num_pages: 272
description: Now available in softcover format! The story of the last tour of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Richie Valens—and the fatal air crash that took their lives. Drawing on new documentary information, the author recreates the often grueling conditions of an early rock and roll tour, and provides new facts about "the day the music died." With 50 photos.
language: English
title: The Day the Music Died: The Last Tour of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens
titlecomplete: The Day the Music Died: The Last Tour of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens
genres: History, Biography, Music, Rock N Roll, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 162
publisher: Schirmer Trade Books