A girl that make her act so funny, make her spend my money, make her feel real loose, like a long-night goose, like a girl out there that I saw what I like. What's that, honey? See, you'll be late, and don't be late. But baby, I ain't got no money, honey. Oh, all right, honey, you know what I like. That silly lace had a pretty face on its tail, a-hangin' down, a-weaglin' a-walk and a-gigglin' so long. Hey, the world goes round. Ain't nothing in the world like a big-eyed girl that make her act so funny, make her feel real loose, like a long-night goose, like a girl out there that's what I like. J.P. Richardson, also known as the Big Bopper. For those of you who don't know why he was called the Big Bopper, he called himself the Big Bopper. That was the age of the bop, folks. He started out when people were doing the bop. We played a lot of that music earlier on this broadcast, and by golly, we're going to keep on doing it. But it's good for the soul. Well, by the time most of the tracks that you're hearing tonight were recorded, folks, the Crickets were touring almost continuously, and time for recording trips to Clovis was short. A couple of quick sessions, including one on the road in Oklahoma City to complete the Buddy Holly and Chirping Crickets albums, were followed by more lengthy affairs between tours intended to produce material for future single releases. One such session in February 1958, just before the group left for a British tour, resulted in completed masters of Think It Over, Fool's Paradise, which were released as a Crickets single, and two other tracks, which were intended to be a Buddy Holly single. Well, All Right, and Take Your Time. It was later decided to couple Rave On with the latter title. It was some time before Well All Right was released, and then only as the B-side to Heartbeat. Holly's own preference for quieter, more melodic songs seems to have been overridden by his record company's needs for commercial up-tempo records that would have instant appeal. You've got two rips that look so fine. You've got one part I wish was mine. Love, three love. You've got love, everyone, Lord. You've got two arms that you could use to make me lose my blues. Love, three love. You've got love. You've got love. You've got love, real love. You've got love, three love. You've got love that is true. I want only you. You've got two eyes so you can see. Your love was a myth for me. Love, three love. You've got love. You've got love. You've got love. You've got love. You've got love. You've got love. You've got love. This was Buddy Holly's influence on the recording sessions where he really got into a slow mood. It lasted a little while. It lasted a little while. It lasted a little while. It lasted a little while. It lasted a little while. It lasted a little while. It lasted a little while. Valley of Tears was kind of a slide back in the country music, as this was made famous by a well-known country artist. I have a lot of people who are not alone, but my mind is made up and I must go. Then the rest of my day is here without any care. Everyone understands me in the Valley of Tears. And now you're going to hear another cut of one of the earliest, Rock Me Baby. Well, I put your arms around me now, and by your bed and we can come. And love me, baby, you know how you love me, my baby. Well, I love you, too, and I love you, my baby. Up and down, around the block, well, love me, my baby. Up and down, around the block, well, love me, my baby. And I love you, too, and on my lips, and make me double bright. Even though Buddy Holly had been perfecting his own successful technique, and his music has become quite sophisticated in its own right, and, word about Buddy Holly was spreading, he still on occasion slid back into imitations of Elvis Presley. As you can clearly hear on this cut of Rock Me, My Baby. Rock Me, my baby. Oh, what a hell of me, that you love me, too, and say you'll never leave me. No one loves you like I do. So rock me, my baby. Well, I love you, my baby. Rock me, my baby. Up and down, around the block, well, love me, my baby. Oh, I love you, too, and on. Rock me, my baby. Rock me, my baby. Rock me, my baby. Up and down, around the block, well, love me, my baby. Rock me, my baby. Well, folks, that loud noise you heard was me turning around. I almost knocked the whole turntable right out of the studio here, quite by accident, I can assure you. I hope you're all enjoying this special memorial broadcast in commemoration of the work of Richie Valens, J.P. Richardson, also known as the Big Bopper, and, of course, our star this evening, the great Buddy Hoff. I'm all alone here now. Everybody else has split for other tasks, or jobs, or relaxations, and so I am doing everything by myself, and I'm loving every minute of it. It's a pleasure, ladies and gentlemen, to be able to take you out of the seriousness of the moment, and believe me, the moment is serious and will continue to be until constitutional Republican government is restored in America. But we must take these types of breaks every once in a while, in order to get in touch with who we are, and our history, and to relax so that we can maintain our sanity in these troubled times. But this is, after all, part of what America is all about. You see, rock and roll is an American product. It started here. It is at its greatest here. The greatest rock and roll stars in the history of the world. We're all American. And of course, rock and roll sprang out of another original American genre of music, and that is the Black Society's contribution, Rhythm and Blues. So, what we're doing tonight is recounting a part of American history, and it's just as important as if we were talking about the conquering of the Louisiana Purchase, or anything else in American history. You see, I don't know about you, but when I was a young man, rock and roll music occupied a great percentage of my time. And some of my happiest moments are connected with an awful lot of the music that you're hearing tonight, and on other episodes of the Hour of the Time. For as you've come to realize by now, I have an eclectic taste in music. And my repertoire, so to speak, covers all genres, types, recording artists. Because there is not only good music in every type of music that you can find, but there is great music. And then, as some of you are already thinking, there's an awful lot of trash, too. But we stay away from that. In June 1958, a situation developed at Quarrel that resulted in Holly recording titles specifically at Quarrel's request. During a promotional visit to New York, Buddy and Norman Petty found the company in a spin over a record they had released under the name of the Ding Dongs, which concealed the identity of the singer Bobby Darin. Darin was under contracts to Atlantic Records at the time, but had become dissatisfied with them, and, anticipating the termination of his contract, made a record for Brunswick. The single, entitled Early in the Morning, had begun to make some noise. Norman Weinstrauer, Quarrel, Brunswick's sales manager, told Petty that Atlantic had discovered that the record was by Darin, and had filed a legal action against them to take over the master. Weinstrauer was so concerned to have lost the record that he and Bob Thiel suggested that Holly should go into the studio immediately and recut it using the very same arrangement. Buddy listened to Darin's original and readily agreed. Within 48 hours, he had recorded both sides, and Quarrel Rush released the record within a week. The session was Holly's first at the Pythian Temple, a studio owned by Decca, which was actually a small auditorium within a larger building built by the Knights of Pythias. A Masonic-style organization, many of Bill Haley's hits had been recorded there, and instead of separating the instruments and voices with panels, everything was recorded live, with the musicians and vocalists being separated for balancing purposes by sheer distance, as Norman Petty recalls. The temple wasn't anything to look at, but it had a marvelous acoustic sound. The orchestra sat on the stage, Buddy was down in front, and Dick Jacobs had these four colored girls who were in the choir of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York, up on the balcony during the backing vocals. They were gospel singers, and just great. Although a departure from his style to date, Buddy regarded the record as one of his best. As Jerry Allison remembers, he really thought that was an excellent record. He liked the idea of having the black chorus singing on it, and when I heard the record, I thought, this is the best record so far. The single may have been a bigger hit than it was in America, had it not had to compete with Bobby Darin's original, which Atlantic also rushed release. A few weeks later, the Crickets were back in Clovis to record another single, It's So Easy, and Lonesome Tears. This time, they were