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Buddy Holly Tribute

This Saturday`s Rock 'n' Roll Party includes a special Buddy Holly Tribute.

This Saturday`s Rock 'n' Roll Party includes a special Buddy Holly Tribute, marking the 80th anniversary of his birth. With a recording career of just a few short years before his death when only 23, Buddy Holly`s legacy and influence has been massive. Geoff has 'Buddy Holly. First & Last`. Playing his earliest rock n roll and rockabilly recordings before he was famous along with ALL of his final recordings, made on a home tape machine in his New York apartment, just weeks before the fateful plane crash. A Buddy Holly hour with a difference, with some rarely-heard tracks.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 3 Sep 201618:00
BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Jersey, BBC Radio Guernsey, BBC Radio Wiltshire & BBC Radio Cornwall

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Music Played

  • The Crickets

    Oh boy

  • The Crickets

    I`m gonna love you too

  • The Crickets

    Tell me how

  • Shakin’ Stevens

    Train of time

  • Jack Rabbit Slim

    Next time

  • Roommates

    Hushabye

  • Patsy Cline

    Ain`t no wheels on this ship

  • Otis Redding

    Hey hey baby

  • Rhet Stoller

    Chariot

  • Buddy Holly

    Don`t come back knockin`

  • Jack Huddle

    Starlight

  • Buddy Holly

    That`s what they say

  • Shakin’ Stevens

    The fire in her blood

  • The Retrobaits

    Guardian angel

  • The Heartbeats

    Stood Up

  • The Goons

    Bloodnok`s rock n roll call

  • Chuck Berry

    Almost Grown

  • Buddy Holly

    Holly Hop

  • Buddy Holly

    Baby let`s play house

  • Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery

    Down the line

  • Buddy Holly

    Baby won`t you come out tonight

  • Buddy Holly

    Love me

  • Buddy Holly

    I`m changing` all those changes

  • Buddy Holly

    Rock a bye rock

  • Buddy Holly

    It`s not my fault

  • Buddy Holly

    I guess I was just a fool

  • Buddy Holly

    Because I love you

  • Buddy Holly

    Ting a ling

  • Buddy Holly

    Rock around with Ollie Vee

  • Buddy Holly

    Modern Don Juan

  • Buddy Holly

    What to do

  • Buddy Holly

    Peggy Sue got married

  • Buddy Holly

    That makes it tough

  • Buddy Holly

    Crying waiting hoping

  • Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings & Slim Corbin

    You`re the one

  • Buddy Holly

    Wait `til the sun shines Nellie

  • Buddy Holly

    Slppin` & slidin`

  • Buddy Holly

    Learning the game

  • Buddy Holly

    Dearest

  • Buddy Holly

    Love is strange

  • Buddy Holly

    Smokey Joes café

Broadcasts

  • Sat 3 Sep 201618:00
    BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Jersey, BBC Radio Guernsey, BBC Radio Wiltshire & BBC Radio Cornwall
  • Sat 3 Sep 201618:05
    BBC Radio Gloucestershire
  • Sat 3 Sep 201618:30
    BBC Radio Bristol & BBC Radio Somerset