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Music / Plane Crash Anniversary #920369

CBS Evening News for Monday, Feb 02, 2009
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(Studio: Maggie Rodriguez) Report introduced.

(Hollywood: Bill Whitaker) The 50th anniversary of the plane crash that killed early rock and roller Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper and Richie Valens featured; scenes shown from Clear Lake, Iowa, the site of his last concert, the "Buddy Holly Story" movie and performance footage; photos shown; details given about Holly's influence on musicians. [FAN - comments.] [Singer Graham NASH - cites Buddy's influence on the British invasion of the 1960s.] [The Grammy Museum curator Ken Luftig VISTE†- praises the Holly music.]

Reporter(s):
Rodriguez, Maggie;
Whitaker, Bill
Duration:
00:02:50

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