Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died

Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died

Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died

1999 1h 03mMovie

Documentary

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.

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Gay Rosenthal

Writer

Top Cast

Jim Forbes

Narrator (voice)

Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly

Self (archive footage)

The Big Bopper

Self (archive footage)

Ritchie Valens

Ritchie Valens

Self (archive footage)

Tommy Allsupp

Self

Gary Busey

Gary Busey

Self

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Self

Don McLean

Don McLean

Self

Lou Diamond Phillips

Lou Diamond Phillips

Self