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Back in Lubbock, Holly formed his own band, The Crickets and began making records at Norman Petty’s studios in Clovis, New Mexico. The version “That’ll Be the Day” was hit. Finally he contracted with Coral Record by signed Buddy Holly and The Crickets.

Holly’s music was sophisticated including the use of instruments considered novel for rock and roll, such as the celesta in the song “Everyday”. He was an influential lead and rhythm guitarist, notably on songs such as “Peggy Sue” and “Not Fade Away”. Holly’s catalog of songs includes such standards of the rock and roll canon as “Rave On”, “That’ll Be the Day”, “Oh Boy!”, and “Maybe Baby”.

Many of his songs feature a unique vocal “hiccup” technique, a clipped “uh” sound used to emphasize certain words in any given son, especially the rockers.

Holly’s personal style, he was more controlled and cerebral than Elvis’. He was more youthful and innovative than the country and western stars of that era, would have an influence on youth culture on both sides of the Atlantic for decades to come.

Big Bopper

Jiles Perry (J.P.) Richardson, Jr. was born in Sabine Pass, Texas on October 24, 1930. He called Jape by friends but commonly known as The Big Bopper. He was a disc jockey who parlayed a big voice and exuberant personality into a career as an early rock and roll star. He was best known for his hit song “Chantilly Lace”.

He was a member of the band and chorus. During he was studying, he worked part time at KTRM radio. In 1949, he worked full time and left school. He held down only 1.30 hours from Monday through Friday on 11 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. After one of the station’s sponsors wanted him for a new time slot. He became known as The Big Bopper. He became the station’s program director.

In his career, He played guitar and started writing more songs. He wrote the songs for the famous singers such as George Jones and Johnny Preston which his songs became to hit on the chart.

Inspiration for the song came from Richardson’s childhood memory of the Sabine River where he heard stories about Indian tribes.

He contracted with Mercury and Starday records and signed his name to Mercury. He was the first single “Beggar To A King”

With the success of “Chantilly Lace, Richardson took some time off from KTRM radio and joined Buddy and The Crickets, Ritchie Vaklens and Dion & the Belmonts for a “ Winter Dance Party” tour.

In the early morning of February 3, after a performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly, Valens and Richardson killed by accident because a small plan crashed into Albert Juhl’s corn field. This event would become known as “The Day the Music Died”.

The Big Bopper, Jr. took up a musical career inspired by his father and he had toured on the “Winter Dance Party” tour with Buddy Holy impersonator John Mueller as his father.

My opinion

In my opinion, I think Buddy Holly is more famous than Big Bopper because he was a musical family.

Buddy Holly intended to the artist but Big Bopper intended to the one who wrote the song. Holly had performance and set up his own band including he had tour performance in many places. Richardson had performance but not too much. They join “Winter Dance Party” tour together.

I like Buddy Holly more than Big Bopper because he used technique in his song but Big Bopper had a big voice which I don’t like.

Both of them were the rock star in my mind. Their song showed me about the rock and roll. They were specially voice and personal. I like Holly’s song such as Oh Boy, Rave On, Maybe Baby, etc. I like Big Bopper’s song such as Big Bopper's Wedding, Chantilly Lace and Crazy Blues.

Crystal Gayle was born January 9, 1951 in Brenda Gail Webb in Paintsville, Kentucky. She was an American country music singer. She was very famous and voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1983. She is also the sister of singer Loretta Lynn and cousin of singer Patty Loveless.

Gayle began performing and recording during the early 1970s. Her fourth album, We Must Believe in Magic that released in 1977 brought her to a wide audience by the world wide "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". This music reached number one on the U.S. country music charts and became a best seller, the first by a female Country Artist. She won a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the single. In 1977 and 1978 she was chosen the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year

She continued to achieve great success with "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For", and achieved several music hits on the pop charts including "Talking in Your Sleep", "Half the Way", and a duet with Eddie Rabbitt, "You and I", all three of which made the Pop Top 20 and Adult Contemporary Top 10.

Her song, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," was awarded as one of the top ten most played songs of the 20th Century.

On June 9, 2005, she took the stage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee for "You and I”. This song had been named the number 7 all-time best/favorite Country Music Duet during a countdown and concert that listed the "Top 100 Greatest Country Duets" of all time.

