[DOC] [TLE] Buddy Holly - Wikipedia [PAR] Buddy Holly was an American musician and singer-songwriter who was a central 
figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical 
family during the Great ... Birth name, Charles Hardin Holley ... Soon after takeoff, 
the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and the pilot,... [DOC] [TLE] The Day the Music Died - Wikipedia [PAR] Flight origin, Mason City Municipal Airport, Iowa. Destination, Hector Airport, 
North Dakota. On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie 
Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash near 
Clear Lake, Iowa, .... The right wing tip had struck the ground first, sending the 
aircraft... [DOC] [TLE] Charles City man killed in motorcycle vs. semi crash | Mason City ... [PAR] Jul 17, 2016 ... According to the Iowa State Patrol, Thomas Houdek, 23, of Charles City, was 
killed a little after 5 p.m. when he pulled out in front of a semitrailer... [DOC] [TLE] 'The day the music died'? Hardly - CNN.com [PAR] Feb 2, 2009 ... The plane crash took the lives of the pilot, Roger Peterson, and three musicians: 
Charles Hardin Holley, better known as Buddy Holly, 22; Ritchie ... five miles 
northwest of Mason City Municipal Airport, near Clear Lake, Iowa. ... the close of 
an era, the end of the first bloom of rock anarchy and innovation. [DOC] [TLE] The day the music died - Feb 03, 1959 - HISTORY.com [PAR] After mechanical difficulties with the tour bus, Holly had chartered a plane for his 
... Holly, born Charles Holley in Lubbock, Texas, and just 22 when he died, 
began ... Another crash victim, J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson, 28, started out 
as a disk .... On February 3, 1966, the Soviet Union accomplishes the first 
controlled... [DOC] [TLE] The Night the Music Died - Texas Monthly [PAR] Fifty years ago, a plane carrying Buddy Holly crashed in a remote Iowa cornfield. 
... Willson, the author of The Music Man, who hails from nearby Mason City. ... of a 
guitar with the musicians' names and the date of their deaths alongside three 45's 
... Stardom followed fast: That'll Be the Day was his first hit, in the summer of... [DOC] [TLE] Buddy Holly - The Coroner's Report| FiftiesWeb [PAR] Read the The Coroner's Report from the plane crash that took Buddy Holly, 
Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper lives, The Day the Music Died, read on. ... 
chartered airplane when it fell within minutes of takeoff from the Mason City 
Airport. ... appeared at the Surf Ballroom at Clear Lake, Iowa, the evening of 
February 2, 1959,... [DOC] [TLE] Buddy Holly's plane crash site: person, pictures and information ... [PAR] Oct 11, 2013 ... View Buddy Holly's plane crash site's memorial page on Fold3. ... and Big Booper 
performed at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. ... in it he referred Feburary 3, 
1959 as the "day the music died". ... 1: Lubbock Texas 1; Death: 31 Dec 1969 1: 
Clear Lake, Iowa 1 ... Charles Hardin Holley ..... View Full Image. [DOC] [TLE] The Day the Music Died (1959) - February 3rd - Sites - Google [PAR] Gonzales Becomes First Hispanic U.S. Attorney General (2005) ... The plane was 
headed for Moorhead, Minnesota; but then crashed in Mason City, Iowa. ... His 
real name was Charles Holley. Holley was born in Lubbock, Texas; and died at 
age 22. ... His real name was Richard Valenzuela and was only 17 when he died. [DOC] [TLE] Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper Killed in Plane Crash [PAR] Feb 3, 2016 ... The Story of Rock's First Tragedy: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big ... as 
the Big Bopper  were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. ...

Question: Charles was the real first name of this Texan who died in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa
Answer: Buddy Holly