The Details Behind the Plane Crash that Shook the Country
Don McLean’s song “American Pie” was about the day the music stopped, February 3, 1959; the day Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens perished in a horrific late night plane crash outside Mason City, a few miles from their departure city, Clear Lake, IA. All this week we’ll look at the lesser known details of the crash, its aftermath, and the contributions each made in their brief time […]