On Feb. 3, 1959, the face of modern music changed forever in one tragic moment with the simultaneous deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Later referred to as The Day the Music ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959. It became known as "The Day the Music Died." While the plane crashed in Iowa amid a snowstorm, Wisconsin played a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EAU CLAIRE — “The Day the Music Died” took place on this day nearly 70 years ago. A plane crash that took place on February 3, ...

This year marks 55 years since the release of Don McLean’s song “American Pie,” which topped thecharts for four weeks following its release in the fall of 1971. The singer/songwriter will be ...

February 3, 1959 - American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died on Feb. 3, 1959, when the plane they chartered crashed in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff.

MOLINE, Ill. — Editor's Note: The video above is thanks to WQAD's sister station WOI in Des Moines. The name is obviously hyperbolic, but “the day the music died” is still one that lives on in the ...

New Delhi: On February 3, 1959, a small plane crashed near Clear Lake in Iowa, a Midwestern US state known as the “Hawkeye State”, killing three young rock and roll stars and the pilot. Buddy Holly, ...

50 years after its release, Don McLean shares the secrets behind his iconic song 'American Pie', one of the great musical touchstones of the 20th century.

The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake is a rock and roll landmark and one of the few historic ballrooms still operating today. Its legacy is closely tied to "The Day the Music Died," when Buddy Holly, ...