Florence Ballard was a founding member of legendary Motown group The Supremes, but was reportedly pushed out of the band amid ...

McLean, who wrote the folk-rock hit "American Pie" about the singers' deaths, and Connie, Ritchie's sister, share how one fateful day changed their lives forever Hulton Archive/Getty Feb. 3, 1959, has ...

The tragic 1959 plane crash, immortalized in Don McLean's 1971 hit 'American Pie,' is a cultural cornerstone in modern American music Michael Ochs Archives/Getty (2); Blank Archives/Getty On Feb. 3, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The country music world lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list kept on growing in December. As we get 2026 rolling, we ...

More than six decades ago, a small plane went down in an Iowa field, killing three early rock 'n' roll stars and shocking America. The date, Feb. 3, 1959, has since become known as "the day the music ...

THIS IS A PARTY. THIS IS IOWA. (Scott Carpenter / Facebook) <14:17:09 IT'S BEEN 65 YEARS SINCE THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED WHEN MUSIC GIANTS BUDDY HOLLY, RITCHIE VALENS AND THE BIG BOPPER DIED IN A PLANE ...

The country music world had its share of heartbreak in 2024 with more than 30 signers or influential figures passing away, and the heartbreak continued right on into the new year. Ed Askew, a cult ...