Timeline Tuesday 3 February 1959

Events on Tuesday 3 February 1959 4

• 1930 – 1959 J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson (1930-1959) Died 3 February 1959, aged 28 Richardson was a disc jockey and rock and roll singer known for the hit "Chantilly Lace." He died in a chartered plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, alongside Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, an event later remembered as "The Day the Music Died."
• 1936 – 1959 Buddy Holly (1936-1959) Died 3 February 1959, aged 22 Holly was a pioneering rock and roll singer-songwriter whose hits with The Crickets, including "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue," influenced generations of musicians. He died in a chartered plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, alongside Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. The crash became known as "The Day the Music Died."
• 1941 – 1959 Ritchie Valens (1941-1959) Died 3 February 1959, aged 17 Valens was an early rock and roll pioneer whose hit "La Bamba," adapted from a Mexican folk song, helped bring Latino music into the American mainstream. He died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, alongside Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, just months into his recording career. He was 17 years old.
• 1959 Buddy Holly killed in a plane crash The day the music died Killed near Clear Lake, Iowa, with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper.