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The Surf Ballroom (also called the Surf) is a Historic Rock and Roll Landmark at 460 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake, Iowa, United States. The Surf is closely associated with the event known colloquially as " The Day the Music Died " – early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and J. P.
Clear Lake is also home to the historic Surf Ballroom which was where Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens made their last performance on February 3, 1959, before being killed hours later in a plane crash. Often February 3, 1959, is referred to as "The Day the Music Died" as highlighted in the Don McLean hit song "American Pie."
A rare original poster from the Winter Dance Party that played the Riverside Ballroom on Feb. 1, 1959, will go up for bids through Heritage Auctions on Nov. 19. Bumping into Buddy Holly in the ...
While performing in Clear Lake, Iowa, at the Surf Ballroom, the tour bus' heating system breaks down, so Buddy charters an airplane to fly to their next stop in Moorhead, Minnesota. Ritchie, Buddy, and the Big Bopper take off in the airplane during a snowstorm on February 2, 1959.
As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from Feb. 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died, when Buddy Holly was killed
Mark Steuer has a collection of 1959 Winter Dance Party memorabilia, including "the Holy Grail of autographs," he would like to see get a public space.
It was reported that the United States might put a man into space as early as February 26, 1959, with Scott Crossfield, a test pilot for North American Aviation, flying the X-15 to a point 200 miles (320 km) above the Earth, well above the 100 kilometres (62 mi) altitude that defines the beginning of "outer space".
The only known surviving poster from Buddy Holly's performance at the Riverside Ballroom in 1959 has a new home in southern Florida.