LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - The Lubbock Community is celebrating the life of rock and roll legend Buddy Holly today, on the 60th anniversary of The Day the Music Died. Buddy Holly Fan Charles Hinkle said ...

In Lubbock, the adoration is equally strong. I recently spent three days in the northwest Texas town of approximately 250,000 ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Decades after his death Lubbock residents celebrate Buddy Holly’s 86th birthday. “He put Lubbock and West Texas on the map,” Sebastian Forbush with the Buddy Holly Center said.

One of the first tragedies to strike rock 'n’ roll took place more than 60 years ago, when a plane carrying three of the genre’s biggest stars crashed into an icy field north of Clear Lake. Buddy ...

Buddy Holly's iconic glasses outside the Buddy Holly Center in his hometown of Lubbock Credit: mcdlttx via Flickr Commons A simple way to understand the lasting impact of the musicians lost in the ...

It was a dark day in music history. On Feb. 3, 1959, rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson boarded a chartered plane after a concert in Clear Lake, Iowa. Minutes ...

Willie Barry was born decades after “the day the music died” — but he’ll be playing a big part in a popular tribute to the Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, who were killed in a plane ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, at only 22 years old, Buddy Holly left this world as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll. Now, 60 years after the crash that killed Holly, Mexican-American star Ritchie ...

I can't imagine *** February coming and me not being at the surf ballroom. Jansen waits all year for the winter dance party. 1981 was the first year that I went, and I've not missed *** year. For her, ...

Feb. 3 marked the 24-year anniversary of the Texas singer-songwriter. Today, the Buddy Holly legacy lives on. It typically takes a long, illustrious, and well-documented career for a musician or band ...

Today (February 3) marks 61 years since musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a plane crash, a day now dubbed "The Day Music Died." The crash was ...

Lubbock is packed with festive fun, live music, hot cocoa, twinkling lights, and events for the weekend of December 5-7, 2025 ...