# February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-made-me-shiver-with-every-paper-id-deliver/570100 "2011-02-04T00:59:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-made-me-shiver-with-every-paper-id-deliver/570100/1 "2011-02-04T00:59:12Z")
I’m surprised nobody has noted today’s date. The day the music died. Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens J.P. Richardson, aka The Big Bopper RIP February 3, 1959 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-made-me-shiver-with-every-paper-id-deliver/570100/2 "2011-02-04T01:14:56Z")
Thanks for the reminder, **cochrane**! A big hole was created in Rock on that fateful day. All three had so much more they wanted to give us, I’m sure. Q ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-made-me-shiver-with-every-paper-id-deliver/570100/3 "2011-02-04T01:32:27Z")
Hmm. That calls for some whiskey and rye. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-made-me-shiver-with-every-paper-id-deliver/570100/4 "2011-02-04T02:14:27Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Hmm. That calls for some whiskey and rye. Don’t go drivin’ your Chevy to the levee then. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-made-me-shiver-with-every-paper-id-deliver/570100/5 "2011-02-04T05:12:54Z")
I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news… ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-made-me-shiver-with-every-paper-id-deliver/570100/6 "2011-02-04T06:01:25Z")
And the luckiest day in the life of Waylon Jennings, the bass player for Buddy Holly, who lost a coin toss for the seat on the plane to the Big Bopper. > **[Waylon Jennings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Jennings)** > > Waylon Arnold Jennings (born Wayland Arnold Jennings; June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music. > Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age fourteen on KVOW radio, after which he formed his first band, The Texas Longhorns. Jennings left high school at age sixteen, determined to become a musician, and worked as a performer and DJ on KVOW, KDAV... ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-made-me-shiver-with-every-paper-id-deliver/570100/7 "2011-02-04T06:12:02Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Hmm. That calls for some whiskey and rye. Hmmm. Don’t have any rye, and the only whiskey in the house is my hubby’s Cask Strength Booker’s that I bought him for Christmas, which he probably would _not_ appreciate me drinking! So I hope the father, son and holy ghost won’t mind if I toast them with rum instead! While listening to the song, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-made-me-shiver-with-every-paper-id-deliver/570100/8 "2011-02-04T08:32:37Z")
Interesting, isn’t it, that everyone is quoting “American Pie”, and not any Holly, Valens, or Bopper songs. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-made-me-shiver-with-every-paper-id-deliver/570100/9 "2011-02-04T09:14:47Z")
_Just you know why Why you and I Will by and by Know true love ways_ ETA: And I guess it doesn’t matter any more.