![]() More: Sorry, 'American Pie,' but the music didn't die in Clear Lake. ![]() Something about him, really … he was my favorite. “I was crazy about Buddy Holly,” McLean, age 73, told the Register. “the Big Bopper” Richardson and Ritchie Valens died hours after striking a final note at the Surf Ballroom. The impact killed all four immediately, changing the course of music for decades to come.Īcross the country, a 13-year-old paperboy unfolded the next morning’s headlines to read words that’d leave him devastated.īuddy Holly, J.P. Sixty years ago this Sunday, just after 1 a.m., a plane carrying three rock 'n' roll stars and an Iowa pilot crashed into a frozen field north of Clear Lake, Iowa. ![]() “the Big Bopper” Richardson, along with pilot Roger Peterson. 1, 2019, ahead of the 60th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Watch Video: Surf Ballroom's Winter Dance Party honors Buddy Holly, celebrates rock 'n' rollĮditor's note: This story was originally published on Feb.
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