On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and pilot Roger Peterson died in a plane crash outside of Clear Lake, Iowa. Holly was 22. Though Feb. 3 is often called ...

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 ...

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, Hollys ...

AMANA - Let's hope the Old Creamery Theatre can continue to rave on for as long as possible with 'Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.” The musical, slated through April 5, but now postponed to Sept. 25. to ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CLEAR LAKE — The Surf Ballroom & Museum has opened a new permanent exhibit honoring the legacy of Buddy ...

"My life has been what you might call an uneventful one, and it seems there is not much of interest to tell,” Buddy Holly once wrote in a high school essay. Still, the young student — born Charles ...

I push open the Kato Ballroom door with a guitar case and step into the frigid January night. We’ve just wrapped the first week of “Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story.” We’ve been running the show every ...

Rockabilly wild man Mojo Nixon famously declared Elvis to be everywhere. But considering the cometlike nature of Buddy Holly's career, he, too, has remained a pop-culture fixture - albeit one absent ...