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

See below for just some of the notable names who died in plane or helicopter ... referring to the plane crash on February 3, 1959, which killed Buddy, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. 'The Big Bopper ...

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.