augmented by another guitarist, Tommy Alsop, who played lead on the session. Tommy had traveled to Clovis from his hometown of Tulsa to play on a Don Bowman single and met the Crickets there. Joe B. Malden sums up their reaction. It was just one of those things where you meet somebody and really hit it off. Buddy loved the way Tommy played, and he was a very likable person. It seemed we all hit it off good with Tommy. And here we go with Baby I Don't Care. He don't like crazy music. He don't like rock and band. He just wanna go through a movie show. And sit there a-holdin' hand is just a sweat. Baby I don't care. I don't know why my heart lifts. I only know it does. I wonder why I love you, baby. I guess it's just because you're so happy. Baby I don't care. I don't know any dance steps that I do save you. I only know why I love you. Like a do, a do, a do, a do. I don't know why my heart lifts. I only know it does. Of course, folks, you recognize another one of those Buddy Presley recordings. Because you're so happy. Baby I don't care. Baby I don't care. I don't know why my heart lifts. I only know it does. I wonder why I love you, baby. I guess it's just because you're so happy. Baby I don't care. Baby I don't care. Baby I don't care. Baby I don't care. Baby I don't care. July 1957. You know who you are? But it's too late. She was my only one, but it's too late. She's gone, it's a weak man that cries. So I guess I'll be trying my life. So I guess I'll be trying my life. But it's too late. She's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone. She's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone. She's gone, she's gone, she's gone. I wonder, does she know? She's gone, she's gone, she's gone. She's gone, she's gone, she's gone. She's gone, she's gone, she's gone. I need you lovin', please don't make me lose. And tell me, it's not too late. Too late. Not too late. Not too late. I need you lovin', please don't make me lose. And tell me, it's not too late. Not too late. Not too late. I need you lovin', please don't make me lose. And tell me, it's not too late. Not too late. 1957, Tinker Air Force Base Officers Club in Oklahoma. Take a look around. One lonely night. See if you can spot me there, folks. I'm in the audience with that pretty little blonde girl. And now I know. And now I know. What a fool I think. What a fool I think. She was to me. And if she caught a broken day. We've had a day. A broken day. I've had a deep heart. A day is seven. I dreamed of heaven. Now she's way past eight. She just drove by. She just drove by. With another guy. With another guy. No wonder I. No wonder I. No wonder I. No wonder I. No wonder I. That's a good friend. Cry. Fly and fly. I wish she caught a broken day. I wish she caught a broken day. How it may have been I wish you'd call for broken days To think she never cared Just tears me up Now all I have is just for love Is this empty cup Just like this cold My love is gone I've missed the bottom Now I'm all alone All alone Now we go back to Clovis, New Mexico For Look At Me Hey, hey, look at me and tell me What's gonna happen to you When you've broken too many people's hearts And can't find anyone new Say, say, look at me and tell me About that twinkle in your eye Is the twinkle in your eye Meant for me Or meant for some other guy Look at me from now on To know the love we share Look at me from now on Let me know you care Hey, hey, look at me and tell me What's gonna happen to you When you've spoken sweet words of love to me And I want to marry you And I want to marry you Look at me from now on Look at me from now on Look at me from now on Look at me from now on Look at me from now on Look at me from now on Look at me from now on Let me know you get it Hey, hey, hey, look at me and tell me What's gonna happen to you When you've spoken sweet words of love to me And I want to marry you Did you know that at one time in the state of Texas almost every young boy was called Buddy? Well, it's true, folks. One of them... One of them cultural things, I guess. And I'm not making fun of them Most of my family is from Texas and Oklahoma At least, that's after the covered wagon ride across the Frontier Wilderness Take it over Take it over Yeah, take it over Classic radio like you always wished it could be. 101.1, Eager, Arizona. 101.1, Eager, Arizona. 101.1, Eager, Arizona. 101.1, Eager, Arizona. I gave my heart to you, and I wondered if there could be a truth in the thoughts on you. I was lost, I was lost in a food paradise, food paradise, good and lost, good and lost in a food paradise. The whole world was my kingdom, and the love appeared in my crown, and I saw you friends that I need old men, and my love came to put it down. It's a dream time to do, and they never let me know, that the dream I'm being foolish, because I love you so I still get lost, I still get lost in a food paradise, good and lost in you, that the dream I'm being foolish, because I love you so I still get lost, I still get lost in a food paradise, good and lost in a food paradise. paradise. This dream I'm being foolish, good and lost in a food paradise. I still get lost in a food paradise, good and lost in you, that the dream I'm being foolish, good and lost in a food paradise, I'm still dead lost, I'm still dead lost in a fool's paradise. Fool's paradise, lost in you, lost in you in a fool's paradise. Lost in you, lost in you in a fool's paradise. Don't touch that dial. Back to back, Buddy Holly, until early in the morning. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're gonna miss me early in the morning. I wanna be safe. Oh, yeah, well, you're gonna want me early in the morning when I'm away. And I don't know that you'll be sorry for the time I cry. You'll be sorry for the time I cry. Well, you're gonna miss me early in the morning. Oh, I wanna be very weird. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You know a lowly song. Oh, yeah. Don't get the low-mahs. And you caught your bridge. Oh, yeah. You're gonna miss me early in the morning. Well, you broke my heart. Well, you said goodbye. I never left you still. But you're gonna cry. Yeah, in the morning. Yeah, in the morning. You're gonna know. Yeah, in the morning. That I was right. Oh, yeah. Yeah, in the morning. In the morning. I had nobody. In the morning. Oh, you died. In the morning. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I don't want to. I want to. I want to. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I want to be pretty. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When this next one was recorded on 19 June 1958, Buddy Holly had a little less than seven and a half months to live. I'm now a one and I love you so. A home that I never let me go. You make a feeling I'm up my mind. You know I'm yours and you are mine. Now that we're married, baby, we don't have to worry. Now we're one. Now we're one and you're my bride. We don't have to run and hide. Every time I want to hold your hand, I pray someone won't understand. Now that we're married, baby, we don't have to worry. Now we're one. Well, I'm only jumping to the moon and yell out loud. I feel like I'm walking on an empty ground. We put all our fears and cares behind. Ever since we heard the way they're down. Now we're one and I love you so. A home that I never let me go. You make a feeling I'm up my mind. You know I'm yours and you are mine. Now that we're like, baby, we don't have to worry. Now we're one and I love you so. Now I'm going to get up to the moon and yell out loud. I feel like I'm walking on an empty ground. We put all our fears and cares behind. Ever since we heard the way they're down. Now we're one and you're my bride. But we don't have to run and hide. Every time I want to hold my head. I think I'm not going to understand. Now to be a man, baby, we don't have to worry. Now we're one and I will. Now I will. Now I will. If my friend Alan Handelman knew I was doing this, he'd just shake his head and smile. He has one of the biggest rock and roll shows on radio on the East Coast. And I'd just say, Alan, eat your heart out. Truth is, he's probably doing something similar. I cried to you. Said goodbye. My boy, don't forget. When you left the tent and said I'm gone. Lonesome tears fell all night long. Yes, you know I know I cried. Said goodbye. I'm gone. I'm gone. I'm gone. I'm gone. I'm gone. You left me here all alone. Here we talk. We're going to come back home. Something like you're giving me for. Now I could I tell you, Lord. Lonesome tears. Sad and blue. I shed lonesome tears for you. Yes, you know I know I cried when you said goodbye. My boy, I'm gone. You left me here all alone. Every time you come back home, something like you did before. Now need I tell you, boy. Lonesome tears, sad and blue. I shed lonesome tears for you this year. No, I, no, I collide with you. Say goodbye, bye. Only on the hour of the time, we've got our thumb