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On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.
"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 Cr
Recurring nightmares of the disaster led to Valens' fear of flying, [8] which he overcame after he launched his music career. Valens was killed in a plane crash two years later, along with fellow rock 'n' rollers Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper as well as pilot Roger Peterson, when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza crashed near Mason City, Iowa ...
Valens was born as Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13, 1941, in Pacoima, [3] a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles.The son of Joseph Steven Valenzuela (1896–1952) and Concepción "Concha" Reyes (1915–1987), he had two half-brothers, Robert "Bob" Morales (1937–2018) and Mario Ramirez, and two younger sisters, Connie and Irma.
On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly died in a plane crash along with fellow musicians Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper outside Clear Lake, Iowa. After learning of her husband's death from the television news, she suffered a miscarriage the following day and could not attend Holly's funeral in Lubbock.
Jennings, who died in 2002 at age 64, started his career playing in Holly's band. He had been set to fly on the plane that crashed in 1959, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P.
Grant Township is one of 16 townships in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.As of the 2000 census, its population was 354.. Grant Township was the site of the airplane crash north of the city of Clear Lake, in which rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P.
Don McLean penned this hit about "The Day the Music Died" (when a plane carrying Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper crashed), but most people just love it for the chorus.