Buddy Holly Plane Crash News And Footage

[Gatorsailor3]

I remember that day and hearing the news was totally shocked. Yes that was the day the musice died.

[BAMREC]

R.I.P. you guys will always be remembered!

[supermario5059]

@BAMREC dido

[AWTD]

That February would make me shiver with ever paper I'd deliver.

[Urankar3]

R.I.P. Urankar3 from SLOVENIA!!!

[ThatFrigginguy]

R.I.P.



[PaImPlex]

I cant imagine how different modern music would be today if they were still with us, <3

[MegaMitchel88]

It's amazing when you realize they were never supposed to play in Clear Lake, that day in the first place. 2/2/59 was meant to be a travel day but it was basically a last minute decision to play there.If the promoter/manager (whoever) had stuck to the original tour plans, Buddy wouldn't have been in such a rush to get his laundry done. They would have arrived in Fargo way ahead of time, and would have had time enough for rest and laundry. But this is the fruit of greed on the promoter's part.

[c7i6abc]

@MegaMitchel88 I'm a little confused as to what you mean about 2/2/59. I don't know as much about Clear Lake story as you do. Not sure what else to add at this time.

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[MegaMitchel88]

@c7i6abc The whole tour was disorganized. The promoter booked for 24 cities in the midwest, but Clear Lake was never one of them. The tour dates were booked in a random fashion, without any consideration for the geography or time it might take to get from one show to the next, this meant they'd have to constantly rush, but with the tour bus always breaking down, they didn't even have time to do laundry. Clear Lake laundromat was closed, so they took a plane to get to next town sooner.

[c7i6abc]

@MegaMitchel88 Thank you. That's pretty detailed information. I'm not questioning its accuracy, but how did you learn about this?

Eric

[mrbillpro]

The day the "REAL" music died.

[ramon19141]

The day the music died...

[joyhaydon]

I live in Iowa and a few years back my husband and I lived in Mason City. While we lived there we went to the ballroom and then to the crash site. It was a very somber experience.

[ratrodscot]

they said it tiik buddys an riches heads right off them an threw them a few houndred feet, from the plane , there heads that is

[spareaxe]

@ratrodscot Got pictures of their heads?

[joemanpjg]

Crash site in the middle of no where, cold, lonely and windy with Buddy's glasses leading to the fatal site

Surf Ball room sitting empty a few miles away along the Lake

A must stop here if in the vicinity of Clear Lake, Iowa

The day the real music died R.I.P

[kcmann4152]

i visited the site in Iowa in Clearlake, in the field. Kinda spooky.

[Paverartllc]

very chilling at the end. fantastic! Thier music will last forever. Choose anything from the last 10 years and ask yourself - "will this be listened to 60 years from now?" doubt it!

[JHedrick72]

Damn Shame

[MBOYA22]

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

[seeker6087]

the day the music died.

[louietheduke]

3 of rocks greatest men died that die and I still believe rock has never been the same without them. My granny told me back then, around the time they died, Elvis was in the army and the Beatles hadn't came to America yet. It was time where music had died :( People who grew up listening to them (on 45s) and rockabily fans keep their spirits alive :D RIP Ritchie, Buddy and JP :(

[sixtodecimo]

MEMORIAN.IN.

[ABCLakey2012]

very haunting

[vascmana]

Amazing moment in history, not just music history.

[VirgoGal74]

I've read in a book about haunted places in Iowa local people claim to have seen apparitions or ghosts of the singers wandering the field at night and some even claim to see a phantom plane crash. Spooky stuff....

[radioguysbrother]

@VirgoGal74 So they're not dead.... they live in a spooky scary way but live on earth, only the bodies died

[CapeVerdeanPrincexx]

@radioguysbrother Exactly, Ive always believed that Passing away is more like a transition than the end. Everyone still shares the same space.

[VirgoGal74]

@radioguysbrother I guess in way ur right :) I really want to go up there - I bet it would be very eerie to go to site at night right around the time the plane crashed. I think the field and Surf Ballroom would be a perfect place for the "Ghost Adventures" guys to go - I can just see Zak in his muscle shirt walking around a corn field with his EPV recorder and yelling out "Buddy, is that you? Ritchie and JP, are you here??!"

[radioguysbrother]

@VirgoGal74 i think its called 'Ghost Hunters'

[22ferngully22]

Dang imagine being in your early 20's and being a big fan of these 3 awesome rock stars and just listening to the radio and all of a sudden this comes up

[c7i6abc]

@22ferngully22 Yea, just imagine listening to their music for 50 years and knowing they died as the result of stupidity and knowing you have been deprived of the most beautiful music NEVER written; and there's not a damn thing you can do about it! So so sad... What could have been...

[TheFarmerfitz]

I've often experienced in a vehical, when there's a sudden change in weather(like running into a storm front), where the window all freeze up, or fog up, and you can't see nothin'... Maybey thats' what happened...We'll never know.  Only ones who could answer that were on the plane. Wouldn't take long to crash a plane if you were franticaly trying to scrape ice off the windshield...