on the heartbeat of American musical history. Heartbeat, why do you miss when my baby kisses me? Heartbeat, why does a love kiss save my memory? Little cat, I know that new love thrilled me. I know that true love will be me. Heartbeat, why do you miss when my baby kisses me? Heartbeat, why do you skip when my baby's lips meet mine? Heartbeat, why do you slip and give me a kippy chime? Heartbeat, why do you miss when my baby kisses me? And bring to me love glory. He hearty. Why do you miss when my baby kisses me? Coming up now is one of Buddy's truly big ones. And for him, it's so easy. It's so easy to fall in love. It's so easy to fall in love. People tell me love for two. So here I go, breaking all of the rules. It's so easy, so easy, so easy. It's all so easy, it's all so easy, it's all so easy. It's so easy, it's so easy, it's all so easy, it's all so easy. Well, you're the same as my heart. It's so easy to fall in love. It's so easy to fall in love. It's so easy, it's all so easy. It's so easy to fall in love. It's so easy to fall in love. It's so easy to fall in love. Look into your heart and see what your love will get apart for me. It's so easy to fall in love. It's so easy, it's so easy to fall in love. It's so easy to fall in love. It's so easy to fall in love. Well, we're going to be doing a lot more of this stuff, ladies and gentlemen. I just recently ordered every, every single classic doo-wop tune that was ever written and performed during the classic rock and roll era. And we're going to be bringing you quite a few fantastic specials on the worldwide Freedom Radio Network. That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's why we did this, to bring you the best broadcasting that you can find anywhere. And to take back the airwaves, we've got to be better than anybody else. And by golly, we're going to be. Meanwhile, back in the recording studio, Alsop, to his surprise, became a member of the Crickets. Not just for recording, folks, but on their next tour, which became his introduction to rock and roll. He says, I was up in Clovis, and Buddy says, we're fixing to go on a tour. It's going to be a show dance tour up in the Midwest. Why don't you go along with us? So that was the first tour I made. That's when Earl Sinks went along to sync with my band. We had a bunch of musicians out of Oklahoma City. We played dances and had a stage show, which Holly liked. It was really an experience for me because I didn't even know what rock and roll was. I came from the Southern Club in Locken, Oklahoma, and rode with Buddy on a tour, right out of a western band into a rock and roll band. But I was playing the same stuff I'd always played. I didn't change nothing at all. Alsop also played on two demos, Holly recorded, of songs he had written with Bob Montgomery and wanted the Everly Brothers to record, Wishing, and Love's Made a Fool of You. Although made to demonstrate the songs rather than the performance, both titles were good enough to be released as singles in the mid-60s in their original form, and their success owes an awful lot to Alsop's country-style guitar picking. Allison and Malden did not play on these recordings. Instead, Holly used Norman Petty's studio musicians, George Atwood on bass, and Bo Clark on drums. Although the Everly Brothers were friends and had expressed interest in Holly's songs, they found themselves unable to record the tunes he offered them since most of their material was published by Akoth Rose Music, whereas Holly's songs were published by Norman Petty's, nor Vajak Music. Since their manager and publisher, Wesley Rose, had the final say on what they recorded, it is likely that he discouraged them from recording songs he and his company would be unable to participate in. Of course, folks, it's money. That's My Desire was recorded at Bell Sound Studios earlier in 1958 on the same session that produced Ray Vaughn. However, it seems that although Buddy had been quite keen to record the song, no one else shared his enthusiasm, and after a couple of takes, it was decided not to pursue it further. The Master was not released until 1966, after it had been overdubbed by the Fireballs, but even their efforts failed to bring it to life, and the track remains one of Holly's few uninspired recordings. For his last session in Clovis in September 1958, Buddy Holly chose to break with tradition still further. Perhaps encouraged by the success of his flirtation with the Atlantic-style sound of Early in the Morning, he flew Atlantic's session man King Curtis into Clovis from New York to play tenor saxophone on Reminiscing and Come Back Baby. Curtis had played on many Atlantic recordings that were Holly's personal favorites, and they had become friends when Curtis had toured with the Alan Freed Orchestra, providing backup to other singers on tours Holly had appeared on with the Crickets. Maria Elena, recently married to Buddy Holly, and making her first visit to Clovis, probably experienced the same disorientation that Curtis felt recording there, and she remembers how it took some time to get the recording together. She said, when they did Reminiscing, they tried it so many different ways, first with Buddy playing lead guitar, then rhythm, but with King Curtis backing him up. It was a really different sound. I think it would have been a big hit at the time because it was so different, but there were legalities involved, and it wasn't released until 1962. These legal problems, folks, centered around Buddy's split with Norman Petty in the autumn of 1958. At the same time as Holly and the Crickets decided to part company so that Buddy and Maria could live in New York while Jerry and Joe remained in Lubbock, Buddy decided that he wanted to make a clean break and start afresh. He already planned to record in New York with the Dick Jacobs Orchestra. This followed a suggestion by both Coral and Norman Petty that Holly should break away from his rock and roll image and get into the pop market. It's likely that Holly was more concerned with the possibility of coming up with something fresh and original than with deserting rock and roll altogether, but he was certainly prepared to experiment with strings. Dick Jacobs, who produced and arranged Buddy's last session, takes up the story. He said, We did four titles on the one session. I had written all the arrangements. We had a nine o'clock session booked for the evening and about 6.30, a buddy came dashing into my office and said, Dick, I hate to do this to you, but Paul Anker just played me a fantastic song and we have to do it on the session tonight. The song was, It Doesn't Matter Anymore. And the buddy and I sat in my office right there and then and I wrote out an arrangement and some simple string parts, which I think just happened to result in a great record, mostly because I had no time to write anything but a unison pizzicato thing. The session also marked Holly's first stereo recordings. Although they were not released in that form at the time, the tapes were made on a three-track machine enabling them to be subsequently mixed into stereo. Norman Petty remembers attending a session at the Pythian Temple and finding out afterwards that the engineers had been experimenting with the new equipment. I was unaware that they were recording in stereo. Strangely enough, the desk they were using had a four-track board but everything went into mono and I didn't find out until later that they were also feeding the mics into another room just off the stage where they were mixing everything onto a three-track machine. Some ten years later, those tapes were used for the first time to produce stereo masters of It Doesn't Matter Anymore and True Love Ways, one of the big ones. And during the production of this set, the three-track tape of Moon Dreams was discovered in the MCA vaults, resulting in the release of a stereo version of this title for the first time. Raining in My Heart has apparently been lost since an exhaustive search of the tape archives has failed to locate a three-track tape of this title. Maria Elena attended the session at the Pythian Temple and found herself pleasantly surprised by what Buddy was doing. People used to say rock and roll was just like people shouting and all that, but when I was at the session, I realized that what Buddy was doing was really nice music and there were really talented people involved with it. My favorite song from this session was True Love Ways. That was our song. Dick Jacobs always said he loved to work with Buddy because it didn't take him long to really get into it and this session was like that. Buddy would listen to what Dick had to say about the arrangements and everything and they would run through the song then Buddy would say okay, I have it and right away they'd do it. But with using the strings it wasn't like he was changing his whole direction. Buddy was open to everything that was interesting