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Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumRitchie Valens - Donna
This one doesn't played as much as "La Bamba," but it's a great song.
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Ritchie Valens - Donna (Original Post)
ificandream
Jan 2023
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I'm torn between whether the '50s or '60s are better, but there's no question ...
ificandream
Jan 2023
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,485 posts)1. He was only 17 when he died.
Buddy Holly was 22. At 28, the Big Bopper was the old man of them.
Imagine that crash had not happened. Imagine Buddy Holly in particular. He had an incredible influence on the music, including the Beatles. If he'd lived? I think the music of the 60s might have been very different.
Deuxcents
(25,994 posts)2. I've said this before..the best music ever was from my generation...
Im sure every generation thinks theirs was the best but this is some great music I remember as a girl just about to be a teenager.. sweet memories
ificandream
(11,758 posts)3. I'm torn between whether the '50s or '60s are better, but there's no question ...
Those eras are better than anything afterwards.
