Edwardsville Intelligencer on MSN6d
New bobbleheads honor Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper on crash anniversary
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 ...
Sioux City Journal4d
Bobbleheads to commemorate 'The Day the Music Died'
To commemorate Feb. 3, 1959 -- aka "The Day the Music Died" -- the Milwaukee-based National Bobblehead Hall of Fame announced ...
American Songwriter5d
What Ritchie Valens’ Sister Thought of Don McLean’s “American Pie,” Folk-Rock Anthem Describing Fatal Plane Crash That Took Valens’ Life
Ritchie Valens' sister sends a message to songwriter Don McLean describing how she really felt about his folk-rock anthem "American Pie." ...
The Port Arthur News6d
SETX Native Big Bopper receives commemorative bobblehead on anniversary of death
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Hello, baby! The Big Bopper is back—this time as a bobblehead! Fans of rock ‘n’ ...
Gigwise4d
Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’: Lyrics, Live & Similar Songs
It tells the story of the day music changed forever: February 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash. McLean wrote this 8-minute song to capture this ...
FXStreet6d
The POTUS does his best impression of Rod Stewart
On Feb 3, 1959 the plane carrying : Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, crashed, and years later Don McClean sand about that was the day the music died.... A little history for you ...