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12-11-2018, 04:55 PM
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The Day The Music Died.

On February 3,1959, a small plane-crash in the United States killed
three rock and roll musicians.
Buddy Holly-22, Jiles.P. Richardson-known as the Big Bopper-28 and
Ritchie Valens, 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear
Lake, Iowa at 0100 local time.
The pilot of the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed.
Early reports from the scene suggest the aircraft spun out of control
during a light snowstorm.
Only the pilot’s body was found inside the wreckage as the performers
were thrown clear on impact.
Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tour bus.
All three were travelling to Moorhead, Minnesota, the next venue in
their Winter Dance Party Tour.
Holly had set up the gruelling schedule of concerts - covering 24
cities in three weeks - to make money after the break -up of his band,
The Crickets, in 1958.
Born Charles Hardin Holley - changed to Holly after a misspelling on a
contract - he had several hit records, including a number one, in the
US and UK with That’ll Be The Day in 1957.
A singer and guitarist, he was inspired by Elvis Presley after seeing
him at an early concert in his home town of Lubbock, Texas.
Richard Valenzuela was the first Mexican American to break into
mainstream music, after being discovered by record producer Bob Keane,
who changed his name to Ritchie Valens.
He had made three albums and achieved a number two chart position in
the US with his composition Donna - about his girlfriend - in 1958.
His Rock ‘n’ Roll re-working of the traditional Mexican song La Bamba
- on the B side of Donna - has also received acclaim.
The Big Bopper had been a record-breaking radio DJ - with a 122-hour
marathon stint - and reached number six in the* American charts with
his record Chantilly Lace.
That day, was later called The Day The Music Died by Don Mclean in his
1971 song “ American Pie”.
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Re: The Day The Music Died.

"Three Stars" is a*song*written*by*Tommy Dee*in 1959, as a tribute to*Buddy Holly,Ritchie Valens, and*J.P. Richardson*(The Big Bopper), who died in*a plane crash*earlier that year. The song was recorded by Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and first released on April 5, 1959, by Crest Records. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a*gold disc.[1]The*lyrics*suggested the three "stars" represent the three musicians that died in the*crash.
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12-11-2018, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Sweetie pie ->
There's some other interesting stories in that paper.I see Virginia were starting limited racial integration in schools and a bloke from Belfast won 800,000 on the pools.
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Apparently Buddy Holly took the place of Waylon Jennings at the last minute for that flight.
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13-11-2018, 06:27 PM
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Hi there Floydy, nice to meet you, and thank you for replying to the thread.I must say that I had heard that it was J. P. Richardson a.k.a The Big Bopper who was, at that time, suffering from the flu who swapped places with Waylon Jennings and that Ritchie Valens tossed a coin with Tommy Allsupp to gain the last place on the plane.
There are a lot of Urban Myths out there but it doesn't seem that this is one of them!
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Originally Posted by Cherie B ->
Hi there Floydy, nice to meet you, and thank you for replying to the thread.I must say that I had heard that it was J. P. Richardson a.k.a The Big Bopper who was, at that time, suffering from the flu who swapped places with Waylon Jennings and that Ritchie Valens tossed a coin with Tommy Allsupp to gain the last place on the plane.
There are a lot of Urban Myths out there but it doesn't seem that this is one of them!

Hi Cherie...you are spot on, this is the way I remember the whole story unfolding, back when I was in high school on February 3rd, 1959... We lost three amazing talents on that fateful day...
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Originally Posted by Psmith ->
There's some other interesting stories in that paper.I see Virginia were starting limited racial integration in schools and a bloke from Belfast won 800,000 on the pools.
Yes it is interesting looking at the old newspapers.
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Great to hear from you Beautiful Filly and thank you for replying to my thread.I was only 10 or 11 years old when I heard the news on the radio and, like many other fans, was heartbroken. I may have been only a youngster but had already sung along to 'That'll Be The Day " and "La Bamba".As you rightly say 'We lost three amazing talents on that fateful day"
 
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