First White rock performers on the Apollo stage. The owner booked them "Sight Unseen". Thought they were Black. At first two nights they were booed, audiences thought they were getting R&B. Third night they were loved.
I love clips like this . It shows no matter how different we as a human race can be that we can always always come together over the language of music.
I remember Frankie valens too. This was wild. Times mamas raised them to be fine men. Then they died would we have had Woodstock if had lived. Buddy hollie was king not elvis
WOW Buddy Holly & The Crickets LIVE at The Apollo Theater in Harlem New York!!!!!! The very first white group ta perform at The Apollo Buddy & The Crickets were a historical sensation black folks were 💃 dancin & singin in the Isles ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!!! I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!!!
I can just imagine how much more of an impact Buddy Holly would of had if he lived thru the 60-90s he was just different my favorite 50s musician this is amazing
My father saw Buddy Holly and the Crickets at the Montréal Forum 1957... With Fats Domino,The Everly Bro, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry... He always said, Buddy Holly stole the show... Big Hug From Montréal !
Loved Buddy Holly since I can remember but I did not know he played in the Apollo for the first time ever as a white person and I am very proud for that I'm very proud he stood up for equality in our races that mean absolutely nothing to some of us white people we have no animosity toward any color and I know there are black people that have no animosity toward any color and that's what I love about America we are all people and we have got to break the barriers and I think Buddy Holly started it out amen God bless you may you rest in peace Buddy Holly
This was a good thing that this happened the song set them off to the edge the audience loved it and a 69 dislikes don't know music this was just beautiful everybody together you'll never see nothing like this again
I've followed Buddy's music since 1981, and it seems to have the magic that so many are missing in today's music. I listen to other performers, but I always come back to Buddy Holly. I wonder how far he would have gone, had he not died, 18 months is just too short of time we had to see and hear his wonderful music.
In this part of the video I have watched this several times yet I never made a comment but now that I think about it I remember years ago when I lived at 126th and 1st Avenue that I walked to a big building to the DEPT OF LABOR doing my job search and I very close to the Apollo and across the street was a music shop but in this video buddy introduced America to ROCK AND ROLL when the BEATLES came out and it's known as the BRITISH INVASION as I was very young maybe 9 or 10 and watching TV but my brothers were 10 years older than me and my twin brother and we would play LPS in the living room and I never forgot it
Every time I see this clip it shows how talented Buddy Holly was, he was liked by many different people, as well as how he could do anything, rock, country, and beautiful love songs. Many back then weren't able to do but one style, he was all over the board
@@BaByLaStrAnGe I'd like to see the movie this is from. The clip from the Buddy Holly Story with Gary Busey is different from this and has different songs...its anyone's guess it seems how it really was. Does Anyone really know? Can you tell Words of Love is a Beatle song? Can't mistake that Beatle harmony. Lol
This is my first time seeing him perform. I guess I'm about what his age would be, 79, maybe he was a little older. He was great and could he play that guitar! Rip Buddy, you didn't get to see how much we loved your music!
I watched the history of the Apollo theater a few days ago on HBO and it's a great shame that there's not much more video footage from this era. In some cases there's more footage of these stars from the time when they travelled to Europe than the US. Otis Redding in uk on Ready steady go. Sonny Boy Williamson at the BBC & the American Folk Blues Festival in German, tapes that were lost for years. SVT Sweden has Eartha Kitt & the list goes on. I love the clip of Jamaican group Culture singing Natty Dread Taking over on French or maybe Italian tv.
@@Eyes-of-Horus what killed him was the fact that touring was so lucrative. that's why he was on that winter tour in iowa. he loved to produce and write because that's where his talent lay but the money at that time was in touring. the rolling stones still tour because that's where the money is
I will never forget that day at lunch south park high bflo NY had my portable radio heard it on an emergency newsbreakalong with 400 other sets of crying eyes😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Just listening makes the hair on my arms and legs stand on end. It is like I was there back then...much better than the Gary Busey rendition of the performance.
