Don McLean and Connie Valens tell PEOPLE about their unique experiences on 'The Day the Music Died,' when Buddy Holly, Richie ...

On February 3, 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known by his stage name The Big ...

On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper tragically gave Don McLean the inspiration for "American Pie." ...

Jimmy Clanton, stood in on the Winter Dance Party Tour after the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper — the Day The Music Died ...

Don McLean coined it “The Day the Music Died” in his song “American Pie.” The Buddy Holly Center will have free admission all day Monday, along with children’s activities and a screening of the film, ...

In commemoration, a spray of yellow roses will be placed on Buddy’s grave, located at the City of Lubbock Cemetery.

“Puff” became a No. 2 Billboard hit, while “Day ... other songs recorded by the group, often in collaboration with Mr. Stookey, the last surviving member of the group (Ms. Travers died ...

On Monday, February 3, the Buddy Holly Center will honor and remember Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. “The Big Bopper” ...

The songs that played as the soundtrack to his life. When he died last year from ... messing around with lyrics and tunes, but couldn’t read music. He’d grown up with the music of Jim Croce ...