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South Pasadena Review called it "wonderful tribute" and stated that "He had wanted to make an album in tribute to Buddy for some time and finally has gotten around.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1964-01-01 |title=South Pasadena Review from South Pasadena, California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/607241294/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
South Pasadena Review called it "wonderful tribute" and stated that "He had wanted to make an album in tribute to Buddy for some time and finally has gotten around.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1964-01-01 |title=South Pasadena Review from South Pasadena, California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/607241294/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Track listing ==

=== Side one ===
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| title1 = [[Goodnight, Irene]]
| length1 = 2:14
| writer1 = [[Lead Belly]]
| extra1 = [[Bobby Vee]] and [[the Ventures]]
| title2 = [[Walk Right Back]]
| length2 = 2:51
| writer2 = [[Sonny Curtis]]
| extra2 = Bobby Vee and the Ventures
| title3 = Linda Lu
| length3 = 2:42
| writer3 = [[Ray Sharpe]]
| extra3 = Bobby Vee and the Ventures
| title4 = [[Caravan (Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington song)|Caravan]]
| length4 = 2:47
| writer4 = {{hlist|[[Juan Tizol]]|[[Duke Ellington]]|[[Irving Mills]]}}
| extra4 = The Ventures
| title5 = What Else Is New
| length5 = 2:21
| writer5 = [[Bobby Vee|Robert Thomas Velline]]
| extra5 = Bobby Vee and the Ventures
| title6 = [[Candy Man (Roy Orbison song)|Candy Man]]
| length6 = 3:32
| writer6 = {{hlist|[[Beverly Ross]]|[[Fred Neil]]}}
| extra6 = Bobby Vee and the Ventures
}}

=== Side two ===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| title1 = This Is Where Friendship Ends
| length1 = 1:50
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Snuff Garrett|Thomas Lesslie Garrett]]|[[Bobby Vee|Robert Thomas Velline]]}}
| extra1 = [[Bobby Vee]] and [[the Ventures]]
| title2 = [[Honeycomb (song)|Honeycomb]]
| length2 = 2:21
| writer2 = [[Bob Merrill]]
| extra2 = Bobby Vee and the Ventures
| title3 = [[Pretty Girls Everywhere]]
| length3 = 2:05
| writer3 = {{hlist|[[Eugene Church]]|Thomas Williams}}
| extra3 = Bobby Vee and the Ventures
| title4 = Wild Night
| length4 = 2:16
| writer4 = {{hlist|[[Don Wilson (musician)|Don Wilson]]|[[Mel Taylor]]|[[Nokie Edwards]]|[[Bob Bogle]]}}
| extra4 = The Ventures
| title5 = [[I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter]]
| length5 = 2:14
| writer5 = {{hlist|[[Fred E. Ahlert]]|[[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]]}}
| extra5 = Bobby Vee and the Ventures
| title6 = If I'm Right Or Wrong
| length6 = 2:23
| writer6 = {{hlist|[[Jackie DeShannon]]|[[Sharon Sheeley]]}}
| extra6 = Bobby Vee and the Ventures
}}


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 22:42, 25 April 2024

I Remember Buddy Holly
Studio album by
Bobby Vee
ReleasedDecember 1963
GenreRock and roll
Length25:35
LabelLiberty
ProducerSnuff Garrett
Bobby Vee chronology
Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures
(1963) 		I Remember Buddy Holly
(1963) 		The New Sound From England!
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
New Record Mirror[2]

I Remember Bobby Vee is the 11th studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in Decemeber 1963 by Liberty Records.[3] Ernie Freeman arranged the album, while Snuff Garrett produced it. It is a tribute album to the songs of Rock and roll, & Rockabilly singer Buddy Holly, whom Vee listed among his influences. (who was killed along with Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, & pilot Roger Peterson when their plane they were in crash in Iowa on Febuary 3, 1959 on their way to Fargo, North Dakota, Vee was selected to replace Holly on the tour that night and continued after the plane crash. which led to the launch of his recording career resulted of it[4]

it featured a Collection of Holly's Greatest Hits. including Maybe Baby, That'll Be the Day, Oh, Boy!, Everyday (which he previously recorded & appeared on his 1960 album Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites) & others.[5] and a song entitled "Buddy's Song" which Buddy wrote, but never recorded it.[6]

The album peaked at no. 54 on the failed to chart on the Cashbox albums chart.[7]

Reception

Bruce Eder of AllMusic called it "inevitable development", and stated that the album is "Vee's underrated vocal ability and Garrett's killer production work, which successfully encompasses pop/rock, rockabilly, straight-ahead rock & roll, and some surprisingly sophisticated balladry"[8]

Billboard proves "[Vee] salute to late great holly, by giving his own treatments with an assit from the Eligibles.[9]

Cashbox gave a positive review, called it "successful Holly manner" saying that his tribute to the late Buddy Holly with these twelve favorites.[10]

The New Record Mirror mentioned that "his tribute to Buddy in the only possible way - by recording an album of his great songs.[11]

South Pasadena Review called it "wonderful tribute" and stated that "He had wanted to make an album in tribute to Buddy for some time and finally has gotten around.[12]

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Goodnight, Irene"Lead BellyBobby Vee and the Ventures2:14
2."Walk Right Back"Sonny CurtisBobby Vee and the Ventures2:51
3."Linda Lu"Ray SharpeBobby Vee and the Ventures2:42
4."Caravan"
The Ventures2:47
5."What Else Is New"Robert Thomas VellineBobby Vee and the Ventures2:21
6."Candy Man"
Bobby Vee and the Ventures3:32

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."This Is Where Friendship Ends"
Bobby Vee and the Ventures1:50
2."Honeycomb"Bob MerrillBobby Vee and the Ventures2:21
3."Pretty Girls Everywhere"
Bobby Vee and the Ventures2:05
4."Wild Night"
The Ventures2:16
5."I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"
Bobby Vee and the Ventures2:14
6."If I'm Right Or Wrong"
Bobby Vee and the Ventures2:23

References

  1. ^ ""I Remember Buddy Holly" - Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. ^ Mirror, Record (21 March 1964). "Bobby Vee: I Remember Buddy Holly" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 121. p. 12. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ Bobby Vee, I Remember Buddy Holly Discogs.com, Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Schuck, Raymond I.; Schuck, Ray (2012-10-06). Do You Believe in Rock and Roll?: Essays on Don McLean's "American Pie". McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0036-9.
  5. ^ Aquila, Richard (1989). That Old-Time Rock & Roll: A Chronicle of an Era, 1954-63. New York, NY, London, UK: Schirmer Books, Collier Macmillan Publishers. p. 345. ISBN 9-780252-069192.
  6. ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-13). The Music Of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 61. ISBN 9781365054129.
  7. ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-13). The Music Of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 62. ISBN 9781365054129.
  8. ^ ""I Remember Buddy Holly" - Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  9. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1963-12-21. p. 25.
  10. ^ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1963-12-21. p. 22.
  11. ^ Bobby Vee - I Remember Buddy Holly Review (PDF). Record Mirror. 1964-03-21. p. 12.
  12. ^ "South Pasadena Review from South Pasadena, California". Newspapers.com. 1964-01-01. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
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