Love you brother Dixon abd sister Rose. I’m all alone but I want to make attempt to drive to one of your meetings I was hoping you would have one in your town God bless you sister Penny new Smyrna Beach Florida
I still remember in 59’ I was in the second grade living just south of Lubbock and my mom said those boys playing with that Holley boy got killed lat night….😥
He influenced the Beatles and a lot of other Brit bands. When the guys wanted to come up with a name for the band they wanted something like The Crickets. So they settled on The Beatles combining the idea of the insect and music. Hence the BEATles.
I adore the host! he is doing such an amazing job helping the band win over the audience. I bet he did that for so many others... anyone know his story?
This is a play you dopey knucklehead. Not the actual 1957 event. The comedian in question wasn't real. That is to say, the real host was not a comedian
He was originally blinded storming Omaha beach on D day then he learned how to play the piano and wrote and sang famous songs like Hit the road jack,and The Mess Around. He became addicted to Heroin and died in the plane that hit the North Tower while battling terrorists that took over the plane in,the name of Islam
That was a clip from the Apollo Theater and it is Buddy and the Crickets for real.from just a short time before him and the Big Bopper,and Richie Valens died in a plane crash in Clear Lake ,Iowa. Feb,3,1959
See, the thing is, this never happened This is Hollywood doing what Hollywood does For the first two nights, they were literally booed off the stage That's how it actually went down, not some feel-good fairytale
@@stevepaul6955 Nope hes is not Gary Busey tho Busy has played Holly but this man is Gus McGreger or some like that. I goggled it 2 months ago, Thanks for the reply
OMG ! Lol he was about to walk off after the first song! This was a moment in history! First white act on that stage! That had to be the first time for black style horns!! A Jam !! A 1,000 times better than the movie!! The guy who booked them thought they were black & they didn’t know the Apallo ! It was only named “Buddy Holly” but when they recorded the demo tape ( in a garage) crickets were in the background. The promoter told the guy “it’s the Buddy Holly guy with the crickets ( in the background- talking about the demo- promo guy booked it & wrote it down and that’s the history of the band’s full name, accidental.
A lot of people don’t realize what a monumental performance that this was during its time and place.
Buddy ahead of his time !
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First White rock performers on the Apollo stage.
The owner booked them "Sight Unseen". Thought they were Black.
At first two nights they were booed, audiences thought they were getting R&B. Third night they were loved.
Wow. The man was SO ahead of his time. Forget color. The people in this room were connected through music.
Ec, lightyears ahead of his time!
We owe him a very large thank you.
I love clips like this . It shows no matter how different we as a human race can be that we can always always come together over the language of music.
Early days I remember the plane crash and news casters talk tragic over Texas I am 67
I remember Frankie valens too. This was wild. Times mamas raised them to be fine men. Then they died would we have had Woodstock if had lived. Buddy hollie was king not elvis
Jerry lee Lewis would have Ben second e voice from god
WOW Buddy Holly & The Crickets LIVE at The Apollo Theater in Harlem New York!!!!!! The very first white group ta perform at The Apollo Buddy & The Crickets were a historical sensation black folks were 💃 dancin & singin in the Isles ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!!! I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!!!
I like it too but that ain't Buddy OR Gary.
Buddy Holly was the first Rapper.
I can just imagine how much more of an impact Buddy Holly would of had if he lived thru the 60-90s he was just different my favorite 50s musician this is amazing
God Bless. Buddy Holly
Ralph Gean. Always A Fan😂
He brought the people Together ❤🎹
Love and Mercy !!
They woulda assassinated him too... Just like king, then blamed somebody else.
My father saw Buddy Holly and the Crickets at the Montréal Forum 1957... With Fats Domino,The Everly Bro, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry... He always said, Buddy Holly stole the show... Big Hug From Montréal !
French, English, Buddy's music. Language at a beautiful crossroads 👍
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 snack franchement ❤
Thank you very much for this vote please keep the song and the words as. Is. .
