What Really Happened on 'The Day the Music Died'? Unpacking Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper's Untimely Deaths

People: What Really Happened on 'The Day the Music Died'? Unpacking Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper's Untimely Deaths

On Feb. 3, 1959, the face of modern music changed forever in one tragic moment with the simultaneous deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Later referred to as The Day the Music ...

Yahoo: Ritchie Valens died too young. His legacy will live on forever

Ritchie Valens was a pioneer in rock n’ roll music during the late 1950s with hits like “Come On, Let’s Go”, “Donna” and “La Bamba”. His hits are timeless and are said to have inspired Los Lobos, Los ...

inforum: Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens died 50 years ago today

It drew the first tears of rock 'n' roll, a culture so young death was new. Fifty years ago this morning, Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens died when the tiny plane they ...

Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens died 50 years ago today

KQED: 'We Belong Together': How Ritchie Valens' Music Inspired a New Book of Poetry

'We Belong Together': How Ritchie Valens' Music Inspired a New Book of Poetry

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 ...