Feb. 3, 1959 is the date Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, on tour together in the Midwest, died together in a small plane crash that had a giant impact on the popular ...

The San Fernando American Legion will dedicate a bandstand Thursday evening honoring Ritchie Valens at the site where the pioneering rock-and-roll musician performed as a teenager before rising to ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & Big Bopper Exhibit Launches at Final Venue From the Night They Died originally appeared on Parade. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were ...

(WVUE) - On Feb. 3, 1959, the careers of three American music legends were unfortunately cut short as a plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (a.k.a The Big Bopper) crashed in ...

It was a dark day in music history. On Feb. 3, 1959, rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson boarded a chartered plane after a concert in Clear Lake, Iowa. Minutes ...

you know why I feel blue without Peggy. My Peggy. It was 1957 when a rising young star from Texas landed a spot on the Ed Sullivan show his name, Charles Hardin Holley Buddy Holly. His star would ...

U.S. transportation safety investigators said on Wednesday they are reviewing a request to reopen a probe into the 1959 airplane crash that killed musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P.