A plane crash in Iowa during a 1959 snowstorm became known as "The Day the Music Died." Wisconsin played a big part in the ...
A late-night plane crash claimed three early Rock & Roll pioneers and became immortalized as The Day the Music Died.
On Feb. 3, 1959, plane accident took the lives of entertainers Holly, Valens, Richardson. Americans died in several other air crashes the same day, week.