or different. If he liked it or thought it would be something exciting he would do it. he knew you had to think of the commercial aspect but he was always interested in new things like if you had suggested he go and sing in Las Vegas he'd have tried it. But whatever happened I don't think he would have ever deserted rock and roll. And all I can say is well alright. well alright so I'm being foolish well alright let people know about the drink and wishes you'd bring in the night when lights are low well alright well alright so we live in love with all our might well alright well alright our lifetime love will be alright well alright well alright so I'm going steady it's alright when people say that those foolish kids can be ready for the love that comes to well alright well alright so we live in love well alright well alright well alright well alright our lifetime love will be alright we笑 to be you so we live in love We'll live and love with all our might. We'll all rise. We'll all rise. With our lives and love. We'll all rise. I can see right through this microphone and through your radio speaker right into your living room. And if you don't cut that out, love has made a fool of you. Just listen to Buddy. He'll tell it like it is. Love has made a fool of you. You're doing anything you want to do. Love can make you feel so good. When it goes like you think it's good. It's hard to make you cry at night. When the baby's gonna keep you right. When you're feeling bad too. You know love can make a fool of you. You know love can make a fool of you. You know love can make a fool of you. You don't care if you're gonna try again. I'm somebody in the back of class. You think you love can have some at last. You're flying by. You're gonna find a baby. Love has made a mind. When you're feeling bad too. You know love can make a fool of you. love has made a fool of you. You know love can make you feel so good. When it goes like you're feeling good. It's hard to make you cry at night. When you're the baby don't keep you right. When you're feeling bad too. You know love can make a fool of you. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This Voice of Freedom, speech of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This Voice of Freedom. This Voice of Freedom. And this is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. This is the Voice of Freedom. that Buddy Holly ever made in his very short life. And as you've already learned, his work was prolific, much more than you ever dreamed. And you've heard some recordings on this broadcast this evening that are hot, that you never heard before in your life. So, let's go back and listen to the real thing. The great Buddy Holly. I wish that I could see you every day. I wish that I could steal your heart away. I've been hoping all along things would turn out light. If I could find a wishing star, then I would spend the night wishing. That I could see you every day. I wish that I could steal your heart away. Hot Radio with two Ts, 101.1 FM. Eager. Classic Radio. I'm just sitting here reminiscing. Wondering who you've been kissing, baby. Oh, oh, baby. I've been wondering all around. The first deal you're drying. I'm gonna love you anymore. I'll get over you too, baby. Oh, my heart's still sore. Well, you know my heart's still sore. When I think of all the lies you're told. You're the junk man in my heart. You're the junk man in my heart. You're so good. And the meanness of you. You're the thing of all the fun we had. And it makes me feel so sad. I'm longing for your love. And the long way I live. It's only you that I'll be thinking of. Oh, I'm thinking of. Oh, I'm thinking of. Oh, I'm thinking of. Oh, I'm thinking of. It's all the most fantastic music that was ever performed. You're hearing tonight. Right here on the Hour of the Times. Worldwide Freedom Radio Network. I'm William Cooper. I'm William Cooper. Baby, won't you come back? Come back, baby, to me. Now I know why all sad hearts cry. Baby, baby, come to me. Oh, well, I cried all night. Ever since you left me. Nothing has gone right. Oh, lonely, only, please. I, baby, come back. Baby, won't you come back? Come back, baby, to me. Now you know how you go. Baby, baby, come to me. When you left me all alone To sing the boom boom boom. I waited but for you To get good news to you. Baby, you will come back, baby. Baby, won't you come back? Come back, baby, to me. Now you know I love you. Oh, baby, baby, come to me. Oh, come back, baby, to me. Come back, baby, to me. Oh, baby, come to me. We're going to make this the best radio network in America. That's my desire. To spend one night with you As do I move in? I was up on but I am on but I am Baby, who I am Everybody has gone and Hello. homeownersHeart isира. And we're like I am. You know they're gone andilantly Be okay. And Senhor, we all know you I are only one być one that creates one operation like you I wonder if you are is a place to live in a sh Eternal life aswel we find Some than I am I desire to believe in a Rispee and some use of one and a Aль椿 like may I be okay, and all know you into my gifts. A STORM, a prize in a dream that qualcosa should do so have NO 북iss Beuma, and can't reach me into the reward of two roads That's the stram of wyel Of both anh and... Thank you. To hear you wind below, just wait time to go. Dearly, I love you so, that's my little love. We'll grip a little like the one. I'll take it to your eyes, be trying to feel a circle of your lips. Thank you. Thank you. To hear you wind below, just wait time to go. Dearly, I love you so, that's my desire. Thank you. Thank you. Buddy married a girl named Maria Elena. And this next one, Love's True Love Ways, was their song. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. The ball for one of Buddy's biggest hits ever. We'll buy and buy. No true lies. Bye. Bye. Betty. Baby, you know why.enciasí. Gabrielle estabaçao.ijk Our true love are here. We'll bring us joy to share with those who really care. Sometimes we'll sigh. Sometimes we'll cry. And you know why just you and I go to the world. And you know why just you and I go to the world. Our true love are here. We'll bring us joy to share with those who really care. Moonbeams, moonbeams. Ring of thought's gentle as the sky. I love you. I love you. Moon dreams can be a sensation Moon dreams may be a sensation Moon can be our destination You and I can share this dream Wishing for you in my moon dreams As the lonely and loveless hours go by Will do until you can share all my dreams Moon dreams Moon dreams Moon dreams Brought by moonbeams in the sky Moon dreams And that was a little far out even for Buddy Holland Who cares The sun is out The sky is blue There's not a cloud to spoil of you But it's raining Raining in my heart Little venture into pop music, folks He didn't quite really pull it off Buddy Holly was at his best Rock and roll You've gone away and it's raining Raining in my heart Oh, misery, misery Sounds sort of like a Disney tune, doesn't it? You can hear the little fairies dancing in the background You know, with the I'll meet you There they go I tell my blues They mustn't show But the neat years Are bound to blow Cause it's raining Raining in my heart Sounds more like something Peter Pan would have sang While Tinkerbell Flooded around Sprinkling pixie dust everywhere But it's raining Raining in my heart And it's raining Raining in my heart Oh, misery, misery This record was so uncharacteristic of Buddy Holly That most people who heard it Didn't know who it was Until somebody told them I tell my blues I tell my blues They mustn't show But the neat years Are bound to flow Cause it's raining Raining in my heart Raining in my heart Raining in my heart Whether it was good or bad Really doesn't matter anymore Anything done by Buddy Holly now Is good I tell my blues You left me here So I could Feel it and try Well Golly gee What have you Done to me The world Or guess it doesn't matter anymore Do you remember baby Last September How you Held me tight Each and Every night Well Whoops So baby How you Drove me crazy But guess it doesn't matter anymore Get your fingers on your dial folks After this cut We're going to open the phone See how you like this special broadcast And see if you've got anything to give us As an input On Buddy Holly Maybe you attended One of his Fantastic rock and roll shows The number is 520-333-4578 Ladies We'll say we're true And you won't matter anymore I'm supposed to be a part But I've done everything in line Take a try And I've thrown away my night And waiting all my days over you Girl you go your way And I'll go mine It's time forever To be in your time I'll find somebody new Baby You'll say we're true And you won't matter anymore And you won't matter anymore Buddy Holly Back to back Until the wee hours On this special Presentation of the hour of the time On the Worldwide Freedom Radio Network We are going to open