Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were three of the biggest names in Rock and Roll when they played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 2, 1959. Watch the video above to ...

Keith Richards once picked this Buddy Holly song as one of his all-time favourites, discussing how the musician influenced ...

There are so many excellent Buddy Holly covers out there today, but these four renditions are on another level.

Don McLean and Connie Valens tell PEOPLE about their unique experiences on 'The Day the Music Died,' when Buddy Holly, ...

On February 3, 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known by his stage name The Big Bopper, and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens, died in a plane crash along with ...

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 ...

Buddy Holly had already moved on when he died on ... Don McLean’s song ‘The Day the Music Died’ commemorates that fateful plane crash, as does another song called ‘Silver Wings’.

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 PLANE CRASH JUST NORTH OF CLEAR LAKE - BUT EVERY YEAR - ON THE ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were ... It's been coined as "The Day the Music Died," which is the famous line from Don McLean's hit song "American Pie." But more than 60 years ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were three of the ... It's been coined as "The Day the Music Died," which is the famous line from Don McLean's hit song "American Pie." But more than 60 ...