On February 3, 1959, three influential rock and roll performers—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, known as ...

A song was written about the plane crash, titled American Pie, by Don McLean. He called the incident "the day that music died." Holly and his new band were set to tour across the midwestern US and ...

It was deemed "the day the music died" by Don McLean in the 1971 acoustic ... Time reported. The crash that changed rock 'n' roll forever became cemented in popular culture through music and ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Future country star Waylon Jennings (left) and rock icon Buddy Holly in a photo booth in ... remembered as the “Day the Music Died,” pop stars Buddy ...

Few musicians are given such generous opportunities to be docent to their legacies. The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ Not rated. Running time: 1 hour 34 minutes.

Just four days later on Feb. 3, 1959, the three rising rock-and-roll musicians were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. It's been dubbed "The Day the Music Died" by Don McLean in his ...

A piece of music memorabilia from “The Day the Music Died”—when a deadly plane crash killed early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and, J.P. “the Big Bopper” Richardson ...

Some might think “the day the music died” was the day that they ... the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens died in the crash of a small plane near Clear Lake, Iowa. What Mr. McLean reveals ...

McLean opens up in a new documentary called "The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don ... and he reveals the song refers to the 1959 plane crash that killed his idol, singer/songwriter Buddy ...

It was Feb. 3, 1959, a date to be remembered in folklore as "the day the music died." Singers Buddy ... Collison followed him to the crash scene. He took many photos, including some with Collison ...

It was on this date in 1959 that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper lost their lives in a plane crash. Don McLean would later refer to it as "the day the music died" in his classic ...

The crash unfortunately resulted in the deaths of musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), as well as pilot Roger Peterson. The date is now remembered as the “day ...