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Originally Posted by cyclone3483
After seeing that poster, I think that one of my first questions to God (when I see Him) will be: Why wouldn't you take Dion (without the Belmonts) instead of Buddy Holly? Seems like a more logical choice to me, he could've left the best one behind for us to enjoy awhile longer.
Paul McCartney claimed that the first 40 songs the Beatles wrote were all heavily influenced by Buddy Holly.
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Lennon's biggest influence was Holly for sure. He idolized him greatly.
One of the saddest things about this tragedy was an unfortunate use of words by Waylon Jennings:
Richardson had developed a case of the flu during the tour and asked one of Holly's bandmates, Waylon Jennings, for his seat on the plane; Jennings agreed to give up the seat. When Holly learned that Jennings wasn't going to fly, he said, "Well, I hope your ol' bus freezes up." Jennings responded, "Well, I hope your ol' plane crashes." This exchange of words, though made in jest at the time, haunted Jennings for the rest of his life.