The Telegraph

Remembering Ritchie Valens on 'The Day the Music Died'

Connie Valens opens up about her famous brother, Ritchie Valens, the plane crash that took his life and a 'La Bamba' remake.
Iowa Public Radio

Decades after the music died, Clear Lake's Surf Ballroom is still a destination for artists

With the new Music Experience Center and the Surf District project, Clear Lake is continuing to support today’s musicians, ...

What Really Happened on 'The Day the Music Died'? Unpacking Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper's Untimely Deaths

The tragic 1959 plane crash, immortalized in Don McLean's 1971 hit 'American Pie,' is a cultural cornerstone in modern ...
Lansing State Journal on MSN

Day the music died. What to know about 1959 crash that claimed icons

A late-night plane crash claimed three early Rock & Roll pioneers and became immortalized as The Day the Music Died.
People

It's Been 66 Years Since The Day the Music Died. Ritchie Valens' Sister Is Grateful to Don McLean for Singing About It (Exclusive)

McLean, who wrote the folk-rock hit "American Pie" about the singers' deaths, and Connie, Ritchie's sister, share how one fateful day changed their lives forever Hulton Archive/Getty Feb. 3, 1959, has ...