Video: Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (1963)

Having written recently about the infamous 1959 Clear Creek plane crash that claimed Buddy Holly and the others, I thought it might be worth mentioning one more of the era's singers who also had a connection with the event. You might even say that his long and successful career had its roots in that tragedy. Bobby Vee (real name Velline) was just 16 at the time of the crash, but the young musician was leading his own fledgling group, the Shadows, and appearing in his home town of Fargo, North Dakota. Ironically enough, Fargo was the [...]

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