[DOC] [TLE] The Day the Music Died - Wikipedia [PAR] 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, together with pilot Roger Peterson. The event later became known as "The 
Day the Music Died", after singer-songwriter Don McLean so referred to it in his 
1971 ... On Monday, February 2, the tour arrived in Clear Lake. [DOC] [TLE] 1959 Winter Dance Party Tour - Surf Ballroom [PAR] In January, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The Big Bopper", Dion and 
the ... By the time the tour limped into Clear Lake, Iowa on the evening of Monday
, ... At the last minute, Jennings gave up his seat to The Big Bopper (who had the
... [DOC] [TLE] Cerro Gordo ~ History of The Surf Ballroom - IAGenWeb [PAR] The Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa .... and Charlie BUNCH. Early in 1959, 
Buddy HOLLY and the Crickets joined The Winter Dance Tour Party of the 
Midwest. [DOC] [TLE] The Night the Music Died - Texas Monthly [PAR] Searching for the ghost of Buddy Holly in Clear Lake, Iowa. ... the spot in the Iowa 
cornfield where Holly's plane crashed on February 3, 1959. ... but he is the 
president of the Surf Ballroom, a nonprofit organization devoted to preserving the 
majestic old dance hall near downtown Clear Lake where Holly played his last 
show. [DOC] [TLE] Clear Lake, IA - Surf Ballroom: Buddy Holly's Last Gig [PAR] Clear Lake, Iowa: Surf Ballroom: Buddy Holly's Last Gig ... their last concert in the 
Surf Ballroom before their fatal plane crash in 1959, ... When in Clear Lake be 
sure to check out the Surf Ballroom where Buddy Holly played ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
. [DOC] [TLE] Iowa's Surf Ballroom honors Buddy Holly, 'day the music died ... [PAR] Feb 1, 2012 ... Surf Ballroom remembers Buddy Holly, 'day the music died' ... as they do every 
year, to the site of the plane crash where singers Buddy Holly, ... Clear Lake is a 
summer vacation hub in the middle of farm country, a two-hour ... in a plane crash 
near Clear Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 1959: Buddy Holly Age: 22 [DOC] [TLE] The Last Days of Buddy Holly - Rolling Stone [PAR] Feb 5, 2009 ... On the 50th anniversary of his death in a plane crash, friends ... It would go down 
in history as rock & roll's Tour From Hell: the Winter Dance Party of 1959 that took 
place ... Among the riders were the 22-year-old Buddy Holly, one of the ... The 
Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa  a town of about 8,000 once... [DOC] [TLE] Before the music died in 1959, it lived in Duluth  News Tribune Attic [PAR] Jan 31, 2014 ... Latto, then a 19-year-old University of Minnesota Duluth freshman, was the local 
... The Day the Music Died was 48 hours away for Buddy Holly , 22, ... 2, 1959, 
the Winter Dance Party reached the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, ... Also on the 
tour were singer Frankie Sardo and Dion and the .... The final tour. [DOC] [TLE] 4. Buddy Holly IV: Pics & News Clips - Bill and Sue-On Hillman [PAR] Buddy Holly on stage at The Surf ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Feb. 2, 1959. ... 
six years working on a documentary about the rock 'n' roll icon's final concert tour 
... the singer's death in a plane crash on the day the music died in February 
1959. ... a 37-year-old Montrealer who sells upmarket jewelry in his day job, says

Question: In 1959 this 22-year-old singer played his last gig, at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa
Answer: Buddy Holly