Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were famously killed in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959, which Don McLean dubbed "The Day the Music Died" in the 1971 classic "American Pie" Jack Irvin has ...

an incident that later became known as 'The Day the Music Died.' Richard Steven Valenzuela, professionally known as Ritchie Valens, was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He passed away at a ...

It's known as the Day the Music Died ― when rock 'n' roll legends-in-the-making Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died shortly after a plane carrying them to their next gig crashed ...

September 1958: Rock and roll originator Ritchie Valens had two hits on the charts ... all in the same day," Hare told reporters at the time. “The Principal called and asked me to do something ...

Don McLean would go on to mythologize the tragedy, known as "The Day the Music Died," in his 1971 opus ... "Together with the rock and roll classics of Ritchie Valens, my 1987 biopic ‘La ...

Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson). And to commemorate what’s come to be known as “The Day The Music Died,” the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has announced two ...

He’s often been nothing more than a footnote and briefly featured character in movies about fellow rock and roll legends Buddy Holly and Ritchie ... “the day the music died,” The Big Bopper ...

John Mueller’s Winter Dance Party will be performing the music of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The ... stars and was coined as “The Day the Music Died” by Don McLean.