benjamin1945 16,158 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Bobby Vee, gone,..................feel part of my youth gone too...........RIP Bobby..................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Very sad Benj, I loved his music. RIP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Made some great pop records. RIP Bobby. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Loved 'take good care of my baby' - just listened to it and it made me cry. He was 7 weeks younger than me and like Ben says .... feel part of my youth has gone. RIP Bobby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Something I hadn't previously realised about how Bobby Vee started his career. Vee's big break came about in 1959 at the age of 15 when he filled in for Buddy Holly after the singer's death in a plane crash. Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper were also killed in the accident in Iowa, along with the pilot, Roger Peterson. A call went out for local acts to replace Holly at his scheduled show at the Moorhead National Guard Armory. Vee and his band, which had only formed two weeks previously, volunteered. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted October 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Did'nt know that cliff-ton.............havent read up on him yet.............just remember all his great songs of the early 60s,...'run to him' 'take good care of my baby' 'the night has a thousand eyes' 'rubber ball' etc.............bought em all,and have great memories of people (mostly girls) and places i frequented at the time ,like the Bodega and Locarno. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Bobby Keyes the recently deceased Rolling Stones saxophonist learnt his chops on the same tour Cliff mentioned, shame all these artists are going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Lots of great songs for the impressionable teenager, loved them. RIP Bobby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Bobby Vee was from the same era as many other purveyors of good clean innocent pop. Johnny Tillotson, Bobby Rydell, Fabian , Paul Anka, Neil Sedaka and many others. Great times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Oh no! I wasn't much into adoring pop stars in my youth, went more for the song they sang than what they looked like. But, him and Gene Pitney I loved. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,729 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Sad news. RIP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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