Monthly Archives: February 2015

The Day the Music Died

Today in music history, 1959: J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson, Buddy Holly, and Ritchie Valens perished in a plane crash after leaving Clear Lake, Iowa. Holly had chartered a plane after the heating system of the Winter Dance Party Tour bus failed. Waylon Jennings, who was … Continue reading

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