On this date in 1959

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2. Remembering 'The Day the Music Died': Buddy Holly, Surf Ballroom coverage over the years

Remembering 'The Day the Music Died': Buddy Holly, Surf Ballroom coverage over the years

Feb 3, 2021 Updated 2 hrs ago

On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (aka J.P. Richardson) and pilot Roger Peterson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake after their performance at the Surf Ballroom. They had been traveling across the Midwest on their "Winter Dance Party" tour.

Collected here is just a handful of related coverage from the Globe Gazette over the years.

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Photos: Plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, others in Clear Lake, Feb. 3, 1959

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