Comments about ‘'The Day the Music Died': Buddy Holly — Feb. 3, 1959’

great story. the midwest is awesome! very cold right now.

Great story.these rock n'roll pioneers blazed the trail for a lot of stars/musicians.R.I.P.

The first record I ever played on my first record player was "Peggy Sue " by Buddy Holly at 6:30a.m. on Christmas morning 1957. Sorry for waking you up Dad and Mom-but the music didn't die. It lives on as does all of these performers.

WHEN THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY WAS BEING FILMED BACK IN
THE LATE 70'S,I AUDITIONED FOR THE PART OF THE BIG
BOPPER,J.P.RICHARDSON.I WAS A FINALIST FOR THE ROLE
BUT ULTIMATELY LOST OUT.IT WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT BUT
HAD TO ADMIT THAT THE GUY WHO WON IT HAD HIM DOWN TO A "T".BUDDY WAS A HUGE FAVORITE OF MINE AND STILL IS.

We miss you Buddy... the true king of rock n' roll!

Great story...I never knew the full background.

Thanks!

The first record I ever owned was Oh Boy. I still remember coming home from school that cold day in Pennsylvania and my mother greeting me at the door with the news. She knew that Buddy was my favorite.

About 20 years ago, I flew out of the same airport in a similiar 4 passenger small airplane, and I did it while the weather was good. My friends were more scared than I was.

It must have been truly nightmarish conditions 50 years ago. Iowa gets some bad winds and bad snow blizzards. A great story, it was truly, the night the music died.

Great story! I also owned "Oh Boy" and loved the rest of the starts too, the Big Bopper and especially Richie Valens.

I never knew the whole story either! Thanks for writing this story. I also remember my parents thinking that this whole rock'n;roll was a fad, but most of the music now can't even compare with the Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly.

By the way, Buddy sure looked like a "geek" but all of us girls loved him!

This happened almost 20 years before I was born, but I'm a huge Buddy Holly fan and feel as if I were there when I read about it. Love the movie "The Buddy Holly Story."

I Hope they (all three of them) are watching the celebration from "Rock and Roll Heaven".

Thanks Buddy
Thanks Big Bopper
Thanks Ritchie Valens

drove one of the cars that picked them up the night their bus broke down south of Hurley. He loved to tell the story and I think that night was one of the most memorable nights of his life. He loved to say "have I told you the Buddy Holly story lately?" He choked up every time he heard "Miss American Pie."

Thanks dad, r i p!

I was visiting my grandparents in Amherst, Texas one summer and their guests were Buddy Holly's grandparents. I asked them if they could get me his autograph and within a couple of weeks, I had Buddy's autograph. I lost it over the years, sure wish I still had it. He was great. I listened to his 45's while growing up.

I was a big fan of Buddy Holly and the Crickets and the first rock and roll song I ever remember was "That'll Be The Day". I shall never forget the shock I felt when a bunch of us neighborhood kids got together on a cold winter day in Tacoma, Washington to share our grief. As the years have passed, I have come to love Buddy Holly's music all the more and more and come to realize what a great musician he was. I miss him terribly and what we all have missed for what he could have created had he lived. I am sure that, today, all of us who were young and loving Buddy's music when he died, will feel a deep and strong sense of mourning on this 50th anniversary of the tragedy. Fortunately, we still have the music he did make for us in his short life. In that is our solace: That even though the music died that day, some of the life of that music will be here for us to enjoy forever.

Crying, Waiting, Hoping they'll come back!!!

Brings back a load of memories. Now at age 68 I look forward to seeing him up in that big gig in the sky, still playing his heart out. He was the greatest of all. Thanks for the mimories

Was at a High School Basketball game in upstat NY(Adirondack Mtns) in a blinding snow storm at the ripe age of 13 and lived for all of their music. The first real tradagey in my life and remember very well the sadness and sorrow of the time... I played their music non stop for days.

This was a huge tragedy and caused by the booking agents as you read through the history of events. They would have laws suits on them for such actions today.

Why is the event on TV for Tonight, this would be a wanderful primetime?

Buddy, Richie, Big Bop forever!!

Iwas a freshman at Marquette Univesity and I went with some dorm pals to see the Buddy Holly concert at the Eagles Ballroom in MIlwaukke on Jan. 23, 1959.. It was a great conert and I was a big fan of Holly ad Valens. It was a sellout and after the concert ended we went behind the club to see the stars board busses and we saw Holly and Richie and we waived and yelled their names Buddy waved back and Richie came over to shake hands.. I have never forgotten that night.. when I learned they died in a plane crash I lay my head on my table and I cried. I will be in Milw. on Feb 21 when two gentlemen from MOntreal will film a documentery on the Winter Dance Party and I am one of 5 people they have located wko attended the concert that January night.. they want to interivew me in the old Eagles ballroom which is still standing I will be there.. It truly was the day the music died. when that plane went down in Iowa.. . thank you

"True Love Ways".......still one of the best!