insert_link Music ‘The Day the Music Died’ Continues The day the music died is universally considered to be February 3, 1959; that was the night Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens died tragically in plane crash a few miles from their departure, Clear Lake, IA. Buddy always wanted to be a rock and roll star, so after graduation he dedicated his life to music. Did you know that very early in his career he once opened […] todayJanuary 31, 2017