On February 3, 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known by his stage name The Big ...

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

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

February 3rd has witnessed a multitude of significant historical events that have shaped the course of nations and ...

In the early morning hours of Feb. 3, the three stars chartered a plane to their next ... It's been coined as "The Day the ...

Iowa. To commemorate Feb. 3, 1959 – aka “The Day the Music Died” – the Milwaukee-based National Bobblehead Hall of Fame announced the release of the first officially licensed bobbleheads ...

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“We’re excited to unveil the first bobbleheads celebrating music legends Ritchie Valens ... He made some pretty serious mistakes that day that forever changed rock history, but almost nothing ...

On this day 66 years ago (February 3, 1959) a plane crashed in a cornfield outside Clear Lake, Iowa. The crash unfortunately resulted in the deaths of musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and ...

In the early morning hours of Feb. 3, the three stars chartered a plane ... It's been coined as "The Day the Music Died," which is the famous line from Don McLean's hit song "American Pie." ...