I wasn't born yet when these wonderful famous men died but I loved there music. These men will live on forever in our hearts and memories RIP 🙏♥️🙏♥️

Buddy Holly...pure genius. He was so so talented.

Although his career was short, he influenced ALL the heaviest hitters in Rock n Roll history.

In mijn Tienertijd was ik Fan van Buddy Holly , samen met mn vriendinnen luisterden we met veel plezier naar de muziek , kan me die tijd nog goed herinneren , dat we samen wel eens een traantje wegpinkten , Onvergetelijk ! Luister nog graag naar zijn muziek !❤

It's amazing! No auto tune, voice and words clear as a bell; a larger than life talent gone too soon! God bless the souls of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valenz and The Big Bopper!

RIP BUDDY, RITCHIE & JAPE....60 years ago at this very moment their chartered plane was in trouble and about to change rock & roll history forever! 1:03am 2/3/19

Rest in peace buddy Holly 😭😭😭😭😭🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Buddy is one of the most talented song writers and performers that ever lived in our country. I was 5 months old when he died and I have lovedevery song that he wrote and performed. What a talent at the young age of 22. He lived a clean upstanding life. He truly was an artist in every sense of the word. Not dissing Elvis but Holly was a shooting star. Long Live Buddy!!!!

It's so sad how all 3 of those young and talented men died so young and in such a tragic way. R.I.P to them all

Love his singing 💕 he died before I was born .my dad had old records of Boddy ..patsey ..and Richy valans when I listen to them I just loved the feeling of the music it was so peaceful of mind ...The 60 s..I just love it ...so sad they died and others with them ..RIP..to all..🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️🌹🌹

Sad but Buddy music will always live on

Buddy you were simply a Genius. I wish Buddy had stayed on that bus!

Buddy was born 63 years before me and yet we’re the same age. That’s just not fair.

Dwyer should have never let his pilot leave out that night, that's the way I see it. I'm a pilot myself and honestly if my employer told me to fly in those conditions I would've told him where to go.

I like how the radio announcer says "and I don't know what to say about it ...I think that is being human and respectable ,not like now where the Tv and radio host say dumb comments.

They died days before my mother's 2nd birthday. My mother was born 5th February 1957; she's still here thank god

I always think of BUddy this time of year. RIP

If you look at the known timeline the chartered Beechcraft Bonanza left at 1255 from Mason City airport Iowa heading 365 miles to Hector Airport Fargo the nearest to Moorhead Minnesota, the flight duration would have been approximately 2 3/4 hours ,with transfers to the hotel the arrival time would have been 0300 allowing the three musicians to get some rest . The tour group were expected to set up and sound check the equipment themselves ,this would be done in the afternoon allowing plenty of time for any changes in the set. Chartering the flight was the sensible option to cover the same distance ,on the tour bus would this would have taken at least 7 hours ,the bus was a retired school bus with no heating, the predicted temperature that night was -8C ,imagine arriving at the hotel at 0800 cold and having to be on set for the afternoon. The tour was going well but the logistics of moving from venue to venue weren’t as good as they could of been leaving everyone exhausted and fractious with each other. Buddy Holly has to shoulder a lot of the responsibility ,he was certainly very successful and could have afforded and asked for better travelling conditions, often inconsequential decisions add up to history making events , who knows what might have been.

Rip Rock n Roll legends Rip Buddy Holly Rip Ritchie Valens Rip Big Bopper Rip Elvis Presley Rip Johnny Cash Rip Eddie Concrhan Rip Chuck Berry Rip John Lennon Rip George Harrison Rip Frankie Lymon Rip Waylon Jennings

Buddy and Elvis are both equally deserving of status as early rock-n-roll icons. Comparing them too directly, however, is an apples v. oranges dilemna. Elvis was definately the stand-out showman of the era but Buddy was more definitive in an all-around way because of his prolific song writing. I love and miss them both.

60 years never forgotten ❤️😢😢

R.I.P. Waylon Jennings (1937-2002) and Carl Bunch (1939-2011).

Thank you for putting these videos up, Im 34 years old and have been listening to Buddy since I was a youngster.These clips are pure Gold.

No auto tune. Love it!

If they had a better working bus, these artists might would have lived on.

buddy, was the best. better then elvis. sad really sad.

