Sir Paul McCartney has revealed how John Lennon overcame his ‘secret insecurity’ with the help of Buddy Holly.
The musician, 81, explained that his Beatles bandmate hated wearing his glasses and only started wearing them after Buddy burst on to the scene with his thick frames.
The US star, who has been regarded as a pioneer for rock and roll, died aged 22 on February 3 1959 in a plane crash in Iowa along with fellow passengers and musicians Richie Valens and JP ‘The Big Bopper’ Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson.
To mark the 65th anniversary of Buddy’s death, Bob Harris has presented a new BBC Radio 2 documentary which pays tribute to the singer’s legacy.
Speaking on the series Sir Paul, recalled how fellow band member John stuck by his horn-rimmed glasses after Holly came out wearing a similar pair.
Sir Paul McCartney, 81, has revealed how John Lennon overcame his ‘secret insecurity’ with the help of Buddy Holly (Sir Paul pictured at Glastonbury in 2022)
The musician explained that his Beatles bandmate hated wearing his glasses and only started wearing them after Buddy burst on to the scene with his thick frames
He said: ‘John had these horn-rimmed glasses at the time and if ever there would be a girl coming round John would whip his glasses off and put them in his pocket and squint as she went by.
‘And I would say, you look pretty good, the glasses are good, no, but when Buddy came along the glasses stayed on…
‘It was like Harry Potter with all the kids.’
Reflecting on Buddy in the show, Paul added: ‘Buddy Holly to us was amazing for a number of reasons.
‘On a musical level he sang and played guitar, Elvis just sang and Scotty Moore played guitar.
‘He not only played guitar, he played the solos. Normally if you played guitar there was another guy in the group who was the lead guitar who played the solos, but Buddy sang, played guitar and played the solos.
‘He also wrote the stuff. So this was like all-inclusive one-man band and we really thought that was great. We thought this is what we have to do.’
The US star, who has been regarded as a pioneer for rock and roll, died aged 22 on February 3 1959 in a plane crash (Buddy Holly pictured in 1957)
Paul McCartney waves at crowd in Newcastle
Paul said: ‘John had these horn-rimmed glasses at the time and if ever there would be a girl coming round John would whip his glasses off and put them in his pocket’ (top L-R Paul and Ringo Starr, bottom L-R George Harrison and John)
Sir Paul, whose music publishing company owns the rights to Holly’s work, previously organised an annual festival in the singer’s honour, dubbed Buddy Holly Week, which ran from 1976 to 1999.
The programme will also feature a specially remastered version of a Holly’s song It’s So Easy recorded by Denny Laine, which Sir Paul provided to the show.
In the programme Harris introduces the record, saying: ‘Paul has also reminded us about a special album from 1977 from his great friend and musical collaborator Denny Laine, who sadly passed away in December, Holly Days.
‘He (Paul) has given us a special remastered version of It’s So Easy. Recorded in Rude Studios, Scotland, with Paul laying down the basic tracks, including some overdubs, on his four-track recorder.
‘Denny and Linda McCartney added some instrumental parts and all three joined in on the vocals. Denny sang lead and the McCartneys harmonised.’
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