The Day the Music Died,A few minutes after takeoff from Mason City, IA airport around 1:00 CST pm on No charter aircraft Beech Craft Bonanza N3794N containing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper crashes in rural Iowa, killing three pilots and Roger Peterson. The plane, bound for the next step "Winter Dance Party" tour in Fargo, ND, had been chartered by Holly for band members travel comfortably heated and arrive early for your next date in 1959 gig.On Buddy Holly died in a plane crash with Ritchie Valens, JP Richardson, and pilot. To commemorate this anniversary, here are two tracks - firstly to himself Buddy Holly, Peggy Sue.
Three of February 1959 is the day the music died when Buddy Holly died when their plane crashed after performing a concert in New York. Also aboard the plane were fellow rockers Ritchie Valens and JP The Big Bopper ", who were also killed.The plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the early hours of February 3. Holly, Ritchie Valens, Richardson and the pilot were killed in the crash.Don McLean hereinafter the day "The day the music died" in his song "American Pie" was recorded and released in 1971. The show was moving to Fargo, North Dakota North and Holly chartered a Beech Bonanza A for his group. However, the group was not.
The plane, bound for the next step "Winter Dance Party" tour in Fargo, North Dakota, was chartered by Holly, so the group can travel in comfort with heating (the bus had broken a heater) and arrive early to his next show. Peterson pilots reported no worsening of the weather, decided to fly "on instruments", ie without visual confirmation of the horizon, leading to the fall. In a strange twist of fate, Valens and Richardson are not supposed to be on the same plane that day, but band mates Holly gave them their points because they had a flu Richardson and Valens won a coin flip. Holly was just 22 years Richardson was only 28 years, and Valens was only 17.
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