A late-night plane crash claimed three early Rock & Roll pioneers and became immortalized as The Day the Music Died.

The tragic 1959 plane crash, immortalized in Don McLean's 1971 hit 'American Pie,' is a cultural cornerstone in modern ...

The Day the Music Died. On this date 67 years ago, a plane crash killed rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly, “La Bamba” singer ...

Connie Valens opens up about her famous brother, Ritchie Valens, the plane crash that took his life and a 'La Bamba' remake.

On February 3, 1959, rock 'n' roll singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson were killed when ...

February 3 is remembered as ''The Day the Music Died'' after a 1959 plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P Richardson. Here’s the history and significance.

A tragic plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, becoming ‘The Day the Music Died’ and changing ...

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September 1958: Rock and roll originator Ritchie Valens had two hits on the charts, "La Bamba" and "Donna," when a longtime local DJ, the late Harry "Happy Hare" Martin, persuaded him to perform at ...

Rather than a nostalgia-driven tribute, Portland-based Chicano rocker Joshua Josué's Broadcast to the Surf Ballroom (due out ...

Ritchie Valens was rescued from obscurity by a 1987 movie, “La Bamba,” that finally put the Southern California teen’s story ahead of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, the two older singers who died in ...