I had heard this in the late sixties, but had never heard anything about since…….until now.
\nThis is from the News.OK website:<\/p>\n
A rock-and-roll mystery has finally been solved.<\/p>\n
For years, record album liners noted Buddy Holly and The Crickets recorded four songs at the Officers Club at Tinker Air Force Base \u2014 including the hit single, “Maybe Baby\u201d \u2014 during the wee hours of Sept. 29, 1957. However, no one at Tinker was able to verify this happened.<\/p>\n
“We get several calls during the year about this,\u201d said Tinker spokesman Ron Mullan. “Our historian has searched records and copies of our newsletter. But there is no proof this ever happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Until now.<\/p>\n
“I do remember recording those songs there,\u201d said Jerry Allison, the Crickets\u2019 original drummer, who lives in Nashville.<\/p>\n
Crickets producer Norman Petty was booked Sept. 28 at the club with the Norman Petty Trio, Allison said.<\/p>\n
“I think Norman had the same machine he had at the studio with him, a monaural Ampex machine,\u201d he said. “He listened through headphones to get the mix.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Crickets were scheduled to perform at the Oklahoma City Municipal Auditorium on Sept. 29 as one of the acts with the Show of Stars \u201957.<\/p>\n
“They thought we were a black act when they first booked it. So it was perfect we were big fans of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, the Drifters and Clyde McPhatter,\u201d Allison said.<\/p>\n
Buddy\u2019s mom and dad were in the audience that night, the only time they ever saw Buddy perform outside his hometown of Lubbock, Texas.<\/p>\n
Researcher verifies account
\nOklahoma Buddy Holly researcher Graham Pugh said he saw a copy of airline tickets documenting the Crickets\u2019 arrival at Will Rogers Field on Sept. 28, 1957.<\/p>\n
“Jerry Allison and Nikki Sullivan have both verified to me that Norman met them at the airport and drove them to Tinker,\u201d Pugh said. The group spent the night in guest quarters.<\/p>\n
“They attended the closing night at the Oklahoma State Fair,\u201d Pugh said. “Then they were taken back to the Officers Club for a late night recording session.\u201d<\/p>\n
Album liner notes show the Crickets recorded “Maybe Baby,\u201d “You\u2019ve Got Love,\u201d “An Empty Cup\u201d and “Rock Me My Baby\u201d during an all-night session.<\/p>\n
The next day, Holly and the Crickets were invited to Sunday dinner at the home of an Oklahoma City couple who lived near the Capitol, Pugh said.<\/p>\n
After the recording session at Tinker, Petty took the tapes back to his studio in Clovis, N.M., to add background vocals.<\/p>\n
“We never thought of ourselves as a vocal group. Still don\u2019t. We\u2019re a band,\u201d Allison said. “Norman overdubbed the picks on the whole first \u2018Chirping Crickets\u2019 album. I wasn\u2019t thrilled with it myself, and Buddy wasn\u2019t crazy about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 1992, another Oklahoma Holly researcher, Kevin Terry, presented a plaque with an original 45 rpm record of “Maybe Baby\u201d that was placed in the Officers Club at Tinker. But Pugh said a new club manager later ordered the plaque be removed. He said a worker at the club rescued the plaque from the trash and gave it to him for safe keeping.<\/p>\n
“If they would like to have it back I would be happy to present it to them,\u201d Pugh said.<\/p>\n
Almost 17 months later, on Feb. 3, 1959 \u2014 the date known as “The Day the Music Died\u201d \u2014 Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens were killed in a plane crash following a concert in Clear Lake, Iowa.<\/p>\n
The Crickets are being inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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