Buddy was the first guy who had confidence in me. ... I had as much star quality as an old shoe, but he really liked me, and believed in me.” ...

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa - For fans of Rock and Roll history, today is known as "The Day The Music Died." On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy ...

We worship our heroes in different ways. David Welborn thinks of his every time he walks past a Telecaster Guitar in his music store. Big brother Larry was 12 years his senior. “Did you play guitar ...

Most people I know still remember that 66 years ago on Feb. 3, Holly died in the crash of a small airplane after doing a rock and roll show in Clear Lake, Iowa, columnist Terry Woster writes.

Long after “the day the music died,” the timeless crooning of “Big Bopper” J.P. Richardson, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens ...

They’re fundraising for this project with a Buddy Holly tribute concert on Sunday, January 26, at Clyde Iron Works. Todd Eckhart and his band will play the music of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens ...

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa - For fans of Rock and Roll history, today is known as "The Day The Music Died." On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash during a ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper ... the airplane was in the midst of a heavy snow band and started accumulating snow. It crashed in a cornfield near Clear Lake ...

Jimmy Clanton, stood in on the Winter Dance Party Tour after the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The ...