Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup, and Carl Bunch, were playing on the "Winter Dance Party" tour across the American Midwest. Rising artists Valens, Richardson...

A dance party (also referred to as a dance) is a social gathering where dancing is the primary activity. Some dance parties are held in a casual setting...

last performances at the Surf on February 2, 1959, as part of the "Winter Dance Party Tour". On September 6, 2011, The Surf Ballroom was added to the National...

visited Jennings's radio station in December 1958. For the start of the Winter Dance Party tour, he assembled a band consisting of Waylon Jