In early 1959, two of Cochran's friends, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, along with the Big Bopper, were killed in a plane crash while on tour on February 3, 1959. Cochran's friends and family later said that he was badly shaken by their deaths, and he developed a morbid premonition that he also would die young.

May 31, 2021 · The February 3, 1959, plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper greatly affected rock 'n' roll fans around the world, who never expected that three of the genre's biggest stars would lose their lives at such a young age.

"Three Stars" is a song written by Tommy Dee in 1959, as a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who died in a plane crash earlier that year. The song was recorded by Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and …

Ritchie would be spending Christmas in New York where Ritchie would be performing with The Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, Jackie Wilson, Eddie Cochran and others. Ritchie and Eddie quickly became good friends - both being from California. Eddie’s fiancee, Sharon Sheeley, had just written a song for Eddie named “Hurry Up”. (Eddie was always ...

Oct 3, 2018 · In early 1959, Eddie Cochran lost 3 friends in a plane crash: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. It has been said that Eddie was terribly shaken by their deaths and supposedly, the tragedy made him eager to stop touring so he could begin working in a more stable and less dangerous environment.

Keane had managed to book him as a late addition to "Alan Freed's Christmas Jubilee Show" where Valens performed with The Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Eddie Cochran and others. [17]

Oct 4, 2013 · As he rose to the top of the charts, Cochran, who was born 75 years ago today, counted among his friends and colleagues some of the superstars of early rock – Gene Vincent, Skeets McDonald,...

Aug 15, 2023 · In early 1959, Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash between destinations on their ill-fated Winter Dance Party Tour of America. Shaken by their deaths, Cochran’s close associates later claimed that he …

Feb 3, 2019 · In a career-defining role, Lou Diamond Phillips played the role of singer Ritchie Valens in the 1987 rock'n'roll biopic. See what the cast looks like more than 30 years later, along with the...

One of his posthumous releases was "Three Stars," a tribute to The Big Bopper and Eddie's friends Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, who had died together in a plane crash just one year earlier. Cochran's pioneering contribution to the genre of rockabilly has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.