Mason City, Iowa city of Mason City, it does serve other communities in the Mason City micropolitan statistical area. The Iowa Northern has facilities in Manly, Iowa. The city also has a municipal airport, Mason City Municipal Airport, (MCW) with commercial service by Air Choice One. It is the airport from which Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper took off on the night of February 2, 1959, after a concert at the Surf Ballroom in nearby Clear Lake, Iowa, only to crash their plane in a historic event later referred to as the Day the Music Died. Mason City, Iowa, and
Buddy Holly (album) includes the original liner notes and two extra tracks, which are "Now We're One" (issued as the B side of Holly's "Early in the Morning") and "Ting-A-Ling" . It also included new liner notes written by Gary Blailock on September 2014. Released as WaxTime Catalog # 772006 with bar code 84365442 017596. The Crickets Additional personnel Single Buddy Holly (album) Buddy Holly is a studio album by Buddy Holly. It was released by Coral Records on February 20, 1958. The album collects Holly's four hit singles released on the Coral label; "Words of Love", "Peggy Sue", "I'm Gonna Love You