The event later dubbed as the The Day the Music Died' after it was referred to as. Memorial for Buddy Hollys plane crash site at Fold3 - On Feb 2, 1959, rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Big Booper performed at Surf Ballroom in. The Big Bopper Richardson are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after. Today of course we remember the terrible plane crash just outside Clear Lake, Iowa that took from us the wonderful talents of Buddy Holly, The Ritchie. Their pilot, Roger Peterson, also passed away when their Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashed on an open field. Rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, died after a tragic plane crash in Iowa, a few minutes after taking off. The musicians had just played a gig at the. Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3 1959, while on he was tour. On February 3, 1959, Buddy, along with two other musicians, Richie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), and Ritchie Valens crashed. 3, 1959, at the airport in neighboring Mason City, Iowa, haunted one of Holly’s bandmates - a forefather to country music’s original outlaw movement - for years to come. 3, 1959, plane crash north of Clear Lake killed influential early rockers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Just hours later, and minutes after takeoff, the plane carrying the three musicians, Buddy Holly, J.P. It was one of the first tragedies to strike modern American music and a figurative end to 1950s culture. Don McLean coined it “The Day the Music Died” in his 1971 opus “American Pie.”Īnd the events that unfolded Feb. Plane Crash Site of Buddy Holly: The Day the Music Died - See 275 traveller reviews, 206 candid photos, and great deals for Clear Lake, IA, at Tripadvisor. A few extra hours of sleep waited at the destination, Moorhead, Minnesota.īut the plane wouldn’t make it out of Clear Lake, Iowa, crashing in a field just miles north of the Surf Ballroom, where the early rock stars wrapped a gig hours earlier. “Big Bopper” Richardson, chartered a plane with hopes of cutting travel time between frigid Midwestern tour stops. The musicians, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Sixty-three years ago Wednesday, a 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza took flight from a small-town Iowa airport, carrying three pioneers of early American rock ‘n’ roll music. Editor's Note: This story was originally published on Februto mark the anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. 3 and crashed into a cornfield about five minutes later, with the cause believed to be a weather-induced error on 21-year-old pilot Roger Peterson's part.
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