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 ...

Rock ’n’ roller Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens and “The Big Bopper” J.P. Richardson, died in a plane crash in Iowa on Feb. 3, 1959. The tragedy would later be called “the day the music died” ...

If all of this wasn’t enough, The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has rolled out the news that Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper are now getting their own officially licensed bobbleheads. ...

On January 23, 1959 a tour bus set off from Chicago for a twenty four date rock ‘n’ roll tour of the frozen Midwest. The tour was named The Winter Dance Party, and the three stars were Buddy Holly, ...

ADDISON, Texas, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Many people who were alive in 1959 remember "the day the music died" -- when a plane crash killed rock-n-roll superstars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Big ...

So many sing about “the day that music died” on Feb. 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in a plane crash. Don McLean coined the term in his 1971 ...

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Jay P. Richardson is adamant that he isn't doing an impersonation of his famous rocker dad, the Big Bopper, when he performs during the "Winter Dance Party" tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and ...

"The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens chartered a flight from Mason City, Iowa, to Moorhead, Minnesota on Feb. 3, 1959. Their plane crashed in a field in Clear Lake not long after takeoff, ...

This story, originally published on January 27, 2024, is being posted again on the anniversary of Buddy Holly's death. This story is a preview of "Timeless Tickets," a new series highlighting the most ...