Buddy great show! Northumberland Gazette ROCKING legend Buddy Holly died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, alongside two other pioneers of '50s rock 'n' roll, Ritchie Valens and JP 'The Big Bopper' Richardson. They had hired a plane from Clear Lake, Iowa, to Moorhead, Minnesota, ...
Wasted Life - Pop a Bono VICE On January 16, 1996, Jamaican police tried but failed to shoot down a plane carrying Jimmy Buffett, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, and Bono, whose mingled blood might have satisfied the hungry shades of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, ...
Winter Dance Party returns to area, paying tribute to Buddy Holly and Ritchie... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper live again in "John Mueller's Winter Dance Party," which comes to the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center Saturday. Mueller's "Party" re-creates the famous Winter Dance Party tour of the Midwest, ...
This Week In Billboard History: The Day The Music Died (& The Show Went On ... Billboard.biz By Fred Bronson, Los Angeles How did Billboard cover the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson ("The Big Bopper")? The headline on the page six story in the Feb. 9, 1959 issue reveals the angle: "Tragedy Fails To Halt GAC 'Winter Show ...
Surf to celebrate Buddy Mason City Globe Gazette The event celebrates the music of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP “Big Bopper” Richardson, who died in a plane crash following a Winter Dance Party appearance at the Surf Ballrooom on Feb. 3, 1959. Headlining this year's event is Pat Boone, ...
Today in History Newsday 3, 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. On this date: In 1783, Spain formally recognized American independence. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln ...
Coin Toss Story KIMT He said he remembers the day like it was yesterday. After the performance, Allsup flipped Ritchie Valens for a seat on the plane that crashed and killed four people. Allsup said he regrets they way the night ended but adds that hinsight is twenty twenty. Fashion a big part of Winter Dance PartyMason City Globe Gazette
