Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were three of the biggest names in Rock and Roll when they played at the Surf ...

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

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

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and ... Shortly after take-off from Mason City, their plane crashed in a field north of Clear Lake, killing the three artists and the pilot, Roger Peterson.

Buddy Holly ... three stars chartered a plane to their next stop on the Winter Dance Party tour. Shortly after take-off from Mason City, their plane crashed in a field north of Clear Lake, killing the ...