the phones folks And take your calls Good evening You're on the air Good evening Bill This is Bill in North Carolina I knew the answer The instant you started The The big bopper This was a ritual A college roommate and I We celebrated They celebrated We remembered every year The day the music died February 3rd 1959 And like you said When we realized What it was You were The question was We would be kicking ourselves And I did I have enjoyed it immensely Well I knew it was going to be tough For many of you To catch on to what I was going to do Because a lot of people think That's out of character for me And they really don't know me very well Because it's very much in my character The The disc jockey in you Sort of comes out I think In moments like these Well it's been a lot of years Since I've done it I did it when I was 16 7 And 17 years old As a high school student In Japan For the Armed Forces Radio Network And the only reason I did it Is a friend of mine Was doing it Whose father was in radio And who was Working with the Armed Forces Radio Network And he said they were looking For a teenager To do A rock and roll show And you know I loved rock and roll So I jumped at the chance And of course I made a lot of mistakes In the beginning But I had a real good time But I really haven't done it Since then But you know I'm just really having a blast Tonight I'm really enjoying this The I guess Similar situation Back then He probably didn't get paid much He don't get paid much Now to do it So I didn't get paid anything Then It was the prestige I did it every evening After school And on weekend It was 12 hours on Saturday And 12 hours on Sunday And the music was piped To all the teen clubs And of course It went out on On Armed Forces Radio On my after school Stints But on Saturday and Sunday They just broadcast Two hours Which was Gosh I forgot the name Of that show On Saturday and Sunday But it was a different Kind of show All the teenagers came And they danced And it was just a great time I guess I got More aware of Buddy Holly And his music From the movie And I was Listening to the things That you were saying And the music That was played Versus what I remember Of the movie And there were Some similarities And I'm sure There's some discrepancies But not enough To worry about But you're right He is an American Phenomenon Direct legend And you look at The people who have Recorded his music From Linda Ronstadt To the Rolling Stones And everybody in between So it's a That fact And the fact That he was only We'll say In the Mainstream music For two and a half Three years Before he died And got all that done So that's really amazing Yeah that's true He really wasn't A hit For very long He wasn't even Recording for very long And most of his Real hits were done In Clovis, New Mexico A place nobody Would ever dream That big Super rock and roll Hits Would ever be Recorded And if you've ever Dried through Clovis, New Mexico Even today You would never think That anything like that Could ever have happened In that sleepy little New Mexico town Exactly right sir Well carry on And we've got The tapes rolling And let somebody else Get in Great Thank you for calling Bye bye 520-333-4578 We're going to take calls For a little while And then we're going to Go right back To our Buddy Holly And pull the wee hours Back to back We're going to play Every record That he ever recorded In his entire Short little life One of the things That I find Absolutely amazing Ladies and gentlemen Is that Here's this young man With this fantastic sound And you could hear it Tonight You could hear He started off With country and western Then he went into bop Then there was A period of time When he tried to Imitate all of the Other people Who he was hearing That he liked Not all of them Were famous Elvis Presley Wasn't famous then But Buddy Holly Sure picked up on Elvis And imitated him Quite a bit You see Buddy Was really Trying to figure out Who he was And what his music was And he wasn't Settled into that groove yet But you can hear it Develop Slowly but surely You can hear The Buddy Holly Coming out of all The imitations In the background And the country And western And the bop songs And then one day He had it And when he had it That's what made him A star I've always known this All my life Ladies and gentlemen The only way To be great Is to do What's in your heart Not what you hear Somebody else doing Not what you see Somebody else doing Not what you think Somebody else Wants you to do But what's in Your heart It's what makes you Different than anybody Else who lives on this earth It's what made Buddy Holly Different And pretty soon This man was one Of the greatest Rock and roll stars In the history Of music And he remains To this day No one No one No matter how hard They've tried Has been able To up one On Buddy Holly Or any of the other Real greats For that matter Chuck Berry Oh my You talk about Great rock and roll Artists Chuck Berry Is the heart And soul Of rock and roll And that's why I opened up This second session Of tonight's broadcast With a little bit Of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode The number is 520-333-4578 I'd like to hear What you think About this If everybody Really likes this We're going to do This a little bit More often As we expand The network And expand our Programming We want to make Sure that our Affiliate stations Have something To broadcast And we want it To be the best Always And I think This is one of the Ways that we can Do that We're furnishing you With some of the Best Broadcasting Available Anywhere And folks We sincerely Hope that you Like it Because if you Don't We're going to Not succeed At this And that's Something that We've just Absolutely got to Do So Give me a call Tell me What do you Think about This kind Of Is it a Special I don't think It's a special I think it's a What is it It's a special Presentation Is what it is It is special But it's a Presentation It's not a Special And You know I've got music Here That you guys Just absolutely Wouldn't believe It's It's amazing Good evening You're on the air Yes Bill I've brought back Memories And it's Nice to throw A little Positive in on it Once in a while I hope you do It more often God bless you And keep up The good work Well thank you Bye now I really appreciate that Bye You know I heard a phone ring When that call Came in And there's not Supposed to be Any other Phone on this line So I'm going to Have to play something While I go track Down whatever that Phone That ring was Because It's just not Good for The broadcast So I'll be back Listen to this This is You know who Hello baby Yeah this is Big Mopper speaking Oh you sweet You are one Will I One Oh baby You know What I like Chantilly lace And a pretty face And a morning Ayo Hangin' down Wigglin' Walk And a gigglin' Talk Big The world Around Ain't Nothin' In the world Like a big Out Girl That make me Act so funny Make me The number The number is 520-333-4578 In our memorial Program Commemorating The works Of The Big Mopper Whom you're Listening to now Richie Vallis And of course The great Buddy Hollett The Big Mopper But Oh baby You know What I like Chantilly lace Had a pretty face At a forty tail Hangin' down A wiggle Is a walk And a wiggle Is a talk Long Makes the world Go round Round Round Ain't nothing In the world Like a big Out Girl That make me Act so funny Make me Spend my Money Make me Feel real New Like a Long Neck Do Like a Girl Oh baby That's What I Like What that Honey Stick you Up to Late And don't Be Late But Baby I ain't Got no Money Honey Oh All right But You know What I Like Chantilly lace And a Pretty face On its Tail Hangin' down A wiggle In the Walk And a Giggle In the So long Made the World Go round Ain't nothing In the World Like a Big Eyed Girl That make Me Act so Fun Make Me Feel Real Loose Like a Long Neck Do Like A Joe Oh Baby That's What I Like Nobody Could do That Like the Big Bopper That's What made Him Famous I Mean He Really Was a Disc Jockey Came From Out of Nowhere Nobody Ever Heard Of Him Except The People Who Listened To His Rock and Roll Shows Down In Texas Beaumont And I Had A Great Aunt And Uncle That Lived There And I Heard I Heard J.P. Richardson Many Times Known As The Big Bopper Because The Dance Craze At That Time Was The Bop 520 333 4578 Is The Number Let Me Hear Your Input I'm Really Interested On In Not On In How You're You're Enjoying This Broadcast If You Are If You're Not Then I'd Be Interested To Know That Also And If Everybody Thinks That This Is This Is Good Then We'll Try To Do A Lot More Of It Or At Least A Little More Of It Or Maybe Some More Of It Or Maybe Not Any Of It Who Knows So Anyway Let's Let's Do This In Memory Of Richie Valens And Then If There's No More Calls We'll Just Go On And Complete The Rest Of This Memorial Broadcast Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This coming up is what's known in the