Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets the position of lead singer with the group in 1961. He would remain through early 1965. Tommy Allsup, the guitarist who had toured with Holly during the fateful Winter Dance Party frequently played with the band. Singing star and Liberty records artist Bobby Vee had a number of connections with Holly and the Crickets. After Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper were killed in the tragic February 1959 plane crash, Fargo, North Dakota teenager Bobby Vee was among several local young musicians recruited to join the rest of the Winter Dance Party tour, beginning with the next scheduled
The Buddy Holly Story (album) Story" as a 12" 33⅓ rpm LP record, they also released the four songs "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "Heartbeat", "Raining In My Heart", and "Early in the Morning" – which were included on the LP version – as a 7" 45 rpm EP record which was also titled as "The Buddy Holly Story" (catalog number EC-81182). The EP peaked at #9 on "Billboard" magazine's Best Selling Pop EPs chart. In April 1960, Coral Records released a sequel to "The Buddy Holly Story" titled "The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2". The album was also used as the title of the soundtrack