Buddy Holly died on February 3, 1959. He was just 22 years old. And despite a rock and roll recording career that only lasted ...

Timeless, iconic, yet also indisputably a product of the era in which it was designed, the Stratocaster was shaped in huge part by a few oft-overlooked players – one of whom suggested the whammy bar s ...

Harvey Garmeder and Miriam Roth were at the Four Seasons Diner on Cottman Avenue when a small jet crashed near the Roosevelt ...

N.Y., reading the devastating headline “The Day the Music Died,” about the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper – popular young singers who would find ...

The RAGBRAI overnight towns were announced in January. Orange City will be the starting point. Overnight towns for Days 1-6 will be Milford, Estherville, Forest City, Iowa Falls, Cedar Falls and ...

the last place where Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens performed before their fatal airplane crash on Feb. 3, 1959. Clear Lake is a prime spot for walleye, muskie and crappie fishing.

Dion DiMucci, lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts, was due to fly but is said to have flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens for the seat: Valens won. Ultimately, the three passengers were Buddy Holly, J ...

Iowa's state and county parks, unique museums, natural attractions, historical sites, and rolling hills along the Mississippi ...