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Put on your dancing shoes as Geoff plays those Rock 'n' Roll hits from the 50s and 60s.

Put on your dancing shoes as Geoff plays those Rock 'n' Roll hits from the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Geoff Barker Rock 'n' Roll: Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens

Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens

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Geoff looks at the musical legacy of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens.

On this week`s Rock n Roll party, Geoff looks at the musical legacy of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, who died in the plane crash of Feb 3rd 1959. This was described by Don Mclean in `American Pie` , as ...."the day the music died". But the music lived on and Geoff will be playing some great versions of their songs down the years, from The Everly Brothers, Los Lobos, The Beatles, George Jones , Linda Ronstadt and many more.....`The Music Didn`t Die`...the legacy of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens.

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