Feb. 3 marks the anniversary of “The Day The Music Died”


February 3, 1959 was the snowy night when Buddy Holly, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and Ritchie Valens took off in a small plane from Clear Lake, Iowa, after playing a gig at the Surf Ballroom. They were headed to the next stop on their Winter Dance Party tour, and Holly, sick of the miserableContinue reading “Feb. 3 marks the anniversary of “The Day The Music Died””