A tragic plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, becoming ‘The Day the Music Died’ and changing rock history forever.
A late-night plane crash claimed three early Rock & Roll pioneers and became immortalized as The Day the Music Died.
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson — a fatal decision to fly in a single-engine plane, 67 ...