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50 Music Anniversaries In 2009

Pivotal events that reach a milestone this year...

 

  • 50 Years Ago: Three of music's brightest stars Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson die in a plane crash near Clear Lake in Iowa on February 3, 1959. Richardson was 28, Holly was 22 and Valens was just 17. The tragedy has since been dubbed 'The Day The Music Died'.
  • 50 Years Ago: Three of music's brightest stars Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson die in a plane crash near Clear Lake in Iowa on February 3, 1959. Richardson was 28, Holly was 22 and Valens was just 17. The tragedy has since been dubbed 'The Day The Music Died'.

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Wednesday 7th January 2009 by | Photos by Splash News / WENN / PR Photos

Tags: Led Zeppelin

To kick-start the year, we at Gigwise are taking a look at some of the landmark music anniversaries that 2009 holds. Featuring Sid Vicious' death, the release of Miles Davis' opus 'Kind Of Blue, The Day The Music Died, John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-In and much more, there are an abundance of pivotal dates on the list. 

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