Holly and good friend Jack Neal appeared on a local television talent show as “Buddy and Jack” in 1952. Neal soon left the duo and was replaced by another Holly friend, Bob Montgomery. “Buddy and Bob” became regular performers on The ...
I Stole $16,000,000 — A true story by cracksman Herbert E. Wilson. The Black Dark Murders — Vintage 50s college murder yarn by Milt Ozaki, writing as Robert O. Saber. Sex Slave — Potboiler of lust in the days of Cleopatra — Dion Leclerq ...
'An extraordinary book by an extraordinary man' Ken Loach Tony Garnett's story begins in working-class, war-torn Birmingham where he movingly describes the trauma of his mother's death following a back-street abortion.
The Day the Music Died—May 12, 1969 Martin Lamble It was on May 27, 1967, that sixteen—year—old Martin Lamble sat in the audience of a church hall in London to watch a band known as Fairport Convention. After the concert, Martin had the ...
The story of the last tour of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Richie Valensâ and the fatal air crash that took their lives. Drawing on new documentary information, the author provides new facts about "the day the music died.
Chronicles the events prior to the plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, J.P. Richardson, and Ritche Valens on February 3, 1959
On February 3, 1959, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly boarded a small plane bound for rock 'n' roll heaven. This is their story, told by the family members, bandmates, and witnesses who lived it.
In 1950s Iowa, a murder-suicide forces a lawyer to put aside his rock-and-roll grief Sam McCain loves Buddy Holly because he’s the only rock-and-roll star who still seems like a dweeb, and Sam knows how that feels.
The night of February 3, 1959, the headliners of the "Winter Dance Party Tour" - Buddy Holly, the "Big Bopper" (J.P. Richardson), and new Latino star Ritchie Valens - boarded...
The Day the Music Died: A Novel
Readers are about to unearth these stories as author Les MacDonald brings nostalgia to every bookshelf with The Day the Music Died, his newly released book published through Xlibris.
"1959, brought bad news for Sam McCain, rock and roll fan.
Al Pennyback is hired to be a bodyguard to an up and coming young singer, Cindy Caton, who is also receiving death threats via email.
Chronicles the private lives and public careers of the people of the pop music industry--from the formerly dirt-poor supersalesman to the arrogant rock idol and the self-destructive chanteuse
The Day the Music Died