event · Feb 1959

Buddy Holly

A late night plane crash following a Feb. 2nd performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa kills rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper along with the plane's pilot.

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