# A small trivia quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603 "2000-02-10T03:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/1 "2000-02-10T03:55:00Z")
Feb 3, 1959 The day the music died. The death of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens. As anyone in show business will tell you, the show must go on. The show Holly was scheduled to play still went on. It allowed an unknown (at the time)singer to make his start in big time show biz. This entertainer went on to chart 38 songs. Who is this entertainer that got his start because Buddy Holly died? The Lord does work in mysterious ways. Extra credit. Name the only #1 hit this entertainer had. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/2 "2000-02-10T03:58:00Z")
Dion? ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/3 "2000-02-10T04:00:00Z")
Good guess… but no. ---
**Author:** ![Zulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@Zulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/4 "2000-02-10T04:33:00Z")
Was it Fabian? ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/5 "2000-02-10T04:36:00Z")
Again a good guess… need a hint? First name rhymes with lobby. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@Zulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/6 "2000-02-10T04:46:00Z")
Um…Bobby Vinton? ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/7 "2000-02-10T04:50:00Z")
Close! Even got the first letter of the last name right. ---
**Author:** ![Zulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@Zulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/8 "2000-02-10T04:54:00Z")
Hmm…the only other Bobby V I can think of is Bobby Vee… I knew as soon as I posted that it wasn’t Vinton, because I’m sure he’s had more than one #1 hit ---
**Author:** ![Zulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@Zulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/9 "2000-02-10T04:58:00Z")
And the only Bobby Vee song I can think of is “Take Good Care of My Baby”, which will be stuck in my head all night now. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/10 "2000-02-10T05:00:00Z")
Zulu… Kudos! Plus you got the extra credit! His biggest hit besides Take good care of my baby was Devil or Angel. ---
**Author:** ![Zulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@Zulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/11 "2000-02-10T05:05:00Z")
Woohoo! Do I win anything? I’m madly in love with Buddy Holly, actually. Adults are always surprised that I even know who he is (I’m 19). With good reason…I’m one of the few people in my peer group I know who doesn’t think that Buddy Holly is just the name of a Weezer song :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/12 "2000-02-10T13:35:00Z")
It was band, not a solo act, that filled in for the unexpeced absence in Fargo, ND in 1959. “The Shadows” was a group formed by local Fargo boy Bobby Vee, also the lead singer. The Shadows recorded for Soma and went nowhere. As “Bobby Vee and the Shadows” they charted on Liberty Records in 1959 with _Suzy Baby_. Vee started his solo career with _Devil or Angel_, which went all the way to number six in 1960. He hit #1 the following year with _Take Good Care of My Baby_. Bobby Vee had a number of subsequent top five hits, although he never went all the way top the top again. _Run to Him_ was #2 in 1961, _The Night Has a Thousand Eyes_ hit #3 in 1962, and _Come Back When You Grow Up_ was a #3 hit in 1967. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-trivia-quiz/13603/13 "2000-02-10T13:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Abner Normal: > \*\*His biggest hit besides Take good care of my baby was > > Devil or Angel.\*\* Um… no. I posted without reading other responses… but as you’ll see from my post above, _Devil or Angel_, which spent 19 weeks on Billboard’s Hot Hundred chart, peaked at #6 August 1st, 1960. _Run to Him_ peaked at #2 11/13/61. _The Night Has a Thousand Eyes_ hit #3 on 12/8/62, and _Come Back When You Grow Up_ peaked at #3 7/22/67. - Rick