Buddy Holly life as the New York era. It's likely that Buddy Holly's music would have been affected by his move to New York in the autumn of 1958, for even if the feel of the city didn't affect his songwriting, there were other influences to be reckoned with. In Clovis, New Mexico, Norman Petty had encouraged a relaxed studio atmosphere, which he felt was the opposite of his own experiences in New York studios. If he was going to consolidate his position as an entertainer, he would have to spend most of his time in New York, where he was close to his record company and publishing company offices. He also had Maria Elena's feelings to consider. Buddy had planned to build his own studio in Lubbock, but having spent most of her life in New York, Maria was hardly likely to take to Lubbock, Texas, even if Lubbock had been prepared to take to her. So Buddy and Maria set up home in a modest but comfortable apartment at 11 Fifth Avenue in New York's Greenwich Village. And it wasn't long before Buddy began recording demos and ideas of songs in the apartment on a machine he had acquired from Norman Petty, who remembers. Buddy had suggested he get himself a professional tape recorder, so I suggested the latest model, and he said, No, I want the one that Peggy Sue was recorded on, the one you carried to Oklahoma City. This was a portable but professional machine, and that was the recorder that Buddy had in his apartment in New York City. Good evening. You're on the air. Hi, Bill. Hi. This is Jackie. I recognize your voice. I called to ask you if we could have the next dance together. I'd be happy to, my dear. Thanks, Bill. That's why I called. Well, of course you can. Okay. When the next record plays, I'll dance with you right here, and you dance with me right there, and we'll waltz right through the universe. That's cool. This is fun tonight. Great. I'm glad you like it. And thank you very much for not preempting my program. Well, I would have, except for the fact that you were being picked up for the first time by a couple of affiliates, one of them pretty large as your leaders, your listeners, is the word I'm groping for. Okay. As your listeners discovered, a 90-watt station is not something that we want to lose out on. Actually, he's 95-watt. That's true. And he's getting out 15 miles, 10 miles strong, out to 15, and people are picking him up 20 miles away. Oh, sure. When you get up to 90 watts, five more doesn't make any difference. Oh, okay. Well, I'm the stickler for, you know, facts. That's powerful stuff. I venture to say that he's getting out a lot farther than that because I'm hitting, I'm, I'm, they can pick me up in Greer, which is, and I'm only 25 milliwatts, but I'm broadcasting from the top of a mountain, too, which makes all the difference in the world. Uh-huh. They can pick me up in Greer, which is, see, the 15, I think it's 15 miles away. Right at 15 miles. Oh, that's wonderful. It's exciting, isn't it? It is. It's very exciting. Our antenna went up on the roof today. Uh-huh. So, I did my first program tonight, hooked up to all of that equipment. I know, and your sound was just wonderful. Was it? It has improved so much, and you sounded so good, and for the first time, your music sounded like really good professional music. Well, I wasn't holding a phone up to a tape recorder. And I was proud of you. Thank you. Well, I just want you to know that I love and I'm so proud to be on this network, and I don't know how it's going to happen, maybe what you're doing tonight, you know, filling the in-between time. Uh-huh. But you have to be the DJ, you know. Well, we can't do that all the time. I know, I know, I know. But, you know, if you could, it would be incredible. But I think filling the dead time is very, very important so that our affiliates don't have to keep switching channels. Well, we'll do that as fast as we can gather programming, and we'll try to do, you know, as many specials as we can within reason, because this is very expensive. None of us who do any of these things to try to save this republic are making any money. In fact, we're causing our families to go through great sacrifices. And, of course, I don't know about you, but I don't have any personal fortune coming to me from any of this. But it's fun, and it's worthwhile. If you know you're doing the right thing and you trust in God and just do it, then that's reward enough. You know what I'm enjoying about tonight so much? You. Me? What? I didn't do it. Because you're having so much fun with it. That's true. You and I talked, you know, before I decided to, you know, go on the air with you. And I was critical of myself. And you said, well, it's going to take a while to develop your radio personality. Yes. Well, tonight, you aren't a radio personality. Tonight, I feel like I'm hearing Bill Cooper. Really? Yeah, Bill. And I'm enjoying it with you, and I'm feeling it with you. And sometimes I'm one of your greatest skeptics, and sometimes I'm one of your greatest fans. And tonight, I'm your greatest fan. Well, great. I appreciate that. Okay. Thank you. Good night. And keep it up. Oh, I will. Okay. And, hmm, well, that was a nice call. Let's go back. Let's go back to New York. Buddy Holly had also recently obtained a new Gibson acoustic guitar. And he used this on most of the tapes he recorded in his apartment, although in many cases he was just trying out ideas. Buddy would spend hours getting the songs right before putting them on tape, as Maria remembers. And I'm going to go right straight to the music, folks, because I've got to tell you something. It smells like something's burning here, and I've got to check out and see what in the world is going on. So, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Well, folks, I was almost about ready to lose my mind. I could smell electrical wires burning. At least that's what I thought it smelled like, that I could just see my whole broadcast studio going up in smoke. But it turned out that Annie was cooking plastic. You see, every once in a while she has to sterilize Allison's milk bottles, and they're all made out of plastic. So she puts them in this big pot and fills it full of water and turns it on and lets them boil for a while. And every once in a while she forgets that they're boiling, the water evaporates and the plastic cooks, and we have to buy a new pot. And that's what happened tonight. Boy, does it stink. Boy, does it stink. Boy, does it tick. Oh, boy. Boy, even though it's just a man. Boy, does it stink. Boy, does it stink. Boy, does it stink. Boy, I've been told those shoes where the band of gold Peggy Sue got married not long ago Peggy Sue got married not long ago Peggy Sue got married and now Buddy's crying, waiting and hoping that he'll find another Peggy Sue I'm crying, waiting and hoping that he'll come back I just can't seem to get you off my mind I'm crying, waiting and hoping that he'll come back you're the one I love and I think about you all the time I'm crying, crying, crying My tears keep falling all night long waiting, waiting, waiting, do, to, to It feels so useless I know it's wrong to keep crying, crying, waiting, waiting hoping, hoping You'll come back Maybe someday someday We'll change and you'll be mine you'll be mine You'll transition your head In the house . . . . . . . . . Boy, I wish I was not doing this now so I could go outside and get some fresh air. Burnt plastic is the most foul-smelling stuff in the world, besides a skunk sitting on your nose. I've said a broken love that's unto these dreams were in a game. When you love her and she doesn't love you, you're only in a game. When she says that we'd be one man to another, when you find that you're a monster, you're taking us. The feelings of that you're all alone and me, that's when you're a game. