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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. [ a ][ 1 ][ 2 ] The event became known as " The Day the Music Died " after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his ...
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 ...
Ritchie Valens. Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), [ 3] better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months after his breakthrough. [ 4]
Go, Johnny Go! was the only film appearance of Ritchie Valens, who died shortly after filming it in a plane crash, along with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. The film was released after Valens' death. [3] [4] Go, Johnny Go! was Eddie Cochran's third and final appearance in a major picture. A second song, "I Remember", was filmed but cut from ...
Professional ratings. Ritchie Valens Memorial Album is the first greatest hits compilation by Ritchie Valens, featuring his first three charted hits plus tracks from the previous three albums, released three years following his death in a plane crash. The original album was issued with a black album cover and the same photo of Valens from his ...
February 3, 1959 (Tuesday) American singers J.P. Richardson, 28, "The Big Bopper", Buddy Holly, 22, and Ritchie Valens, 17, were killed in the crash of a private plane on their way to Fargo, North Dakota. They had boarded the plane at Mason City, Iowa, along with pilot Roger Peterson. Waylon Jennings had given his seat to Richardson, and Valens ...
Ritchie Valens Memorial Album. (1963) Ritchie Valens in Concert at Pacoima Jr. High was released posthumously and is the third and final of the released "original" albums by Ritchie Valens. It consists of his only live performance ever recorded. The live recording is augmented by unfinished studio recordings.
Two children, a lawyer and eight cancer doctors were reportedly among the 61 people killed when a plane crashed in a Brazilian city last week.. A total of 57 passengers and four crew members were ...