They love him they have remained loyal to him they keep his music alive they still play his music,” said Maria Elena. There are so many of them around the world, and they have kept him alive.
“Buddy has stayed relevant because of the fans. This song is included as a tribute to the friendship Phil Everly shared with Buddy and Maria Elena Holly. It was hoped that Phil would be a part of this special collection, but the artist passed away during the making of the project. Phil Everly was a close, personal friend of Buddy and Maria Elena.
“Walk Right Back” was written by Sonny Curtis and made a hit by The Everly Brothers. At the request of the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation, David Frizzell wrote “Maria Elena” for Buddy Holly’s widow, Maria Elena Holly, as a gift for her 80 th birthday. Two songs in the collection have a unique backstory. The tribute album is narrated by David Frizzell, who introduces each song and its comments on its significance to Buddy, his career and his remarkably lasting legacy. “Everyone involved felt that we were creating something very, very special.” Crafting this project in his honor has been a very moving experience,” Frizzell says. In between is woven a musical tale of the Buddy Holly legacy in song. One of the first songs that Buddy learned from his older brothers, although he never recorded it, was Scott Wiseman’s “Remember Me.” Merle starts off this great tribute with his version of “Remember Me.” Jimmy Fortune, Helen Cornelius and David Frizzell close out the collection with their version of the same tune. While Buddy has been cited as “the single most influential creative force in early Rock and Roll,” his roots and earliest influences were bluegrass and country music with artists like Hank Snow and Lefty Frizzell. Graham Brown a member of multiple Halls of Fame, multi-award winning singer/songwriter Sonny Curtis and the legendary, Grammy award winner Merle Haggard. Incidentally, this project is concurrent with the 50 th year milestone in country music for Haggard. Joining Frizzell for this impressive 21-track collection are six country music icons: “Grand Ladies of Country Music” singer, Helen Cornelius GMA (Gospel Music Association) and CMA (Country Music Association) Hall of Famer Jimmy Fortune CMA award winner T. The album is a benefit for the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation, a charitable organization focused on musical education and co-founded by Buddy’s widow, Maria Elena Holly. The musical collection includes a DVD on the making of the project. 7, 2014, (on what would have been Holly’s 78 th birthday). Now, Country Music star David Frizzell has gathered a cadre of music’s elite for a very special homage to Buddy Holly with The Buddy Holly Country Tribute: Remember Me, set for release on Sept. Although he only played rock and roll for a few years, the breadth of material Holly recorded made an enormous, lasting impression on popular music. In recent years, Holly has been honored with a six-disc career retrospective, a pair of best-selling tribute albums, and two Grammy nominations for works inspired or created by the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. The indelible legacy of Buddy Holly continues to touch fans and has inspired decades of artists across multiple genres. (Nashville, TN) - Country Music legend David Frizzell, along with The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation, is pleased to announce the upcoming release of a special musical collection, The Buddy Holly Country Tribute: Remember Me. The Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock pays tribute to the singer, musician and songwriter described as "Lubbock's most famous native son.David Frizzell, on behalf of the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation, announces the release of 21-track collection
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A 1986 movie called Peggy Sue Got Married featured actress Kathleen Turner as a character also named Peggy Sue who faints during her 25th high school reunion, then believes she's gone back in time and reconsiders how her life turned out. (The Big Bopper) Richardson.Ī 1978 movie, The Buddy Holly Story, featured Gary Busey in the title role. 3, 1959, plane crash in Iowa that also killed Ritchie Valens and J.P. Holly wrote several other popular songs, including That'll Be The Day and Maybe Baby. He also penned the song-sequel Peggy Sue Got Married. "It was originally going to be Cindy Lou and that he wanted to impress Peggy Sue so he got Buddy to change the name." Her son-in-law, Tom Stathos, on Monday reminisced and told KCBD-TV in Lubbock that the song Peggy Sue initially had a different name. She married drummer Jerry Allison, from Holly's rock `n' roll band The Crickets.
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