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.
Holley was influenced by Elvis, and had wide appeal. Paul McCartney is said to be one of Buddy Holly's biggest fans, and actually owns the publishing rights to Holly's music.One of my favorite songs, Sleepwalk by Santo and Johnny is a tribute to Buddy Holly, as is American Pie by Don McLean.here IS a difference between rock and roll and rock, but the genre I would classify Buddy Holly in is rock and roll, or to avoid confusion '50s rock (or rockabilly would be a suitable term for the early rock and roll Buddy Holly played). Hope I helped. Source(s): CHRIS M. IS [TURNED INTO A NEWT] Â· 7 years ago.