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Cat. No. BCD 17585: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ THE GREAT TRAGEDY - WINTER DANCE PARTY 1959. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17585. (IMPORT).

Cat. No. BCD 17585: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ THE GREAT TRAGEDY - WINTER DANCE PARTY 1959. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17585. (IMPORT).

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FEBRUARY 3, 1959 IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS “THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED”. THE DEATHS OF BUDDY HOLLY, BIG BOPPER AND RITCHIE VALENS IN A PLANE CRASH HAS GONE DOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC EVENTS IN MUSIC HISTORY. THIS SPECIAL TRIBUTE RELEASE FROM BEAR FAMILY CONTAINS RECORDINGS BY THOSE ARTISTS AND OTHERS FEATURING IN THE "WINTER DANCE PARTY" TOUR ALONG WITH RADIO PROMOS FOR THE SHOW, NEWS REPORTS ABOUT THE CRASH, RADIO INTERVIEWS WITH BUDDY HOLLY AS WELL AS TRIBUTE SONGS FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY. MANY HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE BEFORE BUT NOT ALL IN THE ONE PLACE. PERHAPS A LITTLE MORBID BUT OTHERWISE AN EXCELLENT RELEASE NONETHELESS FROM BEAR FAMILY *****

TRACK LISTING: The Big Bopper – “Winter Dance Party” Radio Promo / Chantilly Lace / Buddy Holly – “Winter Dance Party” Radio Promo / Heartbeat / Ritchie Valens – “Winter Dance Party” Promo / La Bamba / The Crickets – Maybe Baby / Frankie Sardo – Class Room / Dion & The Belmonts – I Can’t Go On (Rosalie) / Buddy Holly – Alan Freed Radio Show Part 1 (incl. “I’m Gonna Love You Too”) / The Big Bopper – Little Red Riding Hood / Arvee Allens (Ritchie Valens) – Fast Freight / Buddy Holly – Interviewed by Alan Freed / It’s So Easy / Debbie Stevens – If You Can’t Rock Me / The Big Bopper – Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me) / Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue / Dion & The Belmonts – I Wonder Why / Buddy Holly – Alan Freed Radio Show Part 2 (incl. “Listen To Me”) / Ritchie Valens – Donna Commercial / Donna / Buddy Holly & The Three Tunes – Ting-A-Ling / Frankie Sardo – Fake Out / The Big Bopper – Big Bopper’s Wedding / Ritchie Valens – Come On Let’s Go / Buddy Holly – Well…All Right / Arvee Allens (Ritchie Valens) – Big Baby Blues / The Big Bopper – A Teen-Age Moon / Waylon Jennings – When Sin Stops / Dion & The Belmonts – No One Knows / Newscast – Plane Crash Report #1 Feb. 3, 1959 / Buddy Holly – It Doesn’t Matter Anymore / Eddie Cochran – Three Stars / Dion & The Belmonts – Teen Angel / Newscast – Plane Crash Report #3 Feb. 3, 1959 / Hershel Almond – The Great Tragedy / Ray Campi – The Ballad Of Donna And Peggy Sue / Newscast – Plane Crash Report #1 Feb. 3, 1959 / The Crickets – That’ll Be The Day / Benny Barnes – Gold Records In The Snow.

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