The date was Feb. 3, 1959. A light plane carrying Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and 20 year old pilot Roger Peterson crashed in a snow covered Iowa field, killing everyone on board.  They were on their way to their next engagement in Moorhead, Minnesota. The news traveled fast and everyone was in shock. The promoters asked for local talent to help fill in and as the curtain came up that evening, a new voice was introduced to the world. A 15 year old voice that knew all the words to all the songs, Bobby Vee. In the following 30 plus years, Bobby would go on to place 38 songs in the Billboard top 100 charts, 6 gold singles, 14 top 40 hits and 2 gold albums.
 
Bobby Vee and the Shadows signed with Liberty Records in the fall of ’59 and the band continued until 1963.
 
After a few songs barely inched their way into the national charts, a radio station in Pennsylvania began playing the back side of what might have been Bobby’s last single. The song was “Devil or Angel”. Following the record’s success in Pittsburgh, “Devil or Angel” went on to reach the top ten in city after city. By the end of 1960, it peaked at number 6 in the Billboard charts, as well as reaching the top 20 on the R & B charts. Liberty Records exercised his option and signed Bobby to a 5 year contract.
 
The rest is history.
 
Between Europe and America, Bobby and his band perform about 100 dates a year. When he is it not touring or working on his own music, he is involved in the production of various other musical projects at his Rockhouse Recording Studio located outside St. Cloud, Minnesota.
 
From the white socks and ducktail days of “Susie Baby” to the high tech digital present, Bobby Vee has continued to grow as an artist and entertainer and to enjoy a loyal following of fans and friends alike.