57 Year Anniversary of The Day the Music Died

In the early morning hours of February 3, 1959, three performers—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson—joined their pilot Roger Peterson for what was supposed to be a flight to their next tour stop. The four were involved in a deadly crash that took the lives of all aboard. This tragedy has been remembered as “The Day the Music Died.”