Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were famously killed in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959, which Don McLean dubbed "The Day the Music Died" in the 1971 classic "American Pie" ...

Exhibit honoring Buddy Holly opens in Lubbock, Texas 01:22. The rarest and only known Buddy Holly poster from "The Day the Music Died," when an airplane carrying Holly, Richie Valens and the Big ...

On February 3, 1959, three influential rock and roll performers—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, known as ...

The Shot. Buddy Holly & "The Day The Music Died" Posted: February 8, 2025 | Last updated: February 8, 2025. Buddy Holly may have looked cute, but behind those iconic glasses was a fiery rebel who ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “the Big Bopper” Richardson, along with pilot Roger Peterson, died Feb. 3, 1959, following a Winter Dance Party tour stop at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake.

Holly died in a plane crash—along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper—on Feb. 3, 1959. But his musical legacy continues to challenge expectations of what rock and roll can be.

The only known poster from 'The Day the Music Died,' the concert that Buddy Holly was traveling to when his plane crashed on Feb. 3, 1959, has sold for nearly $450,000.

“He put Lubbock and West Texas on the map,” Sebastian Forbush with the Buddy Holly Center said. With notes on a page and performances seen around the world, Buddy Holly brought fame to the Hub City.

On Feb. 3, 1959, stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in an Iowa plane crash on what was supposed to be a plane ride to their next stop on the Winter Dance ...

Eye Contact with Buddy. A few days before the crash on February 3, 1959, which killed Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson), and pilot Roger Peterson, Dylan saw one of his early ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were three of the biggest names in Rock and Roll when they played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 2, 1959. Watch the video above ...

The rarest and only known Buddy Holly poster from "The Day the Music Died," when an airplane carrying Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Popper (real name J.P. Richardson) crashed and killed all ...