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Although Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens have all been killed in a plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, the Winter Dance Party Tour with Dion carries on, to play at the Armoury, Moorhead, Minnesota, USA.
During the Winter Dance Party Tour, Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens are all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, USA. The incident will inspire numerous tribute songs, but it is most popularly identified as "the day the music died" in Don McLean's huge hit single American Pie.
Texan radio deejay Snuff Garrett broadcasts a tribute show to Buddy Holly who recently died along with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper in a plane crash in Iowa.
Package tour the Biggest Show Of Stars for '59, featuring Bo Diddley, Duane Eddy, The Platters, Clyde McPhatter, Little Anthony And The Imperials, The Kalin Twins and The Crests, plays in Charlotte, Carolina, USA.
Package tour the Biggest Show Of Stars for '59, featuring Bo Diddley, Duane Eddy, The Platters, Clyde McPhatter, Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Kalin Twins and The Crests, plays in Charlotte, Carolina, USA.
Although Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens have all been killed in a plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, the Winter Dance Party Tour with Dion carries on, to play at the Armoury, Moorhead, Minnesota, USA.
Still on Army Service in Germany, Elvis Presley moves to rented accommodation at 14 Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheim.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.