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| 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 | legacy | BISMARCK, N.D. – Congressman Kevin Cramer issued the following statement on the legacy of pop singer and Fargo native Bobby Vee. Cramer represented North Dakota at his funeral today at St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville, Minn. Vee died Oct. 24 of complications of Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 73. 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. In his singing career, Vee had 38 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 from 1959 to 1970, including “Take Good Care of My Baby,” “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes” and “Rubber Ball.” “Bobby 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’s Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award, which he received in 1999. God granted Bobby many gifts which he shared with the world. He was a good man whose North Dakota legacy lives on in his music.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |