The Day the Music Died - The tragic deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper

History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

Tim Scott

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2015

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with the pilot, Roger Peterson. The event became known as "The day the music died"

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0:00.0	Hello, baby.
0:07.0	Hi, everyone, and welcome to History Dweaves. I'm Tim.
0:11.0	And that, of course, was a very bad impersonation of the Big Bopper by the Colonel.
0:18.0	Today's topic is the day the music died.
0:21.2	And of course, we're referring to February 3rd, 1959,
0:25.3	that the event that led to the death of rock and roll stars,
0:31.7	Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P.
0:35.1	The Big Bopper Richardson.
0:37.3	But before we get into the topic, we've been off for a couple of weeks.
0:41.7	I don't know you guys. Can you do a podcast without me once?
0:45.8	No.
0:46.3	Well, we don't have all the stuff.
0:47.9	Do one without me.
0:49.7	We're not going to do any. I'm not doing anything.
0:52.0	Me and Brittany come as a team.
0:53.1	You guys didn't do one without me while I was gone.
0:55.2	No.
0:56.1	We couldn't do it.
0:56.6	We are happy to report that we're joined.
1:02.1	Last time, if you remember, when we did the Boston Corbett podcast, that was very good until that last part about that colonel did.
1:11.9	It was very good, but it was a sad occasion because young Brittany was leaving us,
1:18.5	but it turns out that young Brittany couldn't live without us.
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