Where They Stood

30: Buddy, Ritchie, and the Big Bopper (Part 2)--The Stars Fell


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A three part series about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JP Richardson, the Big Bopper. This episode discusses the horrendous conditions the musicians traveled in and under as part of the Winter Dance Party tour, the concert on Feb. 2, 1959 at the Surf Ballroom, and the fateful flight that took their lives along with the life of pilot Roger Peterson. 

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Where They StoodBy Holly Corr