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WHEN THE MUSIC DIED: MASON CITY, FEBRUARY 3, ’59

LOS ANGELES MIRROR: "TOP ROCK-ROLL TRIO KILLED" Tuesday, February 3, 1959 (click on image 2x for largest detailed view).
LOS ANGELES MIRROR: “TOP ROCK-ROLL TRIO KILLED” Tuesday, February 3, 1959 (click on image 2x for largest detailed view).
Clear Lake, Iowa, February 3, 1959 (click on image for largest view).
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED. Mason City, Iowa, February 3, 1959 (click on image for largest view).

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Mason City, Iowa February 2, 1959
THE CRASH SITE. N.W. OF MASON CITY. 11:00 A.M. February 3, 1959

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WJBK DJ TOM CLAY FIRED; CAUGHT UP WITH ‘PAYOLA’

WJBK-AM (DETROIT) – FIRED!

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Famed Detroit radio personality Tom Clay, by his own admission before reporters on November 22, 1959, alluded having taken cash while employed at WJBK. Clay’s tenure at WJBK was immediately terminated at the height of the payola scandal which rocked the radio industry across the country throughout the year.

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