Loved Buddy Holly since I can remember but I did not know he played in the Apollo for the first time ever as a white person and I am very proud for that I'm very proud he stood up for equality in our races that mean absolutely nothing to some of us white people we have no animosity toward any color and I know there are black people that have no animosity toward any color and that's what I love about America we are all people and we have got to break the barriers and I think Buddy Holly started it out amen God bless you may you rest in peace Buddy Holly
This was a good thing that this happened the song set them off to the edge the audience loved it and a 69 dislikes don't know music this was just beautiful everybody together you'll never see nothing like this again
Unless the PLAY goes off broadway
I've followed Buddy's music since 1981, and it seems to have the magic that so many are missing in today's music. I listen to other performers, but I always come back to Buddy Holly.
I wonder how far he would have gone, had he not died, 18 months is just too short of time we had to see and hear his wonderful music.
We still do it and it goes on. A special kind of career. Endless, thats a good story somehow.
In this part of the video I have watched this several times yet I never made a comment but now that I think about it I remember years ago when I lived at 126th and 1st Avenue that I walked to a big building to the DEPT OF LABOR doing my job search and I very close to the Apollo and across the street was a music shop but in this video buddy introduced America to ROCK AND ROLL when the BEATLES came out and it's known as the BRITISH INVASION as I was very young maybe 9 or 10 and watching TV but my brothers were 10 years older than me and my twin brother and we would play LPS in the living room and I never forgot it
Just love this it brings lots of memories back. I’m the last of our gang. I just turned 80
Hope you are well.
Live long and prosper!
bless you I love him too x
Hate I missed it!
Yes Janet let us keep watching make happy
I was 17 I saw the headline in a old newspaper, I still recall the deep shock and sadness, thankyou for some great music guys!
L'un des rois du rock, trop tôt disparu
I've just realized that I have always loved Elvis Presley...but Buddy Holly you are my real favourite...I love you both ❤❤
Every time I see this clip it shows how talented Buddy Holly was, he was liked by many different people, as well as how he could do anything, rock, country, and beautiful love songs. Many back then weren't able to do but one style, he was all over the board
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This is from a Movie..lol
@@BaByLaStrAnGe I'd like to see the movie this is from. The clip from the Buddy Holly Story with Gary Busey is different from this and has different songs...its anyone's guess it seems how it really was. Does Anyone really know? Can you tell Words of Love is a Beatle song? Can't mistake that Beatle harmony. Lol
@@kln58cub this is the musical
I know. It was amazing how they had all the latest technology film equipment set up in the Apollo not even knowing it was a historical event
Looks like he was shocked to to get such an applause, he was ready to leave after one song
I love Buddy Holly's music I was 11 years old when died I was living in Des Moines Iowa and I know where Clear lake Iowa is
I’ve visited the Apollo Theatre, and it says a lot for Buddy to be welcomed in Harlem. This was before The Sandman, y’all.
Who’s the sandman?
😮😊😊😊😅😊😊😊@@dinodog23
Music brings all races together and he proved that.
This is my first time seeing him perform. I guess I'm about what his age would be, 79, maybe he was a little older. He was great and could he play that guitar! Rip Buddy, you didn't get to see how much we loved your music!
This was from a movie about him.
What a original ROCKER he definitely one of the father of rock
Mr. B. Here ! 👀😎👍🎤🎸🥁🎷🎺🎼🎶🎵🍸🍺🍸🍺🎸🎸🎸🎼🎼🎼🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵
Top 1 für mich in Deutschland bin 65 Jahre der beste oldi der Welt ❤❤❤❤❤
Buddy Holly was a head of his time I will lesson to his music as long as I can hear he was the best
Jp, lightyears ahead!
His music still stands the test of time long after his death one of the best RIP Buddy Holly
There is a lot of people talking about how good of a artist's buddy holly is, and I agree but I'm just here because of my guitar teacher.
