Buddy Holly's short career was on the cusp by the start of 1959. His records weren't selling in the numbers they used to so the lad from Lubbock, Texas decided on a change of style for his next record. Out went the self contained four piece group style of two guitars, bass and drums and in came a studio orchestra, with a bank of pizzicato strings. On 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore', a song written by Paul Anka, Buddy developed a hiccuping vocal style that was to be copied wholesale by Brit singer Adam Faith, even down to the accentuated 'Bay-bee'.
Of course tragedy was to follow shortly after the record's release when on 3 February 1959 Buddy opted to take a plane to the next gig and never made it.
No comments:
Post a Comment