Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & Big Bopper Exhibit Launches at Final Venue From the Night They Died originally appeared on ...

From Slash’s guitar to Buddy Holly’s final tour relics, Surf Ballroom’s “Not Fade Away” immerses visitors in the stories that ...

Since Buddy Holly made the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, famous, the long-lived music spot is honoring the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer once again. “Not Fade Away: The Immersive Surf Ballroom ...

On February 3, 1959, three influential rock and roll performers—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, known as ...

1 / 2: The single-engine plane carrying Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens crashed in an Iowa corn field the night before they were to appear at the Moorhead Armory. Special to The Forum ...

Music artists Buddy Holly, JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, along with pilot Roger Peterson were killed in a plane crash 5 miles north of Clear Lake, Iowa, Feb. 3, 1959.

So many sing about “the day that music died” on Feb. 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in a plane crash.

Coming to the Capitol Theatre, January 24, 2009 50TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE SHOW TO PLAY THE LEGENDARY CAPITOL THEATRE AT DAVENPORT REMEMBERING BUDDY HOLLY, RITCHIE VALENS AND THE BIG BOPPER ...

The only known poster from “The Day the Music Died,” the concert that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were traveling to when their plane crashed on Feb. 3, 1959, has sold for a ...

Music artists Buddy Holly, JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, along with pilot Roger Peterson were killed in a plane crash 5 miles north of Clear Lake, Iowa, Feb. 3, 1959.

The tragedy shocks the world, snatching the lives of three of the world’s most dynamic musical talents – Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. Buddy Holly’s brief life is ...