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Feb 4, 2020 · Everyone on board was killed. Buddy Holly’s funeral was held at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock, TX, on February 8, 1959, drawing over a thousand mourners. Holly’s widow did not attend. On the same day, Ritchie Valens was buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery. The event has since been mentioned in various songs and films.
The wreckage of the plane crash that killed rock stars Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and The Big Bopper On February 3, 1959 outside of Clearlake,... The Day The Music Died Photo of Ritchie Valens
Oct 14, 1997 · In the end, he died in a setting straight out of his music, soaring over the mountains, sea and sky before his brand-new experimental plane crashed Sunday around 5 p.m. in picturesque Monterey Bay ...
Jan 30, 2024 · Globe Gazette photographer Elwin Musser was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his work covering the 1959 plane crash which killed rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, and ...
Ritchie's unique guitar style and high-energy performances and his hits "Come On, Let's Go," "Donna," and "La Bamba" made him a well-known figure in the golden age of rock 'n' roll. Valens had only two studio albums, Ritchie Valens and Ritchie, both released posthumously in 1959. In Ritchie Valens Songbook: Hits and B Sides, guitarist and ...
Feb 23, 2019 · Buddy Holly's plane crash site. In the early morning hours of February 3, 1959, a private plane carrying musicians J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly (most famous for founding The Crickets) crashed outside of Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all on board. Buddy Holly had chartered the flight to avoid harsh travel ...
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