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Not Fade Away: Remembering Buddy Holly on the 50th Anniversary of His Death

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Next Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. In the current issue of Rolling Stone, Holly’s friends, family and fellow musicians remember an artist who helped invent rock & roll as we know it today. [...]

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03:53 on January 30 2009

Fans recall death of Buddy Holly and 'the day the music died'

Detroit Free Press — Musicians young and old now trace the musical thread of rock history back to the Day the Music Died. more info

Buddy Holly

22:32 on January 30 2009

Not Fade Away: Remembering Buddy Holly on the 50th Anniversary of His Death

Rolling Stone — Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Next Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bop... more info

Buddy Holly