![On this day in 1959 Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, all play their last concert at the Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa | Pop Expresso On this day in 1959 Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, all play their last concert at the Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa | Pop Expresso](https://www.popexpresso.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mainMUSICDIED.jpg)
On this day in 1959 Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, all play their last concert at the Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa | Pop Expresso
![BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS Poster for last concert on 2 February 1959 at Clear Lake, Iowa Stock Photo - Alamy BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS Poster for last concert on 2 February 1959 at Clear Lake, Iowa Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BYA6WB/buddy-holly-and-the-crickets-poster-for-last-concert-on-2-february-BYA6WB.jpg)
BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS Poster for last concert on 2 February 1959 at Clear Lake, Iowa Stock Photo - Alamy
![Old poster of a winter dance party in Clear Lake, Iowa promoting a show to include Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper and Dion and The Belmonts for Feburary 2, 1959. - Old poster of a winter dance party in Clear Lake, Iowa promoting a show to include Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper and Dion and The Belmonts for Feburary 2, 1959. -](https://cdn6.dissolve.com/p/D2401_24_034/D2401_24_034_1200.jpg)
Old poster of a winter dance party in Clear Lake, Iowa promoting a show to include Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper and Dion and The Belmonts for Feburary 2, 1959. -
![Iowa ballroom preserves memory of Buddy Holly six decades after 'the music died' - Youth Journalism International Iowa ballroom preserves memory of Buddy Holly six decades after 'the music died' - Youth Journalism International](https://youthjournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SURFROOM9.jpg)
Iowa ballroom preserves memory of Buddy Holly six decades after 'the music died' - Youth Journalism International
![Buddy Holly played his last concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, in 1959. The light plane crashed near the Iowa-Minnesota border, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson,a.k.a.The Buddy Holly played his last concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, in 1959. The light plane crashed near the Iowa-Minnesota border, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson,a.k.a.The](https://i.redd.it/c08bqc5f5ju21.jpg)