Just four days later on Feb. 3, 1959, the three rising rock-and-roll musicians were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. It's been dubbed "The Day the Music Died" by Don McLean in his ...

Sixty-six years ago today, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died when their plane crashed ... "Together with the rock and roll classics of Ritchie Valens, my 1987 biopic ‘La ...

As 'Young Americans' turns 50, his friend and producer Tony Visconti recalls how the album marked the moment the singer ...

February 3 is known as The Day the Music ... into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement.

but behind those iconic glasses was a fiery rebel who played by his own rules—until that fire went out forever on one of the most tragic days in the history of Rock and Roll. LIVE UPDATES ...

It was a precursor to rock ‘n’ roll ... 1959, known as the Day the Music Died. DiMucci was close to boarding the plane but did not. Dion and the Belmonts would release their next major ...

Duane Eddy, the most commercially successful instrumental artist in the history of rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 86 ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - Join the Buddy Holly Center on Monday, February 3, 2025, in remembering the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. “The ...