Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than six decades ago, a small plane went down in an Iowa field, killing three early rock 'n' roll stars and shocking America.

On Feb. 3, 1959, the face of modern music changed forever in one tragic moment with the simultaneous deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper Later referred to as The Day the Music ...

February 3 is observed as “The Day the Music Died” because it is the anniversary of a plane crash in 1959 that claimed the lives of three important figures in early rock and roll music, Buddy Holly, ...

February 3, 1959 - American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died on Feb. 3, 1959, when the plane they chartered crashed in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff.

Before the infamous The Day The Music Died, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper were on the road for the magical ...