Buddy Holly Curse?
It’s vacation time. I’m going globe-trotting for the next couple of weeks. When I get back, I expect all of you Korean bloggers to have this silly blog block thing solved.
In the meantime, I present the following for your discussion:
Is the a curse surrounding Buddy Holly?
On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly (22 yrs old), Richie Valens (17 yrs old), and the Big Bopper (29 yrs old) died in a plane crash.
On February 3, 1967, Joe Meek, Buddy Holly’s British manager committed suicide
Eddie Cochran was supposed to be on the plane with Buddy Holly. On Easter Sunday 1960, Eddie was killed in a taxi crash. The last song he recorded was with The Crickets (Buddy Holly’s back up group). The Crickets were also in England at the time of the crash.
After Buddy Holly’s death, The Crickets got a new singer, Ronnie Smith, who hung himself. The next signer with The Crickets, David Box, eventually went solo and, in 1964 died in a plane crash at the age of 22, the same age Buddy Holly was when he died in a plane crash.
The Cricket’s next singer, Bobby Fuller was beaten to death in 1966. The last song he recorded before his death was written by Buddy Holly.
Marc Bolan, Guitarist for T-Rex was killed in a car crash in 1977. There was a pen with Buddy Holly’s name on it in the car.
In 1978, The Buddy Holly Story, staring Gary Busey as Buddy Holly hit the theaters. The screen writer committed suicide. Gary Busey bought a guitar owned by Buddy Holly and was shortly thereafter involved in a near fatal motorcycle accident.
On September 6, 1978, Who drummer, Keith Moon, saw Buddy Holly’s movie and stayed overnight at Harry Nilsson house. He overdosed on medication and died the next day, September 7, which is Buddy Holly’s birthday. (As an aside, he died in the same room that Mama Cass died in 4 years previously)
In 1979, Ricky Nelson died in a plan crash. The final song he played was about Buddy Holly. (As an aside, Nelson bought the plane from Jerry Lee Lewis, who sold it because he had a premonition that he would die in a crash on that plane)
On February 3, 1990, the anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, Del Shannon gave his last performance. He played with The Crickets in the same venue where Buddy Holly gave his last performance. Five days later, Del Shannon shot himself in the head.
On February 3, 2003, the anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, Phil Spector, Buddy Holly’s US producer, was arrested and charged with the bloody murder of actress Lana Clarkson.
To be continued???