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During the mid-1950s, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly first met as teenagers. Both were from the West Texas area—Orbison in the Fort Worth/Vernon area and Holly in Lubbock, and shared a friendly rivalry ...

Tuesday marked the 65th anniversary of “the day the music died.” In the early morning hours in 1959, a small airplane carrying early rock pioneers Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens crashed ...

LUBBOCK, Texas –This year marks 67 years since Lubbock music legend Buddy Holly’s death. The Buddy Holly Center celebrated the anniversary with free admission, guided tours and gallery activities at ...

The tragic 1959 plane crash, immortalized in Don McLean's 1971 hit 'American Pie,' is a cultural cornerstone in modern American music Michael Ochs Archives/Getty (2); Blank Archives/Getty On Feb. 3, ...

Jeff Nicholas, farmer and president of the North Iowa Cultural Center and Museum, and Pete Potts, director of marketing and public relations at the Surf Ballroom, stand among thousands of signatures ...

The above video shows the top local headlines for the morning of February 3, 2026. LUBBOCK, Texas—Charles Hardin Holley, or as the public knows him, Buddy Holly, was a singer, songwriter and musician ...

More than six decades ago, a small plane went down in an Iowa field, killing three early rock 'n' roll stars and shocking America. The date, Feb. 3, 1959, has since become known as "the day the music ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959. It became known as "The Day the Music Died." While the plane crashed in Iowa amid a snowstorm, Wisconsin played a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - February 2, 1959, is Buddy Holly’s last performance. The rock ' n ' roller sang to a crowd of more than 1000 at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Buddy Holly, Richie ...

March 4, 1929. Kansas native and Native American Charles Curtis was inaugurated as the 31st Vice President of the United States under Herbert Hoover. Mark Kasaei moved to the United States in 1990, ...