She married her high school sweetheart, Bill Gatzimos, shortly after graduating high school. The couple has two children, Catherine and Cris, and one grandson, Elijah. Gayle's family resides in Nashville, where she also has her own specialty store, "Crystal's for Fine Gifts and Jewelry."

Don't it make my brown eyes blue Lyrics

After I listened this song, I felt her voice like a angle and sweetly voice. This is song is so romantic of the women who love her lover so much. But her lover must be gone and she didn't want like this. She felt sad and got her feeling.

Bonnie and Clyde
Movie

The movie started in depression period of America and this movie built from the true story of Bonnie and Clyde who were the bank robbery and they were very famous in that period.

Bonnie who was the girl in the town and she felt bore her life. She wanted to change her life to differ the old style. Clyde was the man who recently out of the prison. He turned to the bank robbery. He had dream to be a criminal that will free him from the hardships of the depression period.

Bonnie and Clyde were falling in love together. They moved from town to town and made robbed until they joined with Clyde’s brother. His name is Buck. After that they robbed and kidnapped in depression era.

My opinion

After I watched the movie, the movie showed me about sympathetic social and political of the present day. I also understand that depression era in America was very poor of people in that time. Some people moved to the new land for survival and they could do everything for their better life.

The vehicles in this period were developing and only rich people could have the car. Most people’s house was acquired by the bank because the economy declined.

Sergeant Joe Gunn and his tank crew pick up a motley assortment of stragglers, among them a British doctor and other British troops, a free French soldier, a Sudanese and his Italian prisoner, and a German Luftwaffe pilot who strafes them and is shot down. So the water was very important because they were running in the desert. They had limited food and water. They found the well desert but it almost empty. While they were running, they lost their friend from attacked by German’s air force man.

Finally they found only a trickle of water, and then they took long time to keep the water. German was arriving and wanted to take this well. Sergeant Joe had planned to fight with German. He lied German that this well had a lot of water.

While German attacked, they were beaten and died one by one. They dropped their weapon and toward the well. They drank water like thirstily.

My opinion

From the movie was the World War II, the soldiers were honestly to their countries and allies. They tried to help together even though they met inconvenience. It shows kindness like the present day.

The movie was in the World War I; Eddie was a soldier who came back to his house after he leaved to the war for a long time. His family thought he was died in the war. After he came home, he could not find any job. He became to the cab driver.

One day, he became to the alcohol seller by persuaded of the woman who love Eddie. In America alcohol was illegal but his business was very good because everyone drank alcohol. The gangsters could run the alcohol business because they have money to protect themselves and the police could not do anything with them.

Eddie was falling in love with the girl. He helped her to become to the singer in the club but she did not love him. She was falling in love with Lloyd who was Eddie’s lawyer.

During 1920’ economy in America was broke up and depression, many businesses were closed. Eddie lost anything and he was arrested because his business is outlaw.

After Eddie leaved the jail, he worked as the cab driver again. He met the ex lover who married with Lloyd.

My opinion

From the movie, I know American’ economy and woman role were changed after the World War I ended. The economic, the gangsters were influenced and money were important and powerful in the society. Alcohol was very popular and easy to get more money but it was illegal. After the economy depressed, people became poor and poorer.

The women role was changed; the women became more important role in the society. They could work outside their home like man. They changed their hairs and clothes by short hair and short skirt. They also drank alcohol like man too.

Movie

This movie was World War II movie with the allied of American, Polish and British. It was near the end of World War II. They sent the soldiers attempting to capture bridges of German by parachute and armored.

Operation Market Garden was behind enemy lines in Holland which allied of American, Polish and British was laying a "carpet of airborne troops" and holds them until they can be taken over by allied ground troops. Arnhem is to be the final bridge, the bridge which turns out to be "too far".

Bridge too far was meticulously the ambitious plan which resulted in more Allied casualties than the entire landing.

My opinion

From this movie, I misunderstand completely and confuse about Allies because I don’t know clearly American’s history and background before.

I also see the weapons and vehicles of the troops in that period; it was developing and similar with today. The soldiers had uniform which it’s not different from the present. Each country had their own uniform and they had unique in their own country.

