[78-L] B side tossers

[DAVID BURNHAM]

If I recall correctly, when the famous plane crash took Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper and Buddy Holly in 1959, Holly had just released a hit called "Raining in my Heart".  But after the incident, it seemed much more appropriate to play the B side which was "It Doesn't Matter Anymore".

As dl mentioned, a number of Elvis Presley records had both sides being hits of equal stature, (Hound Dog and Don't Be Cruel).  There have been a number of records which went the hit parade route with one side and then later did it again with the other side.  The one that comes to mind is "La Bamba" by Ritchie Valens.  Some time after that hit and gone through the chart, the B side, "Donna", did it again.  I think "Sh-Boom" and "Earth Angel" may have been another pair, (I have these two on a 45 but that may have been a new coupling for re-issue).

db