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Civil Aeronautics Board accident report from the Mason City, IA crash that killed Buddy Holly: Date: 3 February 1959: ... The Day the Music Died. copyright status.
In November 1958, Buddy Holly terminated his association with The Crickets.According to Paul Anka, Holly realized he needed to go back on tour again for two reasons: he needed cash because the Crickets' manager Norman Petty had apparently stolen money from him, and he wanted to raise funds to move to New York City to live with his new wife, María Elena Holly, who was pregnant (although he ...
Bunch's time with The Crickets was cut short by lead vocalist and guitarist Buddy Holly's sudden death in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, popularly referred to as "The Day the Music Died." After Holly's death, Bunch enlisted in the United States Army before relaunching his music career with Hank Williams Jr. and Roy Orbison. Bunch later ...
Valens was killed in a plane crash two years later, along with fellow rock 'n' rollers Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper as well as pilot Roger Peterson, when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza crashed near Mason City, Iowa, late at night of February 3, 1959. [9]
Holly went solo in 1958 and died in a plane crash the following year. The Crickets continued to perform together over the years with different frontmen, working with the singer-songwriter later to ...
February 3, 1959, "The Day the Music Died": Buddy Holly (left), J.P. Richardson (middle), and Ritchie Valens (right) killed in plane crash (below) American singers J.P. Richardson, 28, " The Big Bopper ", Buddy Holly , 22, and Ritchie Valens , 17, were killed in the crash of a private plane on their way to Fargo, North Dakota .
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
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