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Podcast: Last Days
Episode: Ep. 156 - The Day The Music Died
Description: On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly β the bespectacled Texas songwriter whose crisp vocals and groundbreaking fusion of country, rhythm and blues, and rockabilly helped define early rock and roll β died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa at the age of 22. On board with him were 17-year-old rising star Ritchie Valens, whose crossover hit βLa Bambaβ signaled a new, bilingual future for pop music, and J.P. Richardson, known as the Big Bopper, the 28-year-old radio personality turned recording artist behind the novelty smash βChantilly Lace.β Together, their deaths marked one of the first great tragedies in modern pop culture β a moment later...