Buddy Holly's Last Concert It was 33 years ago today a light plane crashed near the Iowa-Minnesota border, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, better known as The Big Bopper.

Beverly Records displays rare photos of Buddy Holly’s last performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa on February 2, 1959. “We told Surf Ballroom we had the pics.

Andy Christopher as Buddy Holly and Sam Weber as bass player Joe Mauldin ( Urdaneta Photography ) Andy Christopher, a Texan making his Casa Mañana Theatre debut, may be new to Fort Worth ...

The last concert by Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens was 57 years ago today in Clear Lake, Iowa, before they were killed in a plane crash. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close.

Every February, we think of the Surf Ballroom because rock hero Buddy Holly played his last concert there in 1959. Shortly after exiting the stage, in the early morning hours of Feb. 3, the 22 ...

The Surf Ballroom's place in music history has long been secured, as the site of Buddy Holly's last concert and the place where, as Don McLean sang, the music died. Now the storied 72-year-old ...

Three 11 by 14 photographs of Buddy Holly from his final concert will be donated to the Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave. The photos - taken by Mary Haukoos Gerber at the Surf Ballroom in ...

In April, Buddy Holly‘s brothers Larry and Travis; his former bandmates Tommy Allsup, Larry Welborn and Carl Bunch; and members of his twang-rock disciples the Flatlanders and the Mavericks ...

Alan Janes’ “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” has been seen at the Shubert Theatre (1992), Pegasus Players (also 1992), the Apollo Theater (1997), Shubert again (1999), the Mercury Theater ...