In the early part of 1959, Buddy Holly and his band were playing the ‘Winter Dance Party’ tour across the American Midwest, ...
This Day in History: The Day The Music Died WATCH: For Buddy Holly superfan, music didn't die in Iowa plane crash READ MORE:More than 60 years after plane crash, Buddy Holly's music, legacy very ...
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 ...
The iconic track was recorded shortly before Redding's plane crashed into Lake Monona in December 1967. The exact cause of the crash ... by his late teens, Buddy Holly's legacy was already secured ...