Listening to these songs might help you out. Tunes are like memory trippers. Listen to a song that activates that switch and suddenly you are in the 50's at a dance, riding in a car or diving off the raft at Pigeon Lake. What memories do these selections trigger in your mind.
Released in mid to late January 1959 . . . one made the top 10 in January and stayed there for 5 weeks. The other 2 made the top 10 early Feb and stayed there for 10 weeks.
'Richard Steven Valenzuela' (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), known as Ritchie Valens, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months.[1] On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a small-plane crash in Iowa, a tragedy that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Valens was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001
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Till Next week
Harv