Waylon Jennings wrote this touching track for his late friend and former bandmate, Buddy Holly, who died in a plane crash in ...

In the 1971 classic "American Pie," Don McLean wrote about "The Day the Music Died" — a.k.a. Feb. 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and "The Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson were famously ...

Buddy Holly wasn't the only celebrity to have been critically injured in the fateful accident. J.P. "The Big Bopper" ...

16 - "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story," is a rock 'n'roll celebration of a life ... Iowa. Also on the bill are The Big Bopper ( "Chantilly Lace''), played by Travis Turpin. With a a smile as big as the ...

Buddy Holly died on February 3 ... including Latin rocker Ritchie Valens and musician and radio DJ The Big Bopper. It was an especially sad occasion. But along with a lot of lost songs and ...

Tuesday marked the 66th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of early rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson). And to commemorate ...

The death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in an Iowa cornfield became known as "The Day the Music Died" after the 1971 Don McLean song What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving?

12 - Van Zeiler wasn't born until decades after legendary musician Buddy Holly died in a 1959 plane crash at the ... along with fellow rock 'n' roll greats Richie Valens and the Big Bopper, were ...

The musical career of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly is chronicled, from the days when "Peggy Sue" was "Cindy Lou", a song about his first girlfriend, to the meteoric run of "That'll Be the Day ...

Almost as horrendous was the event that inspired McLean, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, JD (the Big Bopper) Richardson and 21-year-old pilot Roger Peterson were all killed in a small plane ...

The death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in an Iowa cornfield became known as "The Day the Music Died" after the 1971 Don McLean song A Rare Look at Tucker Cars Vint Cerf of ...

Of course, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens are here, too, and Buddy's fiance, Maria Elena. Some Buddy Holly songs: "Peggy Sue," "Maybe Baby," "That'll Be the Day," "Not Fade Away," "Words of Love." ...