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 Songwriter4d
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." ...
WGN Radio7d
From the archives: The day the music died
On this day 66 years ago (February 3, 1959) a plane crashed in a cornfield outside Clear Lake, Iowa. The crash unfortunately resulted in the deaths of musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and ...
Journal-Courier7d
Jimmy Clanton, a teenage heartthrob in the '50s, is retiring at the age of 86
Jimmy Clanton, stood in on the Winter Dance Party Tour after the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The ...
Southern Minn18d
Tribute to Buddy Holly blessed by legend's former bandmate, coming to Paradise
Buddy Holly tragically lost his life at the young age of 22 in 1959 due to a plane crash. He and three others lost their lives: Ritchie Valens, “The Big Bopper” J. P. Richardson and pilot ...
thefmextra20d
The Night the Music Died: The Show Goes On
The deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper became known as the “Day the Music Died,” a tragedy that will forever live in the hearts of music lovers. For Dick Dunkirk, however, the ...
Staten Island Advance23d
21 years of ‘Profiles’ with Mickey Burns: A heartwarming celebrity retrospective at the St. George Theatre
Dion narrowly escaped the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. He turned down the $36 cost of the flight, as it was the exact amount of his ...
Far Out Magazine23d
Johnny Ace: The game of Russian roulette that killed the true king of rock ‘n’ roll
From ‘The Day the Music Died’, where the world lost Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JP Richardson in a devastating plane crash, to the premature deaths of Bobby Fuller and Eddie Cochran at 23 and 21, ...
The Austin Chronicle24d
Day Trips: Surf Ballroom and Museum, Clear Lake, Iowa
The concert venue is renowned as the last place Lubbock native son Buddy Holly played before ... to shuttle him, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Ritchie Valens. The plane crashed soon ...
The Spokesman-Review25d
What would it be like to hear Beethoven’s unfinished Symphony No. 10? Spokane Symphony, with the help of AI, brings score to life in Masterworks 4
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, doors open at 6 and pre-concert lecture at 6:30; 3 p.m. Sunday, doors open at 1:30 and pre-concert lecture at 2. Where: Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W ...
nowtolove25d
Céline Dion shares rare picture with her three boys in honour of her late husband René Angélil
"I'm not really a singer. My life is to be a mum." The ‘My Heart Will Go On‘ singer, has shared a beautiful tribute in honour of her late husband’s 9th anniversary. We got a glimpse of the ...
WDIO26d
Buddy Holly tribute concert to raise funds for Duluth Armory
Todd Eckhart and his band will play the music of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper, and Dion and the Belmonts. The opening act is the Mackie Brothers, and local comedian Danielle Thralow ...