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| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1= Mirror |first1= Record | date=21 March 1964 |title=Bobby Vee: ''I Remember Buddy Holly'' |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/64/Record-Mirror-1964-03-21-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=[[New Record Mirror]] |issue=121 |page=12|access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref>}}
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1= Mirror |first1= Record | date=21 March 1964 |title=Bobby Vee: ''I Remember Buddy Holly'' |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/64/Record-Mirror-1964-03-21-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=[[New Record Mirror]] |issue=121 |page=12|access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref>}}
'''''I Remember Bobby Vee''''' is the 11th studio album American singer [[Bobby Vee]], and was released in Decemeber 1963 by [[Liberty Records]].<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/8327767-Bobby-Vee-I-Remember-Buddy-Holly Bobby Vee, I Remember Buddy Holly] Discogs.com, Retrieved April 24, 2024.</ref> [[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
'''''I Remember Bobby Vee''''' is the 11th studio album American singer [[Bobby Vee]], and was released in Decemeber 1963 by [[Liberty Records]].<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/8327767-Bobby-Vee-I-Remember-Buddy-Holly Bobby Vee, I Remember Buddy Holly] Discogs.com, Retrieved April 24, 2024.</ref> [[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<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schuck |first=Raymond I. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ri4TR522ONQC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA17&dq=bobby+vee+plane+crash&hl=en |title=Do You Believe in Rock and Roll?: Essays on Don McLean's "American Pie" |last2=Schuck |first2=Ray |date=2012-10-06 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0036-9 |language=en}}</ref>


it featured a Collection of Holly's Greatest Hits. including [[Maybe Baby (song)|Maybe Baby]], [[That'll Be the Day]], [[Oh, Boy! (The Crickets song)|Oh, Boy!]], [[Everyday (Buddy Holly song)|Everyday]] (which he previously recorded & appeared on his 1960 album [[Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites]]) & others.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aquila |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=krH6EAAAQBAJ&dq=i+remember+buddy+holly+bobby+vee&pg=PA345 |title=That Old-Time Rock & Roll: A Chronicle of an Era, 1954-63 |date=1989 |publisher=Schirmer Books, Collier Macmillan Publishers |isbn=9-780252-069192 |location=New York, NY, London, UK |pages=345 |language=en}}</ref> and a song entitled "Buddy's Song" which Buddy wrote, but never recorded it.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reynolds |first=Robert |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Music_of_Bobby_Vee/ko6LDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=i%20remember%20buddy%20holly%20bobby%20vee&pg=PA61&printsec=frontcover |title=The Music Of Bobby Vee |date=2016-04-13 |publisher=[[Lulu.com]] |isbn=9781365054129 |pages=61}}</ref>
it featured a Collection of Holly's Greatest Hits. including [[Maybe Baby (song)|Maybe Baby]], [[That'll Be the Day]], [[Oh, Boy! (The Crickets song)|Oh, Boy!]], [[Everyday (Buddy Holly song)|Everyday]] (which he previously recorded & appeared on his 1960 album [[Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites]]) & others.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aquila |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=krH6EAAAQBAJ&dq=i+remember+buddy+holly+bobby+vee&pg=PA345 |title=That Old-Time Rock & Roll: A Chronicle of an Era, 1954-63 |date=1989 |publisher=Schirmer Books, Collier Macmillan Publishers |isbn=9-780252-069192 |location=New York, NY, London, UK |pages=345 |language=en}}</ref> and a song entitled "Buddy's Song" which Buddy wrote, but never recorded it.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reynolds |first=Robert |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Music_of_Bobby_Vee/ko6LDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=i%20remember%20buddy%20holly%20bobby%20vee&pg=PA61&printsec=frontcover |title=The Music Of Bobby Vee |date=2016-04-13 |publisher=[[Lulu.com]] |isbn=9781365054129 |pages=61}}</ref>

Revision as of 22:41, 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]

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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