Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & Big Bopper Exhibit Launches at Final Venue From the Night They Died originally appeared on Parade. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - February 2, 1959, is Buddy Holly’s last performance. The rock ' n ' roller sang to a crowd of more than 1000 at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Buddy Holly, Richie ...

From Billboard’s number three song of 1972, Don McLean’s “American Pie”: “And as the flames climbed high into the night To light the sacrificial rite I saw Satan laughing with delight The day the ...

July 3, 1986. President Ronald Reagan presided over the lighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty torch in New York Harbor. What started with a small hut and a dream to give his kids fireworks has ...