A popular misconception, originating from Don McLean 's song about the crash, was that the plane was called American Pie; no record exists of any name ever having been given to N3794N.

2000年3月12日 · The single-engine plane carrying Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens crashed in an Iowa corn field the night before they were to appear at the Moorhead Armory.

2025年1月27日 · The plane crashed in a cornfield outside Clear Lake, Iowa. The tragedy was memorialized in the lyrics of the song “American Pie” (1971), written by Don McLean.

2020年2月3日 · What really happened the ’ Day The Music Died,’ when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and ’ The Big Bopper,’ J.P. Richardson Jr., died in a plane crash in 1959?

2023年2月3日 · More than seventy years ago on this day, musicians Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper” Richardson and Ritchie Valens were killed in a plane crash on the way to their next concert.

2010年3月3日 · Rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, along with the pilot, are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few...

2019年2月23日 · In the early morning hours of February 3, 1959, a private plane carrying musicians J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly (most famous for founding The Crickets) crashed outside of Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all on board.

The tragedy became known as ‘The Day the Music Died’ after Don McLean mentioned it in his hit song American Pie in 1971. It was very much an avoidable tragedy as Holly decided to charter a plane which subsequently took off in poor, wintry conditions.

On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.

2024年2月3日 · Investigators found evidence that the plane was set up for cruising and flying at an appropriate high speed, 165-170 mph. But, the plane was actually descending at 3,000 feet per minute and ...