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Posted By: David McDonald

Apparently the Intellectual Property Brigade has decimated what's available of live Buddy Holly on YouTube but I did find this:


Following is an audio demo tape of "Oh Donna" by Richie Valens which is a little different than the one I used to hear:


I was 8 years old and in the fourth grade when "the music died" so I wasn't quite yet a rock'n'roller but I recall hanging around on the sidewalk with worldly 12 year olds who would doo-wop the latest hits. I've been a fifties music junkie ever since.