It's Been 66 Years Since The Day the Music Died. Ritchie Valens' Sister Is Grateful to Don McLean for Singing About It (Exclusive)
Don McLean and Connie Valens tell PEOPLE about their unique experiences on 'The Day the Music Died,' when Buddy Holly, Richie ...
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On This Day in 1959: Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens Tragically Died, Inspiring Don McLean’s “American Pie”
On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper tragically gave Don McLean the inspiration for "American Pie." ...
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Wisconsin's bitter cold led to crash that killed Buddy Holly on Feb. 3, 1959
February 3 became known as "The Day The Music Died" when Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash.
Buddy Holly and the Crickets: Their echoes still chirp at a music store in Durant, OK
We worship our heroes in different ways. David Welborn thinks of his every time he walks past a Telecaster Guitar in his ...
Deseret News archives: The ‘day the music died’ included plane crashes across America
On Feb. 3, 1959, plane accident took the lives of entertainers Holly, Valens, Richardson. Americans died in several other air ...
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Clear Lake man recalls seeing Buddy Holly a week before his death
Don Larson was just 17-years-old during the Winter Dance Party Tour of 1959.It’s when he got the opportunity to attend a ...
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The Day the Music Died
It was on this date in 1959 that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper lost their lives in a plane crash. Don McLean would later refer to it as "the day the music died" in his classic ...
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'The Day the Music Died': Tribute concert honoring musicians killed in 1959 Iowa plane crash coming to the Capitol Theatre
On Jan. 29, 1959, the original "Winter Dance Party" tour — featuring Buddy Holly ... It's been dubbed "The Day the Music Died" by Don McLean in his famous 1971 song "American Pie." ...
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Hammock Coast Happenings: The music lives on in Georgetown
According to the 1971 Don McLean song, "American Pie," the day the music died was the day in 1959 when a plane went down in an Iowa cornfield, cutting short the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens ...