So many sing about "the day that music died" on Feb. 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash. Don McLean coined the term in his ...

Ritchie Valens was rescued ... teen’s story ahead of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, the two older singers who died in the same Feb. 3, 1959 plane crash. The movie became a cultural touchstone.

It was on this date in 1959 that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper lost their lives in a plane crash. Don McLean would later refer to it as "the day the music died" in his classic ...