Video: Buddy Holly Live in New York With Peggy Sue 1958

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Buddy Holly Today is the 50th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of Ritchie Valens, JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and the legendary Buddy Holly. You can read all about the 50th anniversary right here. To celebrate the memory of one of their favorite idols The Monolators have covered "Everyday" by Buddy Holly and have posted it for free download on their blog. [MP3]

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It was 50 years ago today...the day the music died...such phrases are being bandied around today as we mark the anniversary of the death of Buddy Holly . Although one of the most influential names in the early days of rock 'n' roll, the Holly story has been strangely neglected on a mainstream level - there have been no big budget movies, no posthumous cult of personality, no revivals. Yet the music that Buddy Holly made in his unbelievably short time as a recording artist remains some of the most vital of all time. So, where to start? [...]

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It's been 50 years since The Day the Music Died From Wikipedia : The Day the Music Died refers to February 3, 1959, a date on which a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, United States, killed three popular American rock and roll musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson. The phrase was coined by Don McLean in his 1971 tribute song about the crash, "American Pie". Don McLean ~ " American Pie [...]

To this day, people still mourn the musical talent who died in a plane crash in the early morning hours of Feb. 3, 1959. A small airplane, carrying rock stars Buddy Holly, J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens, crashed only minutes after taking off from Mason City, Iowa, in a snowstorm. The three had just played the "Winter Dance Party" (see yesterday's post ) and were heading to the next stop in Fargo, North Dakota. Richardson was 28, Valens was 17, and Holly was only 22 years old. Richardson, from Beaumont, Texas, was already [...]