Even if you don't know their names, if you grew up in the U.S. outside of Amish country, you should know their music.
Today marks the day when Holly, Valens and Richardson died in a plane crash in the snowy fields of the Midwest, way back in 1959.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Today Marks the Passage of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson into The Infinite
We've written before about our appreciation of Buddy Holly, Texas native and pioneer of Rock n' Roll. I know far less of the work of Ritchie Valens and JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson, but they're still household names in 2016, which is remarkable.
Even if you don't know their names, if you grew up in the U.S. outside of Amish country, you should know their music.
Today marks the day when Holly, Valens and Richardson died in a plane crash in the snowy fields of the Midwest, way back in 1959.
Even if you don't know their names, if you grew up in the U.S. outside of Amish country, you should know their music.
Today marks the day when Holly, Valens and Richardson died in a plane crash in the snowy fields of the Midwest, way back in 1959.
Today also marks, coincidentally, the day that I start referring to you as "The Big Bopper" for the rest of your life.
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