{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://cramer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cramer-bobby-vee-s-north-dakota-legacy-lives-on-in-his-music", "CRAMER: Bobby Vees North Dakota Legacy Lives on in His Music", "2016-11-02", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "ND", "Kevin Cramer", "C001096", "cramer.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "BISMARCK, N.D. \u2013 Congressman Kevin Cramer issued the following statement on the legacy of pop singer and Fargo native Bobby Vee.\u00a0 Cramer represented North Dakota at his funeral today at St. John\u2019s Abbey Church in Collegeville, Minn.\u00a0 Vee died Oct. 24 of complications of Alzheimer\u2019s disease at the age of 73.\u00a0 He was 15 years old when his band, The Shadows, was asked to fill in at a show in Moorhead, Minn., for Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, who had died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, Feb. 3, 1959, enroute to the show.\u00a0 In his singing career, Vee had 38 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 from 1959 to 1970, including \u201cTake Good Care of My Baby,\u201d \u201cThe Night Has a Thousand Eyes\u201d and \u201cRubber Ball.\u201d\n\u201cBobby Vee will always be remembered as a legendary North Dakotan. I was one of many fans from around the world who loved his music. In the 1980s, I nominated him for North Dakota\u2019s Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award, which he received in 1999.\u00a0 God granted Bobby many gifts which he shared with the world.\u00a0 He was a good man whose North Dakota legacy lives on in his music.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://cramer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cramer-bobby-vee-s-north-dakota-legacy-lives-on-in-his-music"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4316248707473278, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}