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Fact #55272

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Buddy Holly And The Crickets play at The Gaumont Theatre, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. The show is hosted by Des O'Connor and also features Gary Miller, The Tanner Sisters and Ronnie Keane's Orchestra with Lynne Adams. During the day, Buddy Holly writes a letter home to his parents observing, "my jokes get bigger laughs than the comedian on the show, Des O'Connor."