When AA running cost tables were first published in 1950, the road fund licence (car tax) was Â£10 and a litre of petrol cost 3.3p. You need to take care with comparisons though. 1  modern cars are much more economical and a lot safer.
This article is about the plane crash. For other uses, see The Day the Music Died (disambiguation) . On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. The Big Bopper Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with the pilot, Roger Peterson.
The 10 best Buddy Holly songs. Buddy Holly was a rockabilly legend and innovator of rock n' roll. His music is still popular to this day and helped create the modern sound of pop music. Holly was also a budding music producer who used such techniques an double-tracking to strengthen the sound of this voice. J.P. Richardson and Ritchie Valens.