It was on this day in 1959 when a small airplane carrying rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) crashed in a cornfield in Clear Lake, Iowa. They were on their way to Fargo, North Dakota. They were part of the Winter Dance Party tour of the Mid-West.
They were killed instantly when the plane struck the cornfield. Ritchie Valens was only 17 years old at the time. Buddy Holly was 22, and the Big Bopper was 27 years old.
A memorial was erected in 2003 at the crash site in Iowa.
"Chantilly Lace" by the Big Bopper
"Oh, Donna" by Ritchie Valens
"Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly
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