Question: Buddy's Buddy was a tribute album to what American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, who died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper?
Context: "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" is a pop ballad written by Paul Anka and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958.  The song reached number 13 as a posthumous hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in early 1959, shortly after Holly was killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959.  The single was a two-sided hit, backed with "Raining in My Heart".  "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" was Holly's last US Top 20 hit and featured the orchestral backing of Dick Jacobs.  It was also successful in the United Kingdom, where it became the country's first posthumous number 1 hit.  The song was recorded in mid-October 1958 in New York City.  Paul Anka wrote it specifically for Holly.  He donated his royalties from the song to Holly's wife.  He said: "'It Doesn't Matter Anymore' has a tragic irony about it now, but at least it will help look after Buddy Holly's family.  I'm giving my composer's royalty to his widow - it's the least I can do." "Three Stars" is a song written by Tommy Dee in 1959, as a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who died in a plane crash earlier that year.  The song was recorded by Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and first released on April 5, 1959, by Crest Records.  It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.  However the song was off Billboard and the airways by March 30, 1959. Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), known as Ritchie Valens, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.  A rock & roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted eight months, as it abruptly ended when he died in a plane crash. KRIB (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Mason City, Iowa.  The station is owned by Digity, LLC, and licensed to Digity 3E License, LLC.  It airs an Adult Standards music format.  KRIB was one of the first radio stations in Iowa to play Rock and Roll in the mid-1950s and garnered all of the young audience.  KRIB is also the radio station that was one of the sponsors of the Winter Dance Party at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa in February 1959 featuring The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly, which ended that evening with all three dying in a plane crash just north of the Mason City airport.  The concert was M.C.'d by Bob Hale a disc jockey at KRIB at the time.  KRIB still changes their music format during the week anniversary of the Winter Dance Party to play all of the hit songs of the late 1950s and early 1960s with an emphasis on the songs from February 1959. 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 song "American Pie". Rave On Buddy Holly is a compilation album by various artists released on June 28, 2011, through Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group and Hear Music.  A tribute album to musician Buddy Holly, who died in a plane crash in 1959 at age 22, the title refers to the song "Rave On", one of his biggest hits.  Contributing artists included Paul McCartney, who owned Holly's publishing catalog at the time of the album's release, and Graham Nash, a former member of The Hollies, who were named in commemoration of Holly. Listen to Me: Buddy Holly is a tribute album to rock ‘n roll pioneer Buddy Holly, in celebration of what would have been his 75th birthday in 2011.  The album was released by Verve Forecast in the United States on 6 September 2011 (Holly's birthday was 7 September 1936) and by eOne Entertainment on the same date in Canada.  Series of international releases include releases by Victor Entertainment in Japan, Wrasse Records in the United Kingdom, Shock Records in Australia, as well as releases in Denmark, Italy, South Asia etc. "The Day the Music Died" is a February 3, 1959 plane crash when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died.  It may also refer to: Frank Sardo Avianca (September 16, 1936 – February 26, 2014), who performed as Frankie Sardo, was an American rock and roll singer, actor and film producer.  He was a member of the ill-fated Winter Dance Party in 1959 after which Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson lost their lives in a plane crash the morning after a show in Clear Lake, Iowa. Buddy's Buddy: Buddy Holly Songs by Jimmy Gilmer is an album by singer Jimmy Gilmer, released in 1964.  The album is a tribute to Buddy Holly who died in a 1959 plane crash along with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.
Answer: Ritchie Valens