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

Tuesday marked the 66th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of early rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson). And to commemorate what ...

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

The rough Midwest weather in the winter of 1958-59 played a major role in Rock-n-Roll history.

So many sing about "the day that music died" on Feb. 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly ... and his bass guitarist, Waylon Jennings, ...

Jimmy Clanton, stood in on the Winter Dance Party Tour after the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The ...

As Starr tells it, in The Beatles’ earliest days, the band was being influenced by a swirl of American music, from Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings to Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent and any Motown ...

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

Waylon Jennings was also there until a last-minute addition to the song prompted him to walk out of the session. As the hour grew later, Stevie Wonder decided that the group should sing a verse in ...

Waylon Jennings died in 2002 but his legacy and deep discography live on. His music and attitude still inspire countless listeners and artists and will likely continue to do so for years to come.

The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences, together with the Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association and ASM Global, recently announced two key leadership appointments.