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 ...

We worship our heroes in different ways. David Welborn thinks of his every time he walks past a Telecaster Guitar in his music store. Big brother Larry was 12 years his senior. “Did you play guitar ...

WASHINGTON -- All major pieces of the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter ... CNN's Emma Tucker, Andy Rose and Holly Yan contributed to this report.

Charles Hardin Holley, or Buddy Holly as he was better known, died tragically in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, aged just 22 along with fellow musicians, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson.

CJ had just finished work when he learned the devastating news—his home had been destroyed in the fiery plane crash that ... to investigate the crash. Exactly 343 homes were impacted by the crash, ...

The Museum, located in Milwaukee is commemorating the Feb 3rd anniversary of “The Day that Music Died” the day that Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and Big Hopper died in a plane crash. The day of the ...

On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper tragically gave Don McLean the inspiration for "American Pie." ...

In December of 1958, Buddy Holly was on vacation with his ... the tour came to an abrupt end the morning of February 3, when a plane carrying Holly, Valens, and Richardson crashed in Iowa shortly ...

The 53-page preliminary report ... of the plane riddled with holes, but it did not identify the reason why the plane went off course and crashed in its western city of Aktau. The crash killed ...