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'll remember you That makes it tough What so tough When you tell me You don't love you That makes it tough What so tough What so tough When you say You don't care for me no more Your morning will follow me forever And ever Though I know my dreams cannot come true All those precious things we shared together We shared together Time goes by I'll still remember you I'll remember you And that makes it tough Oh so tough When you tell me You don't love me That makes it tough I'll still remember you I'll still remember you That makes it tough I'll still remember you I'll still remember you That makes it tough When you say You don't care for me no more You know first I'm getting a little worried What if that's really a midnight snack she's fixing? Keep it here for viewers. I'm in trouble. One, two, three. What to do now don't see the morning that's what comes to me. What to do what to do do you keep on being lonely what to do what to do what to do what to do what to do what to do what to do how big is that what to do I know my heart ain't shaving You're not moving, you're not moving You're not moving, you're not moving With your heart and no happy time you have So do you show the watch that's you now make me sad Oh, I know my heart is showing You're not moving, what's it to you? I know you guys don't know what I'm doing here, but I'm relating your more while I'm doing this broadcast Broadcast No music Hello, you're on the air. Hi. I just want to say I'm listening and I think it's real fun. Here's your party. Well, thank you. That's great. Feels like it was just an unplanned party and we're all sitting in on it and it's a really good time. Is this Reefa? Yeah. Ah, see, I recognize your voice. I thought I don't know if I'm calling too soon, but I'm really having fun and I wanted to tell you. Indiana. What do you mean calling too soon? Well, I don't know. I called, you know, not that long ago and I thought I don't want to call too often let other people call in. Oh, you can call anytime you want as long as it's not, you know, two or three times on the same night. Okay. Well, I'm sure having a good time. I love this music. It's really fun. Oh, yeah. Well, you're right in there where, you know, a few years behind me maybe, but you're right in there. Lots of happy memories in that time zone. Wasn't it great? Oh, it was wonderful. Those were the times. Yeah. I mean, you know, when they say that was an innocent era, it really was. Right. You had to be there to really understand, I think. Yeah, I can't imagine. It's hard to tell our children, isn't it? Well, it's hard to tell them because they live in a world that we had no part of. Right. We didn't know anything about at all. Well, and so, you know, we had a longer and probably more innocent and, I think, much better childhood than most children have today. They lose their childhood. Yes. And it was so much, you felt so much safer. Oh, yeah. And the security was just something our children can't know about now. It's just not the same anymore. The entire time that I was growing up, and I'm talking about until I was 18 and left home, I only knew one woman who had ever been divorced, and she was married at that time. I never knew a girl who got pregnant out of wedlock. I never knew a girl who got married before she graduated from high school, or a guy for that matter either. Didn't know any juvenile delinquents. The worst thing that I ever saw was somebody slipped my bicycle tire. Oh, my goodness. I mean, you know, kids today laugh at that. That was a big tragedy to me. Passing notes or throwing trash on the floor, that was horrible then. Sure. Little things like that. Now it's, you know, it's not the same world. Yeah. In high school, it was really a big deal to take a transistor radio and drive up to Moriyama Park. Remember, I was high school in Japan. Uh-huh. And take a case of Heineken's for about 20 kids. And just, you know, dance in the moonlight. That was really wild. That was really wild. That was as wild as it got. I remember Jim Short fell in the honey bucket well one of those nights, and he had to ride all the way back to the base standing on the back bumper of the car because we wouldn't let him inside. You know what a honey bucket well is, don't you? Yeah. It's a fertilizer pit. And I don't mean ammonium nitrate or any of that stuff you put on your gardens. It might be worse than plastic. Well, come to think of it, it wasn't very good. I felt so sorry for Jim because you know how that kind of thing gets around in high school and what kids do with it? Never hear the end of it. Oh my gosh. He just never, he never ever got through that. Couldn't live it down. No, I'm afraid he couldn't. And I was just as guilty as the rest. It was funny. It was hilarious. Except for him. I wish our children could know, you know, kind of world like we knew then. I wish they could too because it would be a much healthier, much better world for them. I'm trying as hard as I can to give my children some innocence before they have to go out and step into this awful sewage that surrounds us. But, you know, eventually they have to or they'll be taken advantage of and destroyed because they don't know how to cope with it. I used to try to teach them to beware of strangers. And I thought, I don't remember we had to worry about that much. We were, I heard you talk about staying out all night. We had a neighborhood gatherings. All the children would get together and sing under the streetlight all night. Yeah. And, I mean, it was common. You just roamed the neighborhood and played until the wee hours. Yeah. Kicked the can. Remember that? And it was safe. You didn't worry. I mean, we heard stories of, I think, the only thing I ever heard of when I was small was gypsies. And I didn't even know what a gypsy was. But there might, you know, be a stranger in the neighborhood or something. Yeah. I remember one time when the Russians launched the Sputnik. Uh-huh. Everybody. And I mean everybody in the entire world was out in their backyard lying on the grass. Yeah. Looking up and counting Sputnik's revolutions, you know, until they either fell asleep or the dew fell or they got soaking wet and had to go in there. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. But, you know. It was a wonderful time. They sure were. Yeah. Well, I just wanted you to know I'm listening and I think this is a great idea. Well, thank you, Rita. It's nice to have some fun. You know, Pooh really loves those letters that you write to her. I'm having a good time with her. She can't wait to get your letters. And as soon as she gets them, she sits down and writes a reply. She spends hours just, you know, on watch. Oh, I can tell. I can tell. I can't. Everybody. Well, we call it Pooh mail. When we get mail, this is a real big deal. Everybody can't wait to see what she wrote, you know. Well, it is Pooh mail. Yeah. And I'll show my mom and she just says, I can't believe she thinks of her. Look at this writing. It's incredible. She keeps saying, are you sure she thinks? I said, yeah, isn't it amazing? And mom loves her handwriting, the way she writes her letters. She says, really, they don't teach that anymore. No, well, they teach it here. That beautiful smell. In my school. I'm the teacher. You're the one, aren't you? Yeah. Every once in a while, she brings me an apple when we have homeschool. Well, she sure is a wonderful child. She's a joy to know. She sure is. And tell her, she may get something tomorrow because it went out today. Oh, great. Yeah, I'll tell her. She'll be just tickled to death. That's something she can watch for. You know, she's about halfway through Grimm's Fairy Tales. Oh, that's wonderful. And she's not reading the children's version. She's reading the actual adult classic Grimm's Fairy Tales, which, by the way, were never really written for children anyway. And she has told me that the next book she's going to read is going to be Jane Eyre. Oh, wonderful. So I can't wait until she gets into that. Oh, that's wonderful. And she chose that all by herself. That's the book that she wants to read. I know that's the most important thing. I've heard that you can give your child a love for reading. Yes. Because it'll open all kinds of doors for them. That's true. But you know what's amazing to me? I know adults that can't read Jane Eyre. Yeah, that's true. That's true. So this is, you know, it just makes me glow with pride. Oh, yeah. I'm just so proud of her and so happy that our efforts with her have all been fruitful. Yeah, it's your example, too. She knows you love to read, too. Oh, that's true. I know how you love books and everything. That's a wonderful, it's just a wonderful thing when a child falls in love with books. Yes, it is. And it opens up a whole new world. Everything, every bit of wisdom and knowledge that has ever been garnered by the human race is in books. Oh, wonderful. And that's the only place that it is. When you mentioned how if it's not on video, people cannot be, they don't even bother. It's like they don't want to strain themselves. I thought, boy, that is so true. Yeah, it's like, you know, everybody wants it now. They want to wait until it's on video and they can just lay back and stare at something to tell them. They want it now and they want it with no effort. And it's the age of greed and selfishness and fast food, which means fast everything. Yeah. And they're missing so much. They sure are. They sure are. Well, it'll catch up to them because soon they're going to be missing everything. Yeah. If these New World Order people get their way. Yeah, that's true. I find myself groping for words tonight and I've never had to do that before. Maybe you're getting tired. Well, I am tired. And the plastic might be a little bit toxic. Yeah, well, I had my gas mask on for a little while. I know, I was tired laughing. I could tell. But when the records are playing, I turn on the exhaust fan in the studio. And so it's a little better. Nobody will hear