On Feb. 3 the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, is remembering the 62nd anniversary of the plane crash that took the lives of J.P. âThe Big Bopperâ Richardson, pilot Roger Peterson, Richie Valens, and Buddy Holly, according to a release made by the City of Lubbock..
The Don McLean song American Pie references the deaths of these singing legends, and the date was coined The Day the Music Died because of that lyric, according to the release. Free admission will be offered by the Buddy Holly Center on Feb. 3.
Hourly screenings of The Buddy I Knew, the Buddy Holly Documentary, by Larry Holly will be showing in the South Gallery from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. according to the release.