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Winter Dance Party Tour schedule, 1959. The 1959 tour began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on January 23, with the performance in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2 being the eleventh of the twenty-four scheduled events. The amount of travel required soon became a serious problem.
- The Big Bopper
Jiles Perry "J.P." Richardson Jr. (October 24, 1930 –...
- Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3,...
- American Pie
"American Pie" is a song by American singer and songwriter...
- Beechcraft 35 Bonanza
Design and development A 1947 advertisement for the first...
- General Artists Corporation
General Amusement Corporation; Company type: Private:...
- Carl Bunch
guitar. piano. Formerly of. The Crickets. The Poor Boys....
- The Big Bopper
English: The Winter Dance Party Tour schedule before and after the February 3rd, 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Richie Valens, and pilot.
Jan 23, 2019 · On this day 60 years ago, General Artist Corporation's 1959 Winter Dance Party, the ill-fated "tour from hell" kicked off at George Divine's Million Dollar Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The roster boasted a firmament of rock and roll stars in bright ascent, among them Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson ("The Big Bopper") along ...
guitar. piano. Formerly of. The Crickets. The Poor Boys. Website. docbunch.com. Musical artist. Carl Bunch (November 24, 1939 – March 26, 2011) was an American musician and drummer best known for his brief stint as the drummer for The Crickets during the Winter Dance Party Tour in 1959.
Jan 24, 2023 · The trio had just finished the 11th day of the infamous Winter Dance Party tour, which opened at George Devine’s Ballroom in Milwaukee and delivered an encore performance the following night on Jan. 24, 1959 at the Eagles Ballroom, 302 58th St., in Kenosha.
Aug 8, 2022 · On Wednesday, January 28, 1959, the ill-fated “Winter Dance Party” came to the Prom Ballroom in St. Paul. The show was emcee’ed by WDGY DJ Bill Diehl. At the Prom was a crowd of 2,000 people, including a lot of screaming girls. Performers on the tour included: Buddy Holly, nee Charles Hardin Holley. Buddy was performing without the ...
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Jan 27, 2019 · Sixty years ago this week, the Winter Dance Party concert tour was crisscrossing the Upper Midwest by bus in frigid conditions.. Among other acts, the tour included 17-year-old Ritchie Valens of ...
