A three part series on Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JP Richardson, the Big Bopper. This episode introduces these young men and what led to their fateful decision to tour with the Winter Dance Party.

Cover art used with permission by Bradley Tierney

Sources for entire series: https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Ed-Sullivan-and-Buddy-Holly-have-feud, https://performingsongwriter.com/buddy-holly-ed-sullivan/, https://www.npr.org/2000/07/15/1079558/npr-100-la-bamba#:~:text=It%20was%20the%20late%201950s,Ritchie%20Valens%2C%20was%20made%20famous., https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884023/bio/, https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2004047197-s.html, Sample text for Take a walk on the dark side : rock and roll myths, legends, and curses / R. Gary Patterson., https://www.cmt.com/news/y1rs6u/waylons-buddy-jennings-never-forgot-his-mentor, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-25-me-42671 story.html, https://chantel7.tripod.com/lasttour.htm#:~:text=On%20one%20of%20his%20last,a%20means%20to%20an%20end., https://www.grunge.com/293997/the-untold-truth-of-ritchie-valens/, https://www.wxpr.org/arts-life/2018-07-13/in-1959-buddy-holly-stopped-in-the-northwoods-on-the-winter-dance-party-tour, https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/life/2018/02/02/buddy-holly-ritchie-valens-clear-lake-surf-ballroom-plane-crash-day-music-died/301561002/, https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/buddy-holly-and-the-crickets/1959/surf-ballroom-clear-lake-ia-73d24acd.html, https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/buddy-holly-plane-crash-weather, https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/news/article/Family-of-The-Big-Bopper-want-bronze-statue-in-16828550.php, youtube that Dion produced called “The True Buddy Holly Story.” http://www.richieleeproductions.com/pdfs/Buddy%20Holly%20-%20Tipton.pdf

https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/roger-arthur-peterson/

https://alchetron.com/Roger-Peterson-%28pilot%29

https://sandiegotroubadour.com/the-winter-dance-party-1959-the-night-the-music-lived/

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