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

Buddy Holly ... visit Iowa in the middle of winter to pay their respects to legends and dance the night away. In the early morning hours of Feb. 3, the three stars chartered a plane to their next stop ...

Holly had embarked on The Winter Dance Party to provide for his wife and the ... Rumours started almost immediately after the fatal crash that Buddy Holly's gun had been found in a field close ...

Benz, who is from Montgomery, Minnesota, has visited the Surf before, but this was his first time at the annual Winter Dance Party, which celebrates the music and legacies of Buddy Holly ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, plane accident took the lives of entertainers Holly, Valens, Richardson. Americans died in several other air crashes the same day, week ...

Explore the fateful Winter Dance Party Tour journey of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper that ended in tragedy ...

February 3 became known as "The Day The Music Died" when Buddy Holly ... was supposed to be a three-week tour dubbed the "Winter Dance Party" on Jan. 23 at the Million Dollar Ballroom in Milwaukee.