[EmpyrealFlux]

@TheFarmerfitz From what I've read, the driver of the plane did not know how to utilize his instruments during a severe storm and had a tendency to panic under pressure. He misread the plane instruments while in air and thought he was ascending when he was actually descending, leading to the crash. Guy didn't even bother to radio in that he had lifted off, which is why they didn't know about the crash till the next morning when some locals found the wreck. :(

[URMorons]

@EmpyrealFlux

You're right about the pilot's problems but Jerry Dwyer, the owner of the aircraft, realized shortly after take off that something was wrong. He flew out as soon as it got light the next morning and it was him that spotted the wreckage, not some "locals".

[TheFarmerfitz]

I've often experienced in a vehical, when there's a sudden change in weather(like running into a storm front), where the window all freeze up, or fog up, and you can't see nothin'... Maybey thats' what happened...We'll never know. Only ones who could answer that were on the plane.

[StanBennet]

If you go out to the site in August, and the wind blows through the cornstalks, it gives you wicked shivers.

[acbtg806]

rip ritchie and buddy holly being from lubbock its a sad thing to happen those guys made great music and it hurts to think ppl lose there lives every day at such a young age rip to all those who lost there lives so young im 21 and idk if id b rdy to drop dead its so sad :(

[4IcyHot]

Real, pure, and innocent Talent die on Feb. 3 1959.. RIP

[iheartthebeatles12]

R.I.P Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and the big bopper.

[bertmustin]

Over 52 years and remains arguably the most monumental event in the history of Rock n Roll music.

[TheSupremeGenius]

Whatever you do, don't ever charter a flight to Fargo, North Dakota.

[xXDEMONXx314]

just watched La Bamba

[8skater2]

@xXDEMONXx314 I cried at the end. So sad how 3 young men just died! May they rest in peace

[KingTodge]

Guys and Dolls, this is not a video for petty squabbles and arguments. Any argumentative comments will be removed...Let's have some respect here for Buddy, Richie and J.P Thankyou!

[stretson]

@KingTodge AMEN!!!!

[goodguyzliez]

i miss them all

[8804letty]

R.I.P ritchie valens buddy holly big bopper

[LittleEdensRage]

the way this is edited it quite chilling. the wind...the silence after hearing the music in the beginning. then the ending music fading. : ( broke my heart.

[sUop99]

@rockinmosquitto I think it was actually the 13th

[MsClickable]

@sUop99 The OP was right. It was the 3rd

[TheiBalluhh]

my grandma dated richie valens in high school. R.I.P

[iAreCuteKitten]

"The current rock and roll craze."

[sponson]

Listen up, garage rockers. The cold tour bus killed them, they just wanted to wash their clothes after 5 shows. By getting into MN at 9AM they could wash their unbelievably dirty clothes before the show, including those of Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings. That was the goal...

[DerekBayRoberts1]

This was the first rock star death(s)

[kuhlers]

My grandpa took most of the crash photos, he still has the negatives somewhere. I remember looking through them as a kid.

[peterlines1]

would be great to see them today!

[MattisSoderstorm]

@kuhlers You should find them and have them re-printed because im shore there are some photos people unlike you and your grandfather have never seen before

[TheSomethingIsh]

@kuhlers

Were there anymore photos that didnt get shown? I mean more photos then we saw (I hope you understand)

[stratas2]

@kuhlers that's great ! sorry it was a sad event but the photo's are a part of history. i would imagine they are valuable also.

[fordxbgtfalcon]

i cant believe how mangled the plane was, they must have hit the dirt over 200 mph.

[gullwing14]

@fordxbgtfalconThe plane hit at 170 MPH, but tumbled and skidded a good almost 500 feet before colliding into the fence.

[ywmpg]

@fordxbgtfalcon

I'd read:

Authorities study the wreckage on the morning of February 3, 1959. The plane came to rest against a barbed wire fence after rolling hundreds of feet over the frozen Iowa ground. Pilot Roger Peterson was still inside the cockpit. The passengers (Holly, Valens, and Richardson) had been thrown out. They died upon impact.

(Globe Gazette)

just f.y.i....

It makes me sick to think of how Ritchie hated flying (for this reason.)

[ryanspeed]

The sound of that wind howling at 0:52 is deafening!

[saraswed79]

this video is so haunting and sad especially at the end of it..

[mkfan6s]

dam ritchie would be in his 60's and buddy and jp would be in there 70's

[rockinmosquito]

@mkfan6s

Ritchie would have hit 70 this year (2011), I believe on the 11th of May

[tvtimetravel]

@rockinmosquito May 13th, actually.

[MsClickable]

@tvtimetravel No it was the 3rd actually

[tvtimetravel]

@MsClickable I just checked Wikipedia's Ritchie Valens article which indicates his birthday as May 13th.

[MsClickable]

@tvtimetravel I could have sworn you replied to a comment that was talking about his death xD I'm sorry

[tvtimetravel]

@MsClickable By all means!