Feb 2, 2021 · It's been 62 years since Buddy Holly performed his very last concert on this day in February 2, 1959. Holly tragically died the following day, February 3, in a terrible plane crash. The four-seater charter plane was meant to get Holly to his next tour stop.

Nov 5, 2019 · Buddy Holly, along with Waylon Jennings on bass, Tommy Allsup on guitar, and Carl Bunch on drums, were on the 11th out of 24 stops in their “Winter Dance Party” tour. On February 2, they performed at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.

Buddy Holly played his last concert in Clear Lake, Iowa, in 1959 then on that same day Feb 2, 1959, a light plane crashed near the Iowa-Minnesota border, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens...

The Surf Ballroom is a loss-of-innocence shrine for fans of rock 'n' roll, the place where early rockers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson gave their last performances on February 2, 1959, just before dying in a plane crash-- later lamented as "The Day the Music Died" in the song American Pie.

Feb 2, 1992 · Buddy Holly played his last concert in Clear Lake, Iowa, in 1959. It was 33 years ago today a light plane crashed near the Iowa-Minnesota border, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P....

Feb 3, 2021 · This tragic event came to be known as “The Day the Music Died.” Valens, Richardson, and Holly had just performed at the Surf Ballroom as part of the “Winter Dance Party” tour through the Midwest United States. With the release of “That’ll Be the Day” in May 1957, Holly was now a celebrity.

Jan 16, 2015 · In Don McLean’s song American Pie, he refers to the death of rock-and-roll star Buddy Holly on February 3, 1959 due to a plane crash in an Iowa cornfield as “the day the music died.” Earlier Holly had played a concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were three of the biggest names in Rock and Roll when they played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 2, 1959. Watch the video above ...

1 day ago · (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 ...

2 days ago · It’s that love of music that’s bringing him and the community of Clear Lake together 66 years after tragedy struck right at their front door. “Buddy Holly lives every time we play rock and roll.