B U D D Y H O L L Y L I V E S

'BEST' ERRORS (7)

This topic enjoys general popularity, as I notice again and again.

Isn't it nice when you see that mistakes happen in the world of media

and you can say to yourself: They're no better than me!

We all make mistakes.

Some of them make it onto my website . . .

So, here we go !

"Buddy Holly" singing "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" on WDP stage.

YouTube Screenshot from the LA BAMBA movie, 1987

Someone didn't do the right research here when the script for the movie

LA BAMBA was written. We see on this screenshot I made on YouTube

Buddy Holly at the WDP with the song "Crying, Waiting, Hoping".

He never sang this song on stage or in the studio,

the composing of the song was actually not yet finished.

It was part of the so-called "Apartment Tapes" on his home recorder,

released later with backing music and vocals after his death.

UNREQUIETLESS, Buddy Holly Tribute CD by Sam Richman

Obviously, a mistake has been made here.

Buddy never sang a song "MAYBE LITTLE BABY".

Since I don't own the CD

(you can't find anything about it on the Internet either),

I can only assume:

MAYBE BABY or LITTLE BABY , or what I think:

Medley MAYBE BABY and LITTLE BABY.

Who knows, can send me a mail.

A NEW VINYL EP from IKON RECORDS ENGLAND

Shit happens !

ARE YOU SURE, NICOLAS ?

I've been told that Nicolas Cage is a huge Buddy Holly fan.

But why does he wear a T-Shirt with a pic of John Mueller ? ? ?

(sent in by Frank Merrison from the UK)

Jerry Ellison ???

© RingSideReport 2022

I'm absolutely sure that my friend Mike Berry

knew how to spell Jerry Allison's name correctly !

Some journalists don't !

(sent in by Lothar Pedd, Germany)

A Karaoke CD with 2 mistakes on the front cover.

A friend of a friend of mine sent me some information about a bootleg LP from 1986.

I listened to the soundfiles and I wasn't happy with the poor sound quality.

OK, it was a bootleg.

In an attachment I got some picture files of the cover, rear and so on.

I stumbled upon the front cover.

Bootleg LP with the word UNDUBBED incorrectly spellt UNDBUBBED

Have a look, they were in a hurry, nobody checked the text !

I had a look at the Bear Family Records catalog again.

There is a double - CD with the title "Buddy Holly - The Legend Returns".

Seems to be a production not put together by Bear Family.

All pictures are © Bear Family Records

On the front cover: "Chantily Lace", another typo.

Here I show the remarkable tracklist, which amazingly contains 2 titles that Buddy Holly never sang.

Tracklist_BUDDY_HOLLY_-_THE_LEGEND_RETURNS

But, as we all know:

When it has to go fast in music publishing, usually something goes wrong.

THE_BUDDY_HOLLY_STORY by © C'OLUMBIA_PICTURES

All DVD Covers from The Ian Higham Collection

Now to a particularly "productive" topic when it comes to errors and distortions of the truth:

The well-known movie

"The Buddy Holly Story" (1978)

with a plot from 1956 to 1959.

I own the VHS tape and the DVD and can watch the film on YouTube on the computer.

Over time, in addition to the obvious inaccuracies to the historical truth,

many small things have been discovered that the viewer may not have noticed.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077280/goofs

IMDb.com have published a list of these errors

or inaccuracies on one of its pages.

This was done in text form.

So that no false impression is created:

The contributions on the IMDb page were written by readers....

I have now tried to show pictures to this, so that it is all more understandable.

All screenshots of the texts about found errors are © IMDb.com

Wrong guitar at the roller rink.

Wrong pinball machines in the roller rink.

About the weight of ceramic tile.

"HOLLY" instead of "HOLLEY"

No mountains in Lubbock TX

The Century 21 real estate did not yet exist.

Century 21 real estate did not exist at that time.

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Almost like science fiction. This billboard

makes a trip back in time, really cool!

© Century 21 Real Estate

The Century 21 company started in 1971.

The world map, another "time traveler".

The wrong tour bus.

Same picture, one more error.

This mistake is not mentioned on the IMDb page.

I wrote the pink comment on the pic.

And right now:

Mistakes a go-go

All markings and comments in light green were made by me.

To justify all deviations from the facts with artistic freedom is probably a poor excuse.

Wrong day on the billboard for the final concert.

Final concert, wrong guitar.

Fender Telecaster instead of Fender Stratocaster

Here is a Fender Stratocaster Guitar,

the type of guitar Buddy used to play.

In the production year of the film (1978), the filmmakers should have known

that the Fender STRATOCASTER was the measure of all things

for many stars of the music scene.

Not only, but also because of Buddy Holly, this type of guitar has made

its triumphal march around the world of musicians.

Wrong name for Big Joe Turner song.

That was only a small but fine part of what can be remarked about this 1978 film,

which did not take the historical Buddy Holly & The Crickets facts too seriously.

Before I close this chapter, I want to show you a comment,

written by a person who uploaded the movie to YouTube.

To me, this person was a real expert, there's no doubt about it !

Additional comment:

So he died in a jet ? The Beechcraft Bonanza was a single-engine propeller plane.

1-2 miles away? That was several miles more distance from the airport in Mason City.

And: He died in "Clear Lake Mason City" ?

Now here's a little story for you :

Buddy is on a tour of the USA and Canada in April 1958.

Then he and Chuck Berry do their absolute masterpiece. After the evening show on April 9 in Windsor, ON, Canada they fly on a supersonic plane and make "just a little" detour to South Africa, where they perform at the Sneaker Cartel in Cape Town on April 10. Directly after that they fly back to Canada with a supersonic airplane. There on April 11 next gig in Kitchener, ON, Canada. Unbelievable? Right! But on a website of songkick.com I found this insane tour schedule reminiscent of WDP's in 1959. Have a look!