Newspapers.com - It was "the day the music died." On February 3, 1959, popular rock-'n'-roll singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash
The Delta Bombers - Forever legends! Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper went out on a terrible plane crash this day in 1959. RIP. | Facebook
![Song of the Day for February 3: "Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly and the Crickets | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida Song of the Day for February 3: "Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly and the Crickets | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3656b39/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5184x3456+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2F88%2F95e3e35843f08c36dd3ab5f7ef16%2Fap916160313689.jpg)
Song of the Day for February 3: "Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly and the Crickets | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida
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Today in History: On this date in 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in an Iowa plane crash | fox43.com
![Buddy Holly: Investigators may reopen investigation into plane crash that killed Rock and Roll pioneer | The Independent | The Independent Buddy Holly: Investigators may reopen investigation into plane crash that killed Rock and Roll pioneer | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/03/04/17/rexfeatures_222088k.jpg)