Great Tragedy: Winter Dance Party 1959 Part / Var Great Tragedy: Winter Dance Party 1959 Part / Var CD

Our second release on commemoration of the tragic plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959. The second part of the 'Winter Dance Party' tour will be covered for the first time with this CD album. The promoters let the tour continue seamlessly! Dion & The Belmonts, Frankie Sardo and the Crickets (Buddy Hollys Band) from the original tour line-up stayed on board. Replacement for the casualties was quickly found: Frankie Avalon, Jimmy Clanton, Fabian, Robert Velline and his Shadows, and Bill Parsons filled the gaps. The new tour members were successful young teen idols, hardly the typical heavy rock 'n' rollers. Two more songs dedicated to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper complete this CD. The ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour that tragically took the lives of the immortal Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959 has been documented extensively ever since then, and Bear Family's recent 'The Great Tragedy - Winter Dance Party 1959' (Bear Family BCD17585) expertly covers that part of the story. But what of the aftermath? The tour continued on despite that tragedy for another week-and-a-half without so much as a day off. New performers were brought in for added star power, and a career was launched when teenager Robert Velline and his Shadows filled in that first fateful night (you know him better as Bobby Vee). This set continues the story where our first CD left off, spotlighting the survivors (Dion and The Belmonts, The Crickets, and Frankie Sardo) and the replacement stars (Frankie Avalon, Jimmy Clanton, Fabian, Vee, and Bill Parsons) along with two more tribute songs to the fallen triumvirate for good measure.

1. Winter Dance Party - the Story 2. Lee Davis - Three Young Men 3. Bobby Vee ; the Shadows - Flyin' High 4. The Big Bopper - Walking Through My Dreams 5. Tommy Dee with Carol Kay ; the Teen-Aires - Three Stars 6. Jimmy Clanton - You Aim to Please 7. Frankie Avalon - I'm Broke 8. Bobby Vee ; the Shadows - Suzie Baby 9. Frankie Sardo - No Love Like Mine 10. Ritchie Valens - That's My Little Suzie 11. The Big Bopper - Someone Watching Over You 12. Jimmy Clanton - That's You Baby 13. Dion ; the Belmonts - Don't Pity Me 14. Fabian - Steady Date 15. Frankie Avalon - Venus 16. Ronnie Smith - My Babe 17. Terry Lee ; the Poorboys - My Little Sue 18. Jimmy Clanton - Just a Dream 19. Frankie Avalon - Ginger Bread 20. Fabian - I'm in Love 21. Dion ; the Belmonts - Just You 22. Jimmy Clanton - a Part of Me 23. Frankie Avalon - Teacher's Pet 24. Fabian - I'm a Man 25. Terry Lee ; the Poorboys - Driftin' 26. Bill Parsons - the All American Boy 27. Frankie Avalon - I'll Wait for You 28. Waylon Jennings - Jole Blon 29. Buddy Holly - Raining in My Heart 30. Bill Parsons - Rubber Dolly 31. Frankie Avalon - You Excite Me 32. Frankie Sardo - Oh Linda 33. Buddy Holly - Early in the Morning 34. Jimmy Clanton - a Letter to An Angel