Buddy Holly's funeral was held at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock, TX, on February 8, 1959, drawing over a thousand mourners. She became a widow after only six months of marriage.A signpost near the place of the accident / Author: Dsapery  CC BY 3.0While families and friends were grieving and burying their loved ones, the”Winter Dance Party” continued; Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup continued playing for the next two weeks. The designated pilot was Roger Peterson, a 21-year-old local boy with experience of 711 flying hours.

Holly pitched the idea to charter a four-person plane to their next stop.

The accident occurred about 5 miles northwest of Mason City Municipal Airport, at 0100 on 03 February 1959. After months on the winter tour in uncomfortable, drafty buses, the band members' health was waning. A few minutes after he took off, he found the wreckage, only six miles northwest of the airport. 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 Another deal was made between Ritchie Valens asked Tommy Allsup. María Elena, Holly’s … The plane stopped when it reached the wire fence at the end of the field.The lifeless bodies of the passengers were immediately found. The flight price was $36 per passenger.A V-tailed Bonanza – a similar plane to the one in wich the artists flew / Author: Bill Larkins  CC BY-SA 2.0The artists started to make arrangements about who would take the remaining two seats on the plane.

She was devastated, and soon she suffered a miscarriage because of psychological trauma. McLean explained that his words “the Day the Music Died” refer to the end of a great era of early rock-and-roll musicians.Join 1000s of subscribers and receive the best Vintage News in your mailbox for FREE Richardson was found over the fence in the neighboring field, while Peterson’s body was trapped inside the wrecked fuselage. The plane had hit the ground at high speed with its nose down. This was a great loss for the families of these remarkable people, but also to the world of music.Since 1979, fans of Holly, Valens, and Richardson have been gathering for annual concerts at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, in the memory of the early departed artists.There are also a few songs written about this tragic event: Eddie Cochran’s “Three Stars” (1959) is the first song on this subject, but Don McLean’s American Pie” (1971) became the most famous. L'enquête sur l'accident d'avion de Buddy Holly pourrait être rouverte. The tour manager failed to properly schedule all the shows and leave enough time for traveling. María Elena, Holly’s pregnant wife, heard about the death of her husband from the TV news reports. The Day the Music Died („Der Tag, an dem die Musik starb“) ist eine populäre Bezeichnung für den 3. This report was never received by their pilot.They took off at exactly 00:55 Central Time on Tuesday, February 3, without any complications. Außerdem ist es die zentrale Verszeile des Songs American Pie All occupants were killed and the aircraft was completely destroyed. The weather reports for the time of departure looked fine, but bad some bad weather was reported on their route. This detour was not part of the scheduled gigs, but the tour promoted wanted to fill a free date on their calendar and contacted the manager of a local venue. The plane made an initial left turn, climbed to 800 feet, and then the tail light started to lose altitude until it fell out of sight. Richardson was found over the fence in the neighboring field, while Peterson’s body was trapped inside the wrecked fuselage.

The coroner stated that all of the four victims died on impact. In the meantime, Holly was frustrated by the conditions on the tour bus and decided to get himself a charter flight to Fargo, North Dakota, after the Surf Ballroom show. The tragedy was later immortalized as "The Day The Music Died" by Don McLean in his famous song "American Pie." They decided to toss a coin, a game of chance in which Valens won the seat.The show ended, and Holly, Valens, and Richardson were taken to the Mason City Municipal Airport for their flight. Holly's band, The Crickets, … Holly's widow did not attend. After, the band began discussion of their next stop on the tour, Fargo, ND.

Holly's band, The Crickets, later memorialized the day in 2016 with a farewell and final concert called "The Crickets and Buddies," where almost every living member of the band Holly helped form played tribute to the vocal legend's passing.