The troops also used people’s home into the place to preserve the soldiers who were injured and their homes were attacked from the enemies. After the war ended, the people moved to the new land and build their new house.

I got one thing from the movie, people in Germany who was observing the German withdrawal. They were celebrating the arrival of the allied forces. I thought the people gain compression from Nazi government.

From the movie, I know that in during America’s colonies had capture Africa people to sold into slave to American people in 1750. In America had slave like Thailand in the past. The movie showed 6 generation of Kunta Kinte who African people. From the movie started from Colony period until to Civil war period which slave was freed.

The movie started with Kunta Kinte who born in Africa and he became to warrior in his tribal. The slave capturer was arrived their land and Kunta Kinte was captured by capturer. When he was arrived American, he was sold and move to new master’s home. He was changing his name to Toby. He tried to escape several times but he couldn’t. At last time of escaped, he was cutting his foot by the slave catchers. All the time as he lived in farmland, he got help from the old man which I cannot to remember his name. Eventually he accepted and settled his family with his wife until he had the child. She was Kizzy. Kunta Kinte gave her name like his tribe ceremony and he tried to teach her about his tribe and his history when he lived in the tribe.

When Revolutionary War period, Kizzy was sold to new master because the master had problem about the economy. He couldn’t restrain the master and he had only look his daughter leave with his mental pain.

Kizzy moved to new master homeland and became to mother of her new master's son. She still lived like slave and worked hard. Her son named Chicken George.

Chicken George was excellently in cockfighting and made his master satisfy about his ability. He married with his wife and had 2 sons. When he was lost in cockfighting and his master paid a lot of money for his gambling. He was sent to England to pay off a gambling debt for 14 years. Kizzy lived with Chicken George’s wife at the master farmland. After he came back, he was a free man.

Civil War period arrived, the rest of the slaves was freed and the family and his councils faced the risk of vehement racism and some group of people. Their ban was ruined by them.

Finally Chicken George leaded his family and his councils to safety in a new settlement. They builed their homeland and farmland by themselves. They was a free man and they had thier own lifestyle.

From the movie, I know American’s history in each era and American’s people lifestyles in those periods. I also know about the history of slavery in America.

Blind Lemon Jefferson was the most popular male blues recording artist of 1920. He was born in Couchman, near Wortham in Freestone Count of Texas in 1897. He was blind when he was young age or may be as his birth. He had nickname Lemon.

Blind Lemon Jefferson had learned how to play the guitar and sang music; he began performing at picnics and parties. He also became a street musician, playing in East Texas towns at 1912. He moved to Dallas where he is reputed to have met and played with Leadbelly in 1917. After that, he got married.

Blind Lemon Jefferson taken to Chicago, Illinois to recorded his first track in December 1925 or January 1926. Uncharacteristically, Blind Lemon Jefferson's first two recordings from this session were gospel songs. His first track released under his own name, "Booster Blues" and "Dry Southern Blues". The songs became a runaway success. He made at least 100 recordings, including alternate versions of some songs. He died in Chicago at the end of December, 1929.

Blind Lemon Jefferson died penniless in Chicago in December 1929. The cause of death is unknown, rumors swirled that a jealous lover poisoned his coffee. For another reason, he died due to a heart attack after being disoriented during a snowstorm.

The movie occurred in a Midwest town with Jesse James's younger gang. Jesse James was a humble Missouri farm boy. He was the bank robberies and the leader of the gang.
One day, the boy in Jesse James’s gang died after they robbed the important bank. He promised a dying boy that he will hit a home run in the World Series.
In his gang has his brother, Frank and Cousin Cole Younger. He is introduced them about fighter aiding the Confederates toward the end of the Civil War.
They return to Missouri to discover of supporting the losing side. Yankee soldiers control their town and the railroad is stabilizing to throw them off their farms. Jesse James loved his mother so much. His mother died because the house was bomb by a land-grabbing railroad baron who avenges Jesse James and Frank.
Jesse James and his gang distribute their booty among the poor people in Midwest town. After Jesse James’s mother died, he wanted to quit form robber. He was falling in love with Doc’s daughter. He married with her. But he was arrested while he and his wife honeymoon.
Jesse James can escape while he was in the train on the way to Los Angelis by helps of his gang and his wife.