![]() ![]() When Buddy was performing all the dancers in their tuxs and gowns were in the background trying to sway to his rock and rolling, a very funny site indeed!!!! The show featured mostly couples dancing ballroom & waltz numbers. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOne of the strangest couplings in TV history was when Buddy Holly sang 'Peggy Sue' on the 'Arthur Murray Party' TV show in 1957.* The tour would last for twenty-five play dates, with two sets a night. at the time, they had three records on Billboard's Top 100 chart "Maybe Baby" at #27, "Peggy Sue" at #55, and "Oh! Boy" at #58. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 1st 1958, Buddy Holly and the Crickets began their first and only tour* of the United Kingdom their debut concert was at the Trocadero Club in London.Īnd back in the U.S.A.The theater had a seating capacity of 2,434 and sitting in one of those seats was a fourteen-year old lad from Dartford, Kent named Mick Jagger. * "Peggy Sue" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart on October 27th, 1957 at position #61 were all on Billboard's Top 100 chart back in the U.S.A. ![]() Her memoir, “Whatever Happened To Peggy Sue”, was published in 2008. Barry from Sauquoit, NyPeggy Sue* Gerron, whose name was used as the title of Buddy Holly’s 1957 hit, died Monday (October 1st, 2018) at a Lubbock, Texas hospital at the age of 78.Ĭrickets drummer Jerry Allison had asked Buddy to change the name of his song “Cindy Lou” because he wanted to impress Peggy, who he later married (they divorced in 1964).Anonymous from Los Angeles, CaThe museum stated Buddy refused to change the name of the song to Peggy Sue from Cindy Lou and made the drummer play the tune over and over to prove how much he wanted to change the song title.Seventhmist from 7th HeavenCoincidentally, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" was published just 3 months after this song was released, with the character of "Cindy Lou Who.". ![]()
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