Browsing: Ritchie Valens

Part Two of our series on ‘The Day the Music Died’ dives into the grueling 1959 Winter Dance Party tour, where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and others battled freezing temperatures, breakdowns, and exhaustion—only to face their fates on February 3.

The tragedy went beyond just the music, which they say died that fateful night.

At about 1 a.m. on the morning of February 3rd, 1959, the chartered Beechcraft 35 Bonanza airplane carrying Ritchie Valens,…