(Scott Carpenter / Facebook) <14:17:09 IT'S BEEN 65 YEARS SINCE THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED WHEN MUSIC GIANTS BUDDY HOLLY, RITCHIE VALENS AND THE BIG BOPPER DIED IN A PLANE CRASH JUST NORTH OF CLEAR ...

The concert venue is renowned as the last place Lubbock native son Buddy Holly played before he died when his plane crashed in ... the museum and crash site are worth a visit.

Daniel Levin, a housing developer who took a chance on a gritty former railroad yard site ... was killed in a plane crash in 1959 (on the same day as singer Buddy Holly), Levin began moving ...

On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly ... plane and not until 9 am the next morning that the owner of Dwyer Aviation, flying his own plane and searching for any wreckage, spotted the crash site.

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

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were ... In the early morning hours of Feb. 3, the three stars chartered a plane to their next stop on the Winter Dance Party tour.