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Subject: Re: Buddy Holly and The Beatles were not the first


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Mulligan
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Date Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 11:03:46
In reply to: Darren Mullins 's message, "Re: Buddy Holly and The Beatles were not the first" on Tue May 14, 2019 23:59:22

Darren, you make good points about Holly's songwriting talent.

But you start out by saying Carl Perkins, Bo Diddley and Little Richard didn't have many hits with their original songs. And then you go on to say it doesn't matter that many of Holly's songs weren't hits. It almost seems like your second paragraph contradicts your first.

Certainly, if some of Little Richard's, Carl Perkins's and others compositions were not hits, that should also not disqualify them, the way it doesn't disqualify Holly.

I personally believe Holly's songwriting was more inventive and less formulaic than most of his contemporaries. So I'm not sure if it's a matter of who did it first, but instead who did it better.


I agree with Austin that some of the claims I've seen in the rock press are often exaggerated. Like "He was the first rocker to wear glasses!" which ignores Bo Diddley. Or "He was the first rocker with his own self-contained band!" which ignores Elvis with Scotty Moore and Bill Black.

I saw this in the '70s more often with British journalists who were unfamiliar with
the American music that had preceded Buddy & The Crickets. I remember one British biographer who was amazed that a rocker let out a yell before the guitar solo. He was convinced nothing like that had ever happened in the history of recorded music.

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Re: Buddy Holly and The Beatles were not the firstDarren MullinsSat May 18, 2019 06:12:37


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