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  1. Oct 4, 2021 · The Day The Music Died. The Buddy Holly plane crash shocked the world. Frankie Valens, who was just 17 years old, was thrown 40 feet from the plane, while Buddy Holly and J.P. Richardson’s bodies were recovered 20 feet from the wreck. Pregnant with Holly’s unborn child, María Elena Holly suffered a miscarriage after learning of Buddy Holly ...

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    Buddy Holly. Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his siblings.

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley on September 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas. ... Holly's death was memorialized in Don McLean's iconic song "American Pie" as "the day the music died." Holly ...

  4. Feb 23, 2019 · The Final Concert of Buddy Holly . On February 2, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper played their last show as part of the "Winter Dance Party" tour, stopping this night at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, IA. The admission for the show was $1.25, but the concert did not sell out.

  5. The Day the Music Died. /  43.220361°N 93.381417°W  / 43.220361; -93.381417. On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. [a] [1] [2] The event became known as " The Day ...

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  7. Mar 3, 2010 · Singer Don McLean memorialized Holly, Valens and Richardson in the 1972 No. 1 hit “American Pie,” which refers to February 3, 1959 as “the day the music died.” By: History.com Editors

  8. Jan 24, 2019 · Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “the Big Bopper” Richardson, along with pilot Roger Peterson, died Feb. 3, 1959, following a Winter Dance Party tour stop at the Surf Ballroom in Clear ...

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