Buddy Holly

February 3, 1959. A plane lifted off from Clear Lake, Iowa, on a cold winter's night carrying the pioneers of rock n' roll. The plane would never arrive.

February 3, 1959. A plane lifted off from Clear Lake, Iowa, on a cold winter's night carrying the pioneers of rock n' roll. The plane would never arrive.

Hits "Peggy Sue" and "That'll Be the Day" were among the songs he helped write.

The Rock 'n' Roll Dream tour will feature live instrumentation and backup singers performing under Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly vocal tracks.

These days, music biopics are nearly as commonplace on the big screen as summer action flicks. That was hardly the case four decades ago.

Rock 'n' roll was still in its infancy when it suffered its first tragedy.

The National Transportation Safety Board will not reopen the investigation into the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens in 1959.

In a sad coincidence, Buddy Holly bassist Joe B. Mauldin has died just days after the anniversary of his boss' tragic end.

It was 27 years ago tonight (January 23rd, 1986) that the first inductees entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria. On this anniversary, we're wondering if the Rock Hall should be inducting rappers and disco divas/