Category:The Day the Music Died
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February 1959 airplane crash, named by the 1971 song "American Pie", that killed musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper | |||||
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Location | Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | ||||
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Media in category "The Day the Music Died"
The following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total.
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Buddy Holley's Pilot.JPG 1,024 × 768; 279 KB
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CAB 2-3-1959-Buddy Hollys Crash.pdf 1,277 × 1,645, 9 pages; 513 KB
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Crash Site.JPG 1,024 × 768; 190 KB
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CrashMemorial 3 May 2009 (cropped).jpg 1,508 × 1,120; 1.9 MB
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CrashMemorial 3 May 2009.jpg 1,825 × 1,437; 412 KB
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Day The Music Died - Mason City - Clear Lake.png 800 × 356; 57 KB
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GlassesSign.jpg 604 × 402; 67 KB
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Grant, IA, USA - panoramio.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 4.13 MB
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HollyMonument.jpg 1,280 × 960; 1.02 MB
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Mason City and Clear Lake, Iowa.svg 648 × 540; 155 KB
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Memorial Surf Ballroom.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 1.12 MB
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Steel Guitar.JPG 1,024 × 768; 214 KB
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The Day the Music Died - The Vancouver Sun (1959).jpg 2,501 × 1,975; 839 KB
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The Day the Music Died.jpg 1,500 × 1,001; 213 KB
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Winter Dance Party Tour Poster.jpg 1,156 × 1,809; 2.49 MB
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Winter Dance Party Tour Schedule, 1959-fr.svg 612 × 720; 886 KB
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Winter Dance Party Tour Schedule, 1959.svg 573 × 681; 853 KB
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Winter Dance Party.gif 760 × 619; 887 KB
Categories:
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1959
- Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States
- 1959-02-03
- February 1959 in the United States
- 1959 in Iowa
- Music events in 1959
- Buddy Holly
- Ritchie Valens
- J. A. “The Big Bopper” Richardson
- Monuments and memorials to music
- Monuments and memorials to aircraft accidents in the United States
- Surf Ballroom
- Mexican American history of 1959
- CAB accident reports
- Beechcraft 35 Bonanza
- History of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa