Frustrated by the conditions, Holly decided to charter a plane when they stopped for their performance in the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa to reach their next venue in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Mr. Flemming decided to name the colony Holly Hill in memory of his Irish Holywood home, because there were lots of holly in the area and there was a bit of a rise in the terrain.

In a 2009 interview, member Graham Nash said that the group decided just prior to a performance to call themselves " the Hollies " because of their admiration for Buddy Holly and wrote that same year: " We called ourselves the Hollies, after Buddy, and Christmas.

Gaston County has three charter schools: Highland Charter ( K – 5 ) and Piedmont Community Charter School ( K – 12 ) in Gastonia, and Mountain Island Charter School ( K – 8 ) in Mount Holly.

On February 2, 1959, preparing for a concert at Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly decides to charter a private plane to fly to Moorhead, Minnesota for his next big concert.

Holly, Valens, Richardson and the pilot were killed en route to Moorhead, Minnesota, when their plane crashed soon after taking off from nearby Mason City in the early morning hours of February 3.

Bandmate Waylon Jennings had given up his seat on the plane, causing Holly to jokingly tell Jennings, " I hope your ol ' bus freezes up!

" Although the plane came down only five miles northwest of the airport, no one saw or heard the crash ", wrote rock performer, archivist and music historian, Harry Hepcat, in his article about Buddy Holly.

The launch of Bobby Vee's successful musical career resulted from Holly's death, when he was selected to replace Holly on the tour that continued after the plane crash.

Don McLean's popular 1971 ballad " American Pie " is inspired by Holly and the day of the plane crash.

McLean's magnum opus, " American Pie ", is a sprawling, impressionistic ballad inspired partly by the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. Richardson ( The Big Bopper ) in a plane crash on 3 February 1959.

By 1959, the death of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens in a plane crash, the departure of Elvis for the army, the retirement of Little Richard to become a preacher, prosecutions of Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, and the breaking of the payola scandal ( which implicated major figures, including Alan Freed, in bribery and corruption in promoting individual acts or songs ), gave a sense that the initial rock and roll era had come to an end.

On 3 February 1959, a chartered plane transporting the three American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. " The Big Bopper " Richardson goes down in foggy conditions near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all four occupants on board, including pilot Roger Peterson.

** A chartered plane transporting musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper and pilot Roger Peterson goes down in foggy conditions near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all 4 occupants on board.

During the " Winter Dance Party Tour ," in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a plane to arrive at the next venue.

After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a plane for himself, Allsup and Jennings to avoid a long bus trip to Fargo, North Dakota.

The song is a recounting of " The Day the Music Died " — the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper ( Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr .)— and the aftermath.

Although McLean dedicated the American Pie album to Buddy Holly, none of the musicians in the plane crash are identified by name in the song itself.

The bodies of Holly and Valens lay near the plane, Richardson's body was thrown over the fence and into the cornfield of Juhl's neighbor Oscar Moffett, and Peterson's body remained entangled inside the plane's wreckage.

On February 3, 1959, a day that has become known as The Day the Music Died ( from Don McLean's song " American Pie "), Richardson was killed in a plane crash in Iowa, along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.

The bodies of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper were jettisoned form the plane landed yards from the wreckage and lay there for ten hours as snowdrifts formed around them.

While recording, it was announced that Holly was killed in a plane crash while on tour.

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash en route to their scheduled performance at the Moorhead Armory Building from Clear Lake, Iowa on February 3, 1959.

* J. P. Richardson, " The Big Bopper ", DJ, Rock & Roll star, Killed with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in plane crash in Iowa in 1959.

* February 3 – " The Day the Music Died ": Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash in Iowa.

A caption then reveals the deaths of Holly, Valens, and the Bopper in a plane crash that night ... and the rest is Rock and Roll.

In 1959, Dion and The Belmonts were part of the historic Winter Dance Party tour that lost three performers in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa ; Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. Richardson " The Big Bopper ".

Following a performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2, 1959, Holly chartered a small airplane to take him to the next stop on the tour.

Holly knows Brad must think of the show first and personal feelings second, and that he does not take chances with the show, but is nevertheless infuriated at his decision.

The machine is able to take Slade and Holly back far enough in time to witness a crime as it happens and discover who committed it.

All of the scenes that take place outside of the 24-month period of the primary story involve flashbacks from Mickey's previous marriage to Hannah, Hannah and Mickey's struggle with infertility, his subsequent role as a surrogate father to Hannah's children, and his first date with Hannah's sister Holly ( Dianne Wiest ).

Charity wins the state lottery, and uses the proceeds to inveigle Joe into allowing her to take Brett on a trip to visit Charity's sister, Holly, in Connecticut.

" We had almost 10 writers try to come in and take over for this one man ", said Holly Marie Combs who played a character on the show.

Valens, Holly, and Bopper take off in an airplane during a snowstorm for their fateful flight on February 3, 1959 ( the night that came to be known as " The Day the Music Died ").

On December 19, Holly teamed up with Bill DeMott to take on Noble and Nunzio ( James Maritato ).

A year later, at Survivor Series, Holly returned to WWE from injury to take revenge from Lesnar.

Their stage show was unique: lead singer Jayne Casey would perform with a lampshade over her shaved head, guitarist Bill Drummond played in a kilt and bassist Holly Johnson performed in a flamboyant manner which he would later take further in Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Entangled in a conspiracy planned by Holly's old nemesis, the impending crisis and Artemis's rapid deterioration into a soppy alter-ego called Orion who perceives Holly as his ' fair princess ' forces Holly to take the lead and find a way to bring back Artemis before it is too late.

Subsequently, Kim formed an alliance with Holly to take on Trish Stratus, who was later assisted by Lita.

where The Headbangers chased Crash Holly around Funtime USA and an amusement park in Brooklyn, New York with Crash escaping repeated attempts to take the title from him before escaping from the ball pit and running from the building.

Jane and Robin leave New York and travel through Pittsburgh to take Jane's friend Holly to lunch.

It is an essence that can possess any living being, and when it is allowed to take on a corporeal form, it was portrayed by Peter Woodward, Julian McMahon, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Kaley Cuoco, Marnette Patterson, Lawrence Smilgys, and Robert Madrid.

Allmusic critic Bruce Eder referred to The Knack's version of Buddy Holly cover " Heartbeat " as " a ballad played with a lot of ' 70s attitude ," and that " it does give a fresh take on the song.

Later that evening, Vince and Shane agreed to join forces to take out ECW once and for all in a twenty-man brawl Team WWF " Hardcore Holly, Big Show, APA, and Billy Gunn " and Team WCW " Chris Kanyon, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O ' Haire, Shawn Stasiak, and Mark Jindrak ".

Although the illusions sometimes featured the use of professional magician's assistants, very often, either Holly or one of the guest celebrities would take part in them.

This game saw Stephen ( in one episode, Holly ) dressed up in a bumblebee costume and colloquially known as the " Spellminator " and another contestant who usually wrote in to the Ministry to take part.

When the car runs out of gas, Holly persuades Toby to persuade Pop to take up residence on the land next to the road.

This time, Holly was able to take the masters for both Tender Hooks and I Confess with her.

Despite having Cornette in their corner and the name " Midnight Express ", wrestling fans consider this incarnation of the team as nothing more than a rib by Vince McMahon on Cornette, and in shoot interviews Cornette has indeed indicated that he never considered the team as continuing the lineage of the Midnight Express, since it was not his idea nor his intention to have " glorified jobbers " like Gunn and Holly take on the moniker ( although Gunn and Holly were both former tag team champions prior to being teamed ).