At the scene of history (70) Oct 30, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:03 AM CST At the scene of history By JOHN SKIPPER, 2938032 Investigators work at the scene of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and pilot Roger Peterson on Feb. 3, 1959 ... Singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, better known as The Big Bopper, had performed at the Winter Dance Party at the Surf Ballroom the night before. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Yuma High Class of 1959 prepare for reunion Oct 6, 2009
Jan. 29 Sleeping Beauty shown in theaters February 3 A chartered plane transporting musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper goes down in foggy conditions near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing them all in a tragedy later referred to as "The Day the Music Died." March 9 The Barbie doll debuts. May 28 Two monkeys, Able and Miss Baker, are the first living beings to successfully return to Earth from space. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
‘Latin Music USA’ traces cultural impact Oct 4, 2009
Deane and Bosch - along with a team of writers, producers, and researchers - linger on the pioneers (Ritchie Valens, Hector Lavoe, Santana, Selena), while illuminating forgotten footnotes in Latin music s history, folks whose names aren t exactly boldface. The story of Mario Bauz, a Cuban musician who fled to Harlem and introduced Afro-Cuban rhythms to jazz, is an unearthed treasure. (Boston Globe)
Arson suspected in Paideia fire Oct 4, 2009
On the doorway to his classroom hung a 1959 poster of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson, three famous rock stars who died in a plane crash that year. They didn t survive the plane crash, Hays said, but they survived the fire. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Taking on Lee Ang Sep 30, 2009
Imagine The Who fans listening to Ritchie Valens or the Grateful Dead. But I think the essential idea was taken more seriously. (Channelnewsasia.com)
John Legend not your typical pop star Sep 11, 2009
The nascent rock 'n' roll world was a few weeks away from "the day the music died" - when a single-engine plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens ... The nascent rock 'n' roll world was a few weeks away from "the day the music died" - when a single-engine plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. (Fresno Bee)
Moore premieres new documentary in Venice Sep 7, 2009
""Capitalism: A Love Story" is competing for the Golden Lion, which will be awarded Sept. 12. BOX OFFICE TOP 10 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: TV NEWS A young production staffer at "The Dr. Oz Show" wasn't buttering up her boss when she took a bite out of a carrot as he approached in an elevator lobby recently.Actor Tom Selleck has been awarded more than $187,000 after a California jury found the actor was duped into buying a lame horse.The widower of British reality TV star Jade Goody has... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Drummer left mark on Cedar Valley (14) Sep 7, 2009
The band opened for acts such as the Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash, Gene Vincent, Frankie Avalon, Dion and the Belmonts and Johnny Horton and was called in as a replacement act for the Winter Dance Party tour when a plane crash near Clear Lake in 1959 claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens in 1959. Klatt entered the Marine Corps, where he would eventually earn entry to the Marine Corps Hall of Fame for his drumming. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Motown Records Celebrates 50th Anniversary Sep 3, 2009
The nascent rock 'n' roll world was a few weeks away from "the day the music died" -- when a single-engine plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. It's also the day a boxer, assembly line worker and songwriter named Berry Gordy Jr. used an $800 family loan to start a record company in Detroit. (W-USA News, DC)
A Rockin New Holiday (6) Jul 3, 2009
Council Expected to Declare Friday Ritchie Valens Day ... The City Council is expected today to declare Friday, July 3, Ritchie Valens Day in Los Angeles ... Ritchie Valens Day, initiated by Seventh District Councilman Richard Alarcon, will coincide with two Valens-centric events a special Valens exhibit opening at L.A. Lives Grammy Museum on July 3 and the 15th annual Fourth of July celebration at Hansen Dam Park in Pacoima (part of Alarcons district), which this year will... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Celebrity deaths: a three-part tragedy? Jul 2, 2009
Rarely since Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper crashed and died more or less simultaneously in an Iowa cornfield on Feb. 3, 1959, has the Celebrity Death Rule of Three fulfilled itself with such swift efficacy. That s the old rule that celebrities die in threes. (Boston Globe)
Resurrecting the band Jun 17, 2009
Better to go with Sam Cooke, or maybe Ritchie Valens. 2. (San Francisco Chronicle)
New events, old favorites returning as GBPAC marks 10th anniversary season May 31, 2009
John Mueller's Winter Dance Party is an authentic re-creation of the final tour by Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. Each live concert performance features many '50s era hit. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Investors Say Promoter Owes Them $2 Million May 11, 2009