Waylon Jennings was in the band gave up his seat on the plane. He claimed Buddy Holly was broke and needed to earn some money is why he went on the tour.

buddy holly the king rock and roll

I started watching this last night and while finishing part 4 this morning I realized I started on the same day they were killed. Way to sad. RIP boys.

Timeless sound.

All the @#$$ promoters of The Winter Dance Party cared about was making money and saving money. They wouldn't even provide these guys with a decent bus.

My ex is from Clear Lake.Her first husband was at this show.The Big Bopper would have been 81 years old today.R.I.P.,J.P.

For those who thank rock and roll is evil ROCK ON😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

$1.25 to see a major rock concert with big name stars?!!! Those were the days...

I imagine a passenger train was not an option. If a train still ran north from Mason City to Minneapolis/St. Paul in 1959, it may not have left until later the next day. There were several trains on 2 railroads that those guys could have taken between the Twin Cities & Fargo, North Dakota.

My dad told me about the plane crash even though I wasn't born at the time of the tragedy.

Yes, he absolutely was!

By the sound of it, i bet Buddy & I wouldve been great friends. :)

The plane crashed minutes after take-off due to a combination of bad weather and either pilot error: According to author Philip Norman in RAVE ON there are aviation records which show that Peterson had a reputation for not being able to read his instruments, especially something called the attitude meter; and panicking when visibility was low. Dwyer should have flown the plane himself. Then again, if the problem had been ice on the wings or snow in the engines then I guess nothing would have saved them.

buddy holly should of stayed over night he be alive today

60 years now

he created the defining sound of THE 60'S not the 50's.

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH!

Wonder what they would of thought about kids, this day and age.

great songwriter.

elvis and buddy were both great entertainers!

I love Buddy Holly; big fan of him and the other guys. So it's quite painful to watch this, especially certain graphic scenes. What makes it all that much worse that the three young men seemed to be very decent people; in Buddy Holly's case,, specifically, this has been confirmed by several reliable sources- how gentle he was, etc. Anyway, the uploader of this video might want to warn viewers about a few graphic pictures...Other than that, this mini-series seems interesting and informative. Thanks for the upload.

Let's just be thankful they were here for us,ok?Now you kids go out side and play nice. Thanks for posting.

THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS!

If you haven't already(and even if you have), I recommend watching the "Day The Music Died" episode of "Behind The Music". It's the best episode of that series and really does the story justice.

1200 Teenagers were lined up in such horrible weather. I love everyone of those people for sticking it out to see them that night.

3:17 According to the Everly brothers, Buddy wanted to write a hit before touring again, but yes finances forced his back on the road.

Jerry Dwyer knew the weather was bad and still let his pilot go. RIP fella's.

Documentary after documentary always mentions that there were three big stars at the Winter Dance Party ignoring Dion & the Belmonts over and over again... At the time were perhaps the most successful of them all...

After all the sky belongs to the stars.

Still makes me sad.

2000 a week is a lot in the 1950s

Sam Sneed Sam Sneed Where the music was last heard!!........RIP BUDDY, RITCHIE & JAPE At this very moment 60 years ago these 3 were performing their last appearance before fate would take them away forever. Clearlake Iowa time is currently 12:17pm 1 second ago

of course Dion and the Belmont's were not included in this

believe what you want but the world knows the truth.and there was room for both

I wish Ritchie was alive

I live in Ironwood, Michigan lol and yes its true.

My daughter is born November 24th, 2009 tuesday she said her last life she lived in she was a man that loved to sing and travel and she is afraid of airplanes. She is born in Omaha, NE which is not far from Iowa. Iam still trying to figure which singer star she was. She has a birthmark on her leg that look like an airplane wing

Wow I was not born yet my family kown about him they told me they all die in plane crash and I see the move wow I fall so sad that is happen that way that a bad way to die all I can say there music will live for every may god bless the guy sorry for the family and around the world RIP guy

Just 22 with a long-long way to go...

Mr Dwyer the owner IS THE MOST IRRESPONSIBLE JERK EVER! To allow a 21 year old lad to fly under the conditions that were on that night !! Plus the guy had panic attacks at night AND WAS NOT INSTRUMENT CERTIFIED TO FLY THAT NIGHT!, Mr Dwyer should have flown the plane himself! He was instrument certified!

