Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died

Name: Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died
Cast: Jim Forbes, Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, Tommy Allsupp

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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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Cast & Crew

Writer: Gay Rosenthal

Jim Forbes

as Narrator (voice)

Buddy Holly

as Self (archive footage)

The Big Bopper

as Self (archive footage)

Ritchie Valens

as Self (archive footage)

Tommy Allsupp

as Self

Gary Busey

as Self

Bob Hope

as Self (archive footage)

Waylon Jennings

as Self

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