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CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) -- It's been 50 years since a single-engine plane crashed into a snow-covered Iowa field, instantly killing three men whose names would become enshrined in the history of rock 'n' roll.
The passing decades haven't diminished fascination with that night on Feb. 2, 1959, when 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens performed in Clear Lake and then boarded the plane for a planned 300-mile flight that lasted only minutes.
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Thanks for putting the info up John!
A friend of mine who lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa goes to the celebration pretty much every year: I went to one with him many years ago. The old ballroom in Clear Lake is crammed full of 50's and early 60's memorabilia. Two nights worth of concerts, a memorabilia show in the next building over-Yea, it is a great event!
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