Winter Dance Party Tour Winter Dance Party Tour of 1959 February 1, 1959 (Sunday) With the bus breakdown and Carl Bunch (Buddy's drummer) hospitalized with...
February 2, 1959 (Monday) Buddy, Ritchie, and the Big Bopper along with the rest of the tour band members limped into Clearlake, Iowa on a broken down...
February 2, 1959 (Monday) When Carroll Anderson made the call to Dwyers Flying Services around 8:00 pm that night to charter a flight for Buddy, Mr. Dwyer said...
Winter Dance Party Tour February 3, 1959 (Tuesday) The plane a V-tail Beechcraft Bonanza N3794N carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. (Big Bopper) ...
February 3, 1959 (Tuesday) The plane laid on the Albert Jules farm field, crashing first on the tip of the right wing, summersaulted 3 or 4 times until it...
Febraury 3, 1959 (Tuesday) So on this day ends the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. (Big Bopper) Richardson, and pilot Roger Peterson. A plane...
Winter Dance Party Tour Winter Dance Party Tour of 1959 February 4, 1959 (Wednesday) The Civil Aeronautics Board investigators arrived in Clearlake, Iowa to...
Winter Dance Party Tour part 2 Winter Dance Party Tour of 1959 part 2 February 4, 1959 (Wednesday) THE PILOT Roger A. peterson 21 was employed at the Mason...
February 4, 1959 (Wednesday) ANALYSIS There is no evidence that the very important flash weather advisories pertaining to adverse weather conditions were given...
Winter Dance Party Tour Winter Dance party Tour of 1959 February 5, 1959 (Thursday) After the CAB investigators examined the crash site and plane wreckage they...
Winter Dance Party Tour part 2 Winter Dance party Tour of 1959 February 5, 1959 (Thursday) The body of Buddy Holly arrived in Lubbock, Texas and was delivere...
I've just received this mail from someone who actually saw Buddy live on his UK tour: - - - - - - I was about 14, my parents had booked tickets for a show at...
Winter Dance Party Tour Winter Dance Party Tour of 1959 February 6, 1959 (Friday) The funeral for Jiles Perry "Big Bopper" Richardson was held in Beaumont,...
My ex mother in law saw Buddy and the Crickets perform in Ft Lauderdale during their "Florida" tour Big Gold Record Stars at War Memorial Auditorium 2/5/58....
Winter Dance Party Tour Winter Dance Party Tour of 1959 February 7, 1959 (Saturday) The body of Richard Stevens (Ritchie Valens) Valenzuela was buried at the...
Winter Dance Party Tour Ok folks thats it for this year. nOw I'll be quiet for awhile and let others get in here and post (LOL) I want to make note that all of...
Hi everyone, thanks to cruisindreams for posting the great info on the winter dance party of 1959, very interesting, I have learned alot. And thanks to Bill...
I am not familiar with this upcoming documentary on the 1959 Winter Dance Party sincve I am new to this site. Can anyone fill me in on this? Thank you, Rod ...
The station I listen to in the car on the way to work is a "mainly news" station, but has very short (3 to 5 min) programmes as fillers. One is called...
Hi, for everyone new to this site, the Documentaary is going to be about the 1959 Tour, visiting the old tour stops still around in Mn, Iowa and Wisconsin,...
It's all a matter of opinion, sone people (most) will prefer Buddy's version, some (a select few) will prefer Debbie's version. It's all about taste, but as...
I couldn't agree more. I always thought the Beatles' "Words of Love" fell flat compared to the original, but I was sure happy they decided to cover it. What...
... LETS HOPE THAT THE GUY WHO OWNS THOSE PHOTOS OF BUDDY PERFORMING AT HIS LAST EVER SHOW ON FEB 2nd AT THE SURF BALLROOM, WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE SEEN FOR THE...
I love Blondie and their version of this song. Actually BH songs lend themselves well to punk rock since they are so simple you could even say BH & The...
Hi everyone, I have a couple questions. First the documentary. Is it an item that will be shown in theaters or will it be shown on tv? Second, I have always...
Hi everyone, I have a couple questions. First the documentary. Is it an item that will be shown in theaters or will it be shown on tv? Second, I have always...
Hello everyone- I joined this group only a month or so ago....and am a huge Buddy/Ritchie/Bopper fan. I just went to the "fifties in february" tribute @ the...
Hi Brad, Sounds like a good time was had by all. I would caution you about sharing the Bob Hale story. If Tommy could not carry coins because he was wearing...
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