"He likes to say he was born the day the music died," a friend quotes him as saying, in a reference to the anniversary of the 1959 plane crash that killed pioneering rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. After 15 years of writing about baseball for Pleasanton's Valley Times newspaper and the Associated Press, he got a master's degree in business administration at the University of San Francisco, and formed his production company. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Exploring Hollywood's take on Latinos May 6, 2009
(CNN) -- When "La Bamba" hit movie screens in 1987, audiences flocked to see the true story of singer Ritchie Valens, who died as a teen in an airplane crash almost three decades earlier. "La Bamba" starred Lou Diamond Phillips as singer Ritchie Valens. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Gambit, WWLTV.com's picks for the second weekend of Jazz Fest Apr 30, 2009
Perhaps best remembered for its Ritchie Valens covers on the La Bamba soundtrack, this self-proclaimed "Chicano band from East Los Angeles" has, since the early 1970's, presented a modern, adventurous, electric guitar-based take on Latin music. Guy Clark. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Dex Romweber Duo: Contemporary retro siblings Apr 10, 2009
Romweber and his friends would scour the record stores of their Chapel Hill, N.C., hometown for 45 singles by the likes of Ritchie Valens, Benny Joy, Charlie Christian and Sarah Vaughn. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Idols are divas Mar 16, 2009
"It was a sort of a Fifties, Sixties New York-Latino, Ritchie Valens sort of vibe," he said. "I liked it!" Mara repeated that she thought Daniel was a versatile performer and a fantastic singer. (iAfrica.com)
North Iowa, Southern Minnesota Entertainment Briefs Feb 16, 2009
Richie Lee will perform a tribute to Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center in Albert Lea. General admission is $15. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Arts: Best Buddy Feb 13, 2009
" Cameron played Holly for two years in a tribute show and tackled the musical once before in 2005 but this year's show will be the biggest test of his ability. The new production coincides with the 50th anniversary of the day Holly was killed in a plane crash along with fellow rock stars Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson - what is known as "the day the music died". The jukebox musical - in its 19th year - tells the true story of how Holly started as a teenage country and western singer in... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Gallagher: Day the pep band died? Feb 12, 2009
Sioux City Journal : Gallagher: Day the pep band died. Gallagher: Day the pep band died. (Sioux City Journal)
'It took me back to those days' Feb 10, 2009
Tribute performers John Mueller, who portrayed Holly, Ray Anthony as Ritchie Valens and Jay P. Richardson Jr. as J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson played all the crowd s favorites, and the fact that none of them were the real thing didn t really seem to matter. The original trio had been scheduled to play at Spring Valley s Les-Buzz Ballroom as part of the Winter Dance Party on Feb. 7, 1959. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
The other 1950s airplane crash Feb 8, 2009
He has no connection with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens or the Big Bopper. But news accounts recalling the 1959 plane crash that took the lives of the three singers and pilot Roger Peterson make him think of the other plane crash, as he calls it. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Helium-filled balloons from Battle Creek show up in Georgia Feb 8, 2009
CRASH NEWS: Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were to have appeared at Shore Acres Ballroom here tonight with Buddy Holly and the Crickets. Valens, Richardson and Holly all died in a place crash Feb. 3 near Mason City, Iowa. (Sioux City Journal)
Rock fans head to Iowa to recall day music died Feb 8, 2009
The passing decades haven;t diminished fascination with that night on Feb. 2, 1959, when 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old J.P. ;The Big Bopper; Richardson and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens performed in Clear Lake and then boarded the plane for a planned 300-mile flight that lasted only minutes. It was really like the first rock ;n; roll landmark; the first death,; said rock historian Jim Dawson, who has written several books about music of that era. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
On 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly crash, young Alta pilot is not forgotten Feb 8, 2009
When that plane crashed, it claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, pioneers of the young musical sound, in a tragedy that Don McLain memorialized in his classic musical parable as "the Day the Music Died." Fifty years have passed, and on the anniversary of the incident, Holly's music is still known and the loss of the stars still lamented in the national consciousness. Much less know, however, is the loss of another young life, that of Alta native... (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Sorry, Don McLean, but the music didnt die Feb 7, 2009
Three passengers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, a.k.a. The Big Bopper were ejected from the plane and died on impact, as did the pilot, 21-year-old Roger Peterson. That happened on Feb. 3, 1959, exactly 50 years ago this Tuesday. (MSNBC -- Music)
