The Polyester Ball - It was 64 years ago when three of the biggest music stars of the 1950s — BUDDY HOLLY, RITCHIE VALENS, and THE BIG BOPPER (J.P. Richardson) — were
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![A photo from the Day the Music Died. This shows local police investigating the crash site. The photo is one of the few that shows all 3 men's bodies, February 3, 1959. [ A photo from the Day the Music Died. This shows local police investigating the crash site. The photo is one of the few that shows all 3 men's bodies, February 3, 1959. [](https://i.redd.it/lnbnoa4hjj291.jpg)
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Rock 'n' roll fans walk by a giant pair of Buddy Holly glasses as they visit the site of the plane crash that killed Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. "The Big
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Harrowing Buddy Holly plane crash images show devastation of tragic accident that rocked music world 64 years ago today | The Sun
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