On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, ...
A plane crash in Iowa during a 1959 snowstorm became known as "The Day the Music Died." Wisconsin played a big part in the ...
The Day the Music Died. On this date 67 years ago, a plane crash killed rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly, “La Bamba” singer Ritchie Valens, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and the pilot, Roger ...
A tragic plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, becoming ‘The Day the Music Died’ and changing rock history forever.
On Feb. 3, 1959, plane accident took the lives of entertainers Holly, Valens, Richardson. Americans died in several other air ...