Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died

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

Documentary

Jim Forbes

(Narrator (voice))

Buddy Holly

(Self (archive footage))

The Big Bopper

(Self (archive footage))

Ritchie Valens

(Self (archive footage))

Tommy Allsupp

(Self)

Gary Busey

(Self)

Bob Hope

(Self (archive footage))

Waylon Jennings

(Self)

Don McLean

(Self)

Lou Diamond Phillips

(Self)