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Cast

Jim Forbes

Jim Forbes

Narrator (voice)

Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly

Self (archive footage)

The Big Bopper

The Big Bopper

Self (archive footage)

Ritchie Valens

Ritchie Valens

Self (archive footage)

Tommy Allsupp

Tommy Allsupp

Self

Gary Busey

Gary Busey

Self

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Self

Don McLean

Don McLean

Self

Lou Diamond Phillips

Lou Diamond Phillips

Self

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Gay Rosenthal

Gay Rosenthal

Writer

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Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died

19990.0 / 1063 min
Documentary

Overview

On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.