Feb 3- 1959 Rock And Rollers DIE In Plane Crash - Buddy Holly - The Big Bopper - Richie Valens ... News at 6:00!
"To those with their feet planted firmly in the 21st century, the three dead rockers who perished in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959, may seem like musty relics of another age, their legacy muted, their impact unclear.
But when the tiny chartered plane carrying Buddy Holly, J.P. (the Big Bopper) Richardson and Richie Valens crashed over Clear Lake, Iowa, in a blinding snowstorm 50 years ago today, it seemed, for a moment, that rock 'n' roll would never be the same."
The Star