He leftt us too early, so sad! Anita Jackson, SA
All the best , I hope to hear from you when your 90 , great music
I watched the history of the Apollo theater a few days ago on HBO and it's a great shame that there's not much more video footage from this era. In some cases there's more footage of these stars from the time when they travelled to Europe than the US. Otis Redding in uk on Ready steady go. Sonny Boy Williamson at the BBC & the
American Folk Blues Festival in German, tapes that were lost for years. SVT Sweden has Eartha Kitt & the list goes on. I love the clip of Jamaican group Culture singing Natty Dread Taking over on French or maybe Italian tv.
The King , Buddy Holly, long live the King!
Good singer with great melody in the background, works across all music
Good stuff RIP to everyone in the plane crash.
I'm just glad that he can inspire us. Thankfully there are some of you out there.
I love Buddy Holly.
Very fine performance and the singer sounds almost exactly like Buddy, but I prefer the scene from the movie with Gary Busey. Rave On was a killer.
Who is this singer and where did this clip come from?
Buddy holly had the best music
hankus253 his name is Gus Mcgregor
@@hankus253 gary busey is singing and the movie is the Buddy Holly Story
we only had a little while with buddy holly, i wonder how big he would have been with a full career.
He was moving away from performing and into production.
@@Eyes-of-Horus what killed him was the fact that touring was so lucrative. that's why he was on that winter tour in iowa. he loved to produce and write because that's where his talent lay but the money at that time was in touring. the rolling stones still tour because that's where the money is
Now that's Buddy Holly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT'S FOR SURE THE REAL BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS!!!!!
Ummmmm
Gary busey played buddy Holly so well 😎😎
"If it aint, yo dead"😆Its way cool when they go to run off stage but come bck to applause.
Man Steve O can sing 😎
Big fan of Buddy !
I will never forget that day at lunch south park high bflo NY had my portable radio heard it on an emergency newsbreakalong with 400 other sets of crying eyes😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
🎉🎉🎉❤just phenomenal. My toes are taking unknown contours on the floor. 67 and am sure am 20.
Buddy Holly was my favorite back then but also believe Richie Valens would have been great also at 17 yrs old he was also an amazing talent.
Buddy was such a great performer and little did he know how influential his music would become.
He did a good job
ABSOLUTELY!!!!
I Love the hype man! What an intro!
Just listening makes the hair on my arms and legs stand on end. It is like I was there back then...much better than the Gary Busey rendition of the performance.
Love you brother Dixon abd sister Rose. I’m all alone but I want to make attempt to drive to one of your meetings I was hoping you would have one in your town God bless you sister Penny new Smyrna Beach Florida
This was just amazing history made
I still remember in 59’ I was in the second grade living just south of Lubbock and my mom said those boys playing with that Holley boy got killed lat night….😥
I lived in Lubbock in 1959 and was in 3rd grade. My sister who was a young teen really was hurt because she was a Buddy Holly fan.
Theses movies are in perfect state 👍💙
Always was curious how the original performance went down
He made music popular way before the Beatles.
He influenced the Beatles and a lot of other Brit bands. When the guys wanted to come up with a name for the band they wanted something like The Crickets. So they settled on The Beatles combining the idea of the insect and music. Hence the BEATles.
I adore the host! he is doing such an amazing job helping the band win over the audience. I bet he did that for so many others... anyone know his story?
This is a play you dopey knucklehead. Not the actual 1957 event. The comedian in question wasn't real. That is to say, the real host was not a comedian
@james Jameson you must be from buddy's era
HELLO… this isn’t real
Y'all tripping for what get a life
He was originally blinded storming Omaha beach on D day then he learned how to play the piano and wrote and sang famous songs like Hit the road jack,and The Mess Around. He became addicted to Heroin and died in the plane that hit the North Tower while battling terrorists that took over the plane in,the name of Islam
He wasn’t different. He was perfect…
Gimme a break.
Their music was enough.
Since his untimely death how many of his songs have been covered? A ton.
and bands formed too. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan were all big fans of Holly.
I love how this is the real footage from his original Apollo performance. This was no play. It wasn't a boating accident either
Huh?
It been said that we all don't see eye 2 eye...but it's a different story, when it comes 2 the ear. 🇺🇸🕵
What is this??? It's great! Is it original? Recreation? Wishful idea? I have no idea???
