This Day in Music 7 hours ago 3rd Feb 1959, 22 year old Buddy - TopicsExpress



          

This Day in Music 7 hours ago 3rd Feb 1959, 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tour bus. All three were travelling to Fargo, North Dakota, for the next show on their Winter Dance Party Tour which Holly had set - covering 24 cities in three weeks, to make money after the break-up of his band, The Crickets, last year. Full story: thisdayinmusic/pages/the_day_the_music_died
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:43:46 +0000

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