February 3, 1959 The Day The Music Died

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[1Old Pro]

Rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for Moorhead, Minnesota. Investigators blamed the crash on bad weather and pilot error. Holly and his band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with “That’ll Be the Day.”

[1Old Pro]

Probably this: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775157/?ref_=tt_mv_close

[Bonemaker]

I was at University of Iowa at the time. "Everyday", "La Bomba" and "Chantilly Lace" were huge at local watering holes. When the news hit everything kind of froze in place.

Couldn't have paid me to go up with that young pilot. Excellent accident analysis at:

The Day the Music Died

[1Old Pro]

excellent