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Historic front page from the Des Moines Register, Feb. 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died
- As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from Feb. 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died, when Buddy Holly was killed
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Rarest Known Buddy Holly?Poster, From ‘the Day the Music Died,’ Sells for Nearly $450,000
The only known poster from “The Day the Music Died,” the concert that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were traveling to when their plane crashed on Feb. 3, 1959, has sold for a record-setting $447,000 at Heritage Auctions. The poster’s final price shattered the house’s previous record price of $275,000, previously held […]
- USThe Newport Daily News
Rise & Shine! Your Newport County guide for Feb. 3
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A lifetime playing Buddy Holly
Feb. 1—ROCHESTER — "The day the music died never happened" — at least for just one night in Rochester. The Winter Dance Party tour, featuring the music of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper, hits the Civic Center stage Saturday night. Of course, the musicians are all impersonators. But some of them have been doing their song-and-dance longer than the originals themselves. John ...
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‘Big Bopper’ Joey Wendle leads Rays to dramatic win in Miami
MIAMI — Manager Kevin Cash is often teasing and taunting Joey Wendle, usually calling him, loudly, by a nickname, “Mendle,” that originated years ago from an erroneous MLB Network graphic. On Friday, after Wendle played the lead role in the Rays’ dramatic 6-4 comeback win over the Marlins by hitting a three-run homer in the ninth, Cash had a new name for Wendle: “Big Bopper.” Wendle, who often ...
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U.S. may review 1959 airplane crash that killed Buddy Holly
(Reuters) - U.S. transportation safety investigators said on Wednesday they are reviewing a request to reopen a probe into the 1959 airplane crash that killed musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson, better known as "The Big Bopper," and their pilot. The original investigation 56 years ago conducted by the Civil Aeronautics Board blamed the crash on the pilot's decision to embark on an instrument-guided flight he was not certified for and, secondarily, on poor weather briefing.
