In the early part of 1959, Buddy Holly and his band were playing the ‘Winter Dance Party’ tour across the American Midwest, ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, took the lives of promising young rock musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (known as the “Big Bopper”). In his 1972 ...

THIS IS A PARTY. THIS IS IOWA. (Scott Carpenter / Facebook) <14:17:09 IT'S BEEN 65 YEARS SINCE THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED WHEN MUSIC GIANTS BUDDY HOLLY, RITCHIE VALENS AND THE BIG BOPPER DIED IN A ...

February 3 became known as "The Day The Music Died" when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash. Bitter cold forced the musicians to give up on their bus and take a ...

February 3 is known as The Day the Music Died after a small plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper in 1959. Holly, a Texas native, was thought to be the next Elvis Presley.

JP Richardson Jr., better known as “The Big Bopper”, was known for his song “Chantilly Lace“. He was 29 and was survived by his wife, daughter, and son still in the womb who was born later.

It was on this date in 1959 that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper lost their lives in a plane crash. Don McLean would later refer to it as "the day the music died" in his classic ...

Of course, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens are here, too, and Buddy's fiance, Maria Elena. Some Buddy Holly songs: "Peggy Sue," "Maybe Baby," "That'll Be the Day," "Not Fade Away," "Words of Love." ...

Audiences will be treated to live performances of over 20 of Buddy Holly’s greatest hits ... “Oh Boy,” and “Rave On,” as well as Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba” and The Big Boppers ...