that we did spawned two singles, one of which is on youtube: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bat2n9xy1a7aenU.html I laugh now when I hear it, you must trust me that I improved a great deal over the course of my career. I was the singer on this cut, and primitive and over-cooked as it was, it had some regional exposure and propelled us to some touring with some of the A list bands of the time, Three Dog Night, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Five Americans, (Western Union,) The Music Machine, (Talk Talk,) and the earliest incarnation of Alice Cooper, a band called The Spiders. One of the aspects that I remember about Norman's studio was the fact that he would not allow you to use your own amps, keyboards or drumset, and everything was fastened to the floor. You could only use your instrument, none of your own effects, (there weren't many then,) and he would control every aspect of the sound. I was amazed that this recording was out there....Thanks for your reply to my comment, I hope all is well with you!

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Texas accent!

@@austinstratman1809 Wonderful to hear it too GOD BLESSED BUDDY HOLLY -

West Texas accent.

Panhandle accent...Lubbock or leave it!

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Often I wonder too!!

I thought he could maybe have started a line of designer eyewear. No telling what he would've done had he been given a few more decades of life.

@@TheBrooklynbodine Interesting thought on the designer eyewear. It's possible he might have influenced Hank B Marvin from The Shadows in that area.

He certainly influenced The Beatles.

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He took his incredible genius and went home. 😞

I’m so sorry to hear that. From interviews I’ve seen, both his brothers were class acts and true gentlemen

If you look up him and his group performing That'll be the Day and Peggy Sue, on the Ed Sullivan show in 1957, you might come across Ed having a quick Q&A chat with Buddy. Probably the only visual version there is of Holly speaking. Rest are just radio interviews.

@@commandingjudgedredd1841 That is true - - yes I have seen and heard it -

The Shoes

@@145inA "We could've been The Shoes for all you knew" . . . But, they became Beatles with an "A".

BUDDY HOLLY gone too soon - - Yes a life cut short here on earth - - BUT a life that will never die in HEAVEN !

yes none of them expected that to be their last flight. Great you mentioned the pilot

Yes a wonderful mention of all 4 men that passed away - @@alkitzman9179

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I know what you mean - - BUDDY and JOHNNY sound the same with their speaking voices - - both great TEXANS that we had here on earth - wow -

You are so right, The Crickets were and still are the greatest supergroup also being the teachers. Every one that followed were the pupils.

@@alanhodges8839 Do you know the definition of "supergroup?"

Had it not been for tragedy? You do know holly split from the crickets before the plane crash right

A supergroup is a band made up of musicians who were in successful bands previously. It really has nothing to do with the success of the group itself. Some supergroups are practically unknown. Bad Co. Humble Pie , Asia , The Firm , Temple of the Dog are a few which had success

@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 Correct.

That's what happens when you leave a group so early.

Perhaps a Creedence style group would've been implemented with hints of the stones in there especially since buddy strongly influenced their beginnings, or perhaps a less politically and or opinionated version of Lennon? I do know that Steve Marriott once pretended to be buddy holly as a young lad prior to the hard Rock groups so who knows, or maybe he would've progressed to be similar to Waylon Jennings with a Waylon and buddy album instead of Waylon and Willie?

He also would have likely been writing songs for others had he lived longer. Only a small few artists wrote their own music during his time.

With bob Dylan in front row 😆

he used to ride by our farmhouse on a motorcycle, he lived over in hibbing@@boombapdoom493

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Well I doubt he ever thought that considering he was 22 when he perished.

Certainly Elvis one of the greatest voices of all time, but he wasn’t near as talented as Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly innovated, he wrote songs, he played the lead, and he was the lead singer. Far far more talented than Elvis ever dreamed of. Don’t get me wrong, I love the music of Elvis Presley, but good looks and wonderful thing invoice cannot hold a candle to someone who is a great writer, an innovative musician, and also a wonderful singer.

100% he would’ve. Elvis was a fantastic musician imo (and one of the greats) but when I listen to Buddy I get the feeling he was taking the rock n roll sonic and almost single-handedly re-inventing it. In 2023 that guy makes me pick up my Fender because of his raw originality on that instrument. It’s still futuristic and being emulated today.

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Buddy didn't have the voice, looks, charisma that Elvis had. He didn't have the sex appeal.

I can't say any singular person would have been bigger than Elvis. However, as fast as influence, I'd say Buddy was more influential in song writing and the band concept.