Des Moines Register: Artist Mark Marturello created this print in Tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in 2009. You can download this beautiful print free, here.
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-FILE–This is an undated file photo of Buddy Holly. It is known as the day the music died. But for thousands of ’50s rock ‘n’ roll fans who journey back each year to the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, the music lives on and has become reason to celebrate around the time when three rising stars died in a plane crash. Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died Feb. 3, 1959, just after performing in a concert at the Surf. (AP Photo/File)