The Real Pioneer of Early Rock and Roll
Definitely Rock-a- billy.
Can you please tell me who played Buddy Holly in this clip. He is fantastic.
That was a clip from the Apollo Theater and it is Buddy and the Crickets for real.from just a short time before him and the Big Bopper,and Richie Valens died in a plane crash in Clear Lake ,Iowa. Feb,3,1959
@@donaldk.macbaird5248Its not Buddy and the Crickets.
Gus MacGregor is playing the part of Buddy Holly here.
Everyone was so well dressed unlike today. Guess everything was made in the USA, unlike today.
If only. My life ve of music is beyond ... WOW
Would have liked to see "Rave On!"
My favorite of Buddy's.
@@davidrichter9164"yeah we're rolling".... True loves ways.... Pitch perfect!
Awesome
Angus was the best performer as Buddy Holly. I love tha t Guy but now he play other music an I miss the power and joy
Love it o😊
That was not "The Buddy Holly Story". Gary Busey played Buddy Holly in that film.
Yeah, Busey didn't do a really good Buddy Holly and the movie was off in a lot of ways.
I'm from texas.YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAA!!!! l
1:33 was he performing on Halloween?
Buddy Holley was a major influence on the Beatles.
Lovve!
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Buddy Holly and the Crikets 😮🙋
He would have given the Beatles and Elvis a run for there money
Dylan too, i put him up there with dylan as a songwriter.
Dam he was good.
NOBODY CAN SING LIKE BUDDY HOLLY.ESPECIALLY THIS GUY
Is this from the touring production? Cause that ain't Buddy OR Gary
He looks like Steve-o
Dayum!!
See, the thing is, this never happened
This is Hollywood doing what Hollywood does
For the first two nights, they were literally booed off the stage
That's how it actually went down, not some feel-good fairytale
Wheres this from? This isnt the Gary Busey movie
Who is the man playing Buddy, I think he is awesome singer himself, hope someone knows please
Gary Busey.
@@stevepaul6955 Nope hes is not Gary Busey tho Busy has played Holly but this man is Gus McGreger or some like that. I goggled it 2 months ago, Thanks for the reply
Scottish dude. McGregor. He's quite good. Highly recommend.
@@St99785 Thank you. I searched him out right after I saw this because he is good at doing Buddy.
Who dredged this pansey? Gary Busey won the Oscar for this role. Don't make a remake!
And you're the village tough guy?
Pleeeease.
This was BEFORE the Gary Busy one.
Learn what you're talking about.
I don't know what this is but it's not the film "The Buddy Holly Story".
OMG ! Lol he was about to walk off after the first song! This was a moment in history! First white act on that stage! That had to be the first time for black style horns!! A Jam !! A 1,000 times better than the movie!! The guy who booked them thought they were black & they didn’t know the Apallo ! It was only named “Buddy Holly” but when they recorded the demo tape ( in a garage) crickets were in the background. The promoter told the guy “it’s the Buddy Holly guy with the crickets ( in the background- talking about the demo- promo guy booked it & wrote it down and that’s the history of the band’s full name, accidental.
It didnt actually go this well. It was a three day set and they were booed for most of it until they got into some Bo Diddley..
Is this original video? Is this really Buddy Holly? Seems strange at the beginning and also in colours
No this is a play
This is why we used to get along with each other, that is until the government got involved!! 😢
Divide and conquer. That’s the plan.
I thought buddy Holly was a 3 person band
Four for a while, then three
Is this real footage?
Looks like stevo
Is this from a movie that I might have missed?
It's from a play. I think the title is "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story". It's available here on RUclips.
Is this real?
Don't change anything about the words and songs
what is this? i only know of the gary busey movie?
I don’t know exactly but I think this is another production from 1994
Gus mcgregor
@@kennethkoch4199 - blessed thee who are among the body.
I never realized realized how much Steve o resembles buddy holly
The gary Busey version of this is much better. JMO