Back then parents thought rock n roll was badder there children but today parents don't care if there children listen to some guy saying fuck and shit to a beat.

this ones the best

@mistamadscientist That's common here in the Ice Box of Iowa. There ain't much to stop the winds out of Alberta. Living in Mason City/Clear Lake, the story lives every year with the Winter Dance Party at the Surf. People come from all over the country to remember those three and moreover, enjoy the music. It's a good time.

yes...Buddy and Leadbelly!

I couldn't imagine what went through their minds. I'm sure he thought of his wife and child..

It has often been said that Roger Petersons inexperience with flight that required navigation through instruments plus inclement weather conditions were the cause of the crash. But I also heard that Roger was tired after a 17 hour work day. I wonder if maybe that contributed to the crash as well

There has never been another plane crash after that took so many rock and roll stars at once

Very early on, you didn't include The Beatles, who covered "Words of Love".

Such a tragedy. 😢

Good Grief!! Airplane Crash done with Flashlights waved around!

Don't blame the plane. It was bad weather and pilot error. Also blame Buddies Manager who stole everything Buddy made forcing him to take this tour to make a few bucks to pay some bills.

there is no one at fault or any one to blame for the plane crash. all these if's and but's in the comments section mean nothing. It was pilot error, a mistake. They could have not got on the plane and the other guys did and the bus crashed. It happened and we learn from it, that is whats important. The music never died that day, it was born.

We now live in Denton, TX

...and Dion & the Belmonts?

i have seen now couple of docs. the stories aint adding up. he was getting tour money but still drove in a bus without heat or whatever . like there no other busses. they set him up take a plane. the plane that his manager arranged.

Buddy Holly produced his own music Elvis after 1960 he quit rock n Roll Buddy Holly would’ve been doing a lot if he was alive Elvis was back a band Holly was with his friends giving a shot with Norman petty because in Nashville they hated Rock n Roll period Buddy Holly wasn’t racist at all or did drugs because he was a nice person

Break from geek to sex symbol!!??? C'mon, Holly would be the first to ROAR at that! He just wanted to be closer to a musically-creative community.

The day music died...

the man in the thumbnail is my grandfather. RIP

A lot of people particularly if they come from the South/warm climates... just don't realize what a psychopath Old Man Winter really is! He don't feel nothing, he don't give a damn, he'll freeze the life out of you just as fast as he can. Even if they were lucky enough to survive the crash they would have frozen to death in a few hours...if no help was forthcoming.

Dion is the last remaining original touring person

Back then elvis was very easy to convince, but his mother wasn't . Elvis should've listen her like he did with every thing else.

Please reupload part 4!!!!!

People were so square back then thinking Buddy Holly's music was the devil's music.

Buddy idolized Elvis. I love Buddy but if he were here today, he would tell you the same thing. Elvis is the King and teacher, Buddy the student.

It's you again.

If only his manager would've paid him his royalties ......

his pilot was younger than him.

Should've postpone the flight and sleep in the dance hall or elsewhere, Buddy fool around alright, read Little Richard's biography book

if he had of lived he would be 82 today

I live close to Hurley, Wi. Minocqua, Wi

Coin flip..damn like Kirk Hammett of Metallica they drew cards to see who would get first choice of bunks and Cliff got the ace of spades he looked at Kirk and said i want your bunk Kirk because of that card game cliff got first choice of bunks and the accident happened the very next morning. which killed Cliff..but had Kirk been in that bunk it would have been him who would have died So I'm sure he thinks about that daily. How lucky he was to be asleep elsewhere....talk about crazy..like Randy Rhoads going up in that plane...the what ifs.. but anyhow buddys pilot should not have been allowed to take off, especially if he don't have instrument training if he just had visual flight rules, going on that plane as dark and snowy as this was was like committing suicide...if he didnt have instrument certification, how was he supposed to read his instruments???.in Canada for example, u have only vfr certification .he wouldn't of been able to travel..that's just one country....or JFK Jr not instrument trained flew in hazy foggy weather over miles of open water that was asking to die

all in the mind today theres naked dancers back then was clean

Buddy Holly did not destroy the Dwyers life ! The Dwyer's aircraft DESTROYED buddy holly's life..Jerry found a way out of it...