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2. Surf Ballroom - Wikipedia

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   The Surf Ballroom (also called the Surf) is a Historic Rock and Roll Landmark at 460 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake, Iowa, United States.The Surf is closely associated with the event known colloquially as "The Day the Music Died" – early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P.

3. The Day the Music Died - Wikipedia

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   On Monday, February 2, the tour arrived in Clear Lake, west of Mason City, Iowa, having driven 350 miles (560 km) from the previous day's concert in Green Bay. Clear Lake had not been a scheduled stop; tour promoters hoped to fill the open date and called Carroll Anderson, the manager of the local Surf Ballroom, and offered him the show ...

4. The Big Bopper - Wikipedia

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   On the 11th night of the tour (February 2, 1959), they played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. That night, Holly chartered an airplane from Dwyer Flying Service in Mason City, Iowa, intending to fly himself and his bandmates Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup to their next tour venue in Moorhead, Minnesota. The musicians had been ...

5. Historic front page from the Des Moines Register, Feb. 3 ...

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   As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from Feb. 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died, when Buddy Holly was killed Historic front page from the Des Moines ...

6. Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story - Wikipedia

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   The story ends on February 3, 1959, after a rocking concert with the "Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson and Ritchie Valens at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Buddy makes the fateful decision to break his promise to his pregnant wife not to fly, as he and the other two headliners board a small plane and take off into the night destined for ...

7. 'Rarefied air': 1959 Winter Dance Party poster from ... - AOL

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8. February 1959 - Wikipedia

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   After arriving from Green Bay, Wisconsin, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson gave their last performances, appearing at the Surf Ballroom at 460 North Shore Drive in Clear Lake, Iowa. [9] [10] Born: Jari Tervo, Finnish author; in Rovaniemi

9. The only known surviving poster from 1959 Winter Dance Party ...

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   The poster's original owner, now 83, was 19 when he ran into Buddy Holly in the bathroom at the Green Bay show. "That was kind of neat," he said.