it. Yeah, it's a little better than it was before. So, anyway. Well. How's Dennis and the boys? Well, everybody's cracked at me. Oh, really? Yeah, everybody's. They're doing fine. But everybody got sleepy and nobody's left up now. Well, I know what sleepy means in your house. Yeah. Sleepy. They can only go so long. Sleepy means out. Oh, yeah. It means dead. I mean, I saw how you had to carry one of your boys. Really weird. You couldn't wake that boy up with an atomic bomb. I remember that. Yeah, there's just no way. They get to a point where you can steer them if you can get them up. But that's about all. Yeah. Yeah, that was funny. Dennis is just like the boys, too, isn't he? Yeah, yeah. I knew that. See, he'll never admit that to me, but I know it. Yeah, same way. I guess it's really funny because they all talk in their sleep, too, and they'll even talk between rooms and answer each other, and nobody knows what. They don't remember it the next day. Oh, that could be dangerous. That is really weird. That could really be dangerous. One time Dennis said, he just got up and sat up in bed and said, flash off the hoof and on your porch. And we never did forget what that was about. Fresh off the hoof and on your porch. On your porch. Well, maybe sometime in his life he was a meat truck man. I don't know. Makes you wonder, but where on earth did he get that one? I don't know. Really? Well, I'm sure enjoying this, and I love this kind of music. I just think it's a really good time. And when we didn't know you were going to do it, then it's like a party unexpected. You know what? I never know what I'm going to do anymore. That's right. I am doing so much now, Reetha, that I don't have time to prepare like I used to prepare, and I find myself walking into the studio to do a broadcast with absolutely no idea what I'm going to do. You're so comfortable with it, though. Now you've done it for so long. Yeah. You could probably do it in your sleep just now. Well, it's still very uncomfortable to have to do it that way. Yeah, yeah. But, you know, I just am doing so many things. Are you still writing your books? Yes, I'm doing that. I thought you probably were still working on that. You know, sometimes I sit down and reflect on all of the things that I'm doing, and I'm absolutely amazed that I'm doing them. Yeah, it is an awful lot to do. Number one, and number two, I'm amazed that Annie hasn't hit me over the head with a sledgehammer a long time ago. And, you know, she might. I mean, maybe, just maybe she was cooking that plastic on purpose. Did you ever think of that? Well, no, I heard, I worried about you when you said that because I thought, now, I heard Teflon, if you leave the Teflon skillets on, are real highly poisonous. Well, none of this stuff is good for you to be breathing. Plastic ain't good either. And when your wife starts cooking it, I mean, you know, who knows what's going to be for breakfast tomorrow? I certainly don't know. Well, I'm sure having fun here. I wanted to be sure and call and tell you because this might be your New Year's Eve party. Yeah, that was a lot of fun. That was fun, and that was a lot like this, too. And I thought Jackie was right. I hope I get to meet her someday. I think she was right in that talking to you is the fun part. The songs are fun, but you're more fun. Oh, really? Because you do have a fun personality. It's fun knowing you, and that's the best part. Well, I'd much rather be doing this kind of stuff all the time. I really would. In fact, I wouldn't be doing any of the other stuff that I'm doing if we were in such dire straits. I mean, we're really in deep trouble, deep trouble, way beyond most people's even inkling of a conception of what kind of trouble we're in. With the book and all that stuff, too. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. That was a great gift to your country, going out on a limb like that. Well, we're still out on that limb. You're the only one who, I mean, you and Michelle together, and everybody with that, your families and everything, but that was the only way that that information could happen. It never would have come out. That was the position you were in, and you knew you could do that. You were the only one who could. Yep. I hope everybody appreciates that I do. By the way, we've identified John Doe No. 2 positively, with no doubt. We know where he lives and who he is. The whole works. We're not going to tell the world yet. But we did communicate that to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. And right after we told them and told them that we have solid witnesses, they then withdrew the work for John Doe No. 2, said there never was a John Doe No. 2, and coerced the witnesses in Oklahoma to lie and change their minds and say that it was some sergeant out at a military base. Oh. But, you know, they're just digging a hole for themselves. Yeah. It just keeps getting deeper and deeper. It's too bad at this point. John Doe No. 2 was a government agent. Oh. How about that? Yeah. Well, this just gets thicker and thicker, doesn't it? It certainly does. Well, I'm sure glad you're there digging. I'm sure I am. Well, I don't know. And I think everybody, another thing I have been wanting to tell you, if everybody could ask at their libraries to get the books there, sometimes they can do it without even spending the money themselves if they can't afford to get a copy for the library. I think that would be a good idea for everyone to do. Yeah, they can go to the library and ask the library to get the book. At our library, they have allotted funds, and they will first choose the books that people at the library will request. Uh-huh. So the money is already allotted to be spent. And so we've been doing that, contacting different libraries and requesting that they purchase them. Also, your book, which our library now has. And Andy keeps checking on computer. He can see what's in and out. Uh-huh. The book's always checked out and always with a new due date. So we know it's going around. Well, that's great. It's being read. So we're real happy about that because he's the one that requested they buy it. You know, my book was published in Germany. Oh, it was? Just a few weeks ago. And I just got my first royalty check today. Wonderful. And it is unbelievable how many books that they've already sold. That's wonderful. I was flabbergasted. I just was floored. And so we sent them a copy of Oklahoma City Day One to see if they'll publish that. Also, my book, Behold a Pale Horse, is being put out on audio book. Oh, wonderful. And it's going to be in every truck stop in America pretty soon. Oh, that's great. And guess who's doing it? I have no idea. You are, I hope. Oh, no, not me. I'll tell you in a little while. Okay. I'm not going to tell you right now. I'll tell you in a little while. Who's putting my book out? You're not going to believe it. When it was first published, nobody would touch it with a 10-foot pole. And when it first showed up in bookstores, they started hiding it in the New Age section. I understand it's still there. Some bookstores wouldn't even put it on the shelf. They put it under the counter and you had to ask for it. And in New York City, in, I forget the name of the bookstore. Oh, Barnes & Noble. It's the most stolen book they've ever had on their shelf. And so they don't put it on the shelf anymore. Well. Now, it's at Walden Book here in our town. Yeah. And that's where I got my first copy. Well, pretty soon it's going to be on the highways of America. Oh, that's wonderful. And in the hands of all the blind people. Oh, that's wonderful. I'm thinking plucking books. Is that what you're talking about? Audio books. Audio books. Okay. Yeah. The same books that, you know, you can go into, you know, a lot of high. I used to get them. They call them talking books if you're legally blind. Uh-huh. And you could get them. That's why I wondered if that was the same thing. It's something. They had them on records that played real slow or tapes of things. Yeah. It's already been recorded for the blind. And the blind can get it for nothing just simply by going through their service, whatever that is. Yeah. But this is audio books. Indianapolis, I think. You have to go through here. When you're traveling on the road, when you stop at a truck stop for gas and get something to eat, you go inside and you see this big book rack. And at first you think it's books and you go pick one out and it's a plastic case and inside it has audio tapes. Uh-huh. That's what it is. Oh, wonderful. I love the way you read stories, too. Oh, really? The way you read a book is, I just love the way you do it. And when you read Michelle's, I love the way that you selected the music that went with it that set the mood. How did you know I was going to read my book? I am. I think I heard you talking to Michelle one time when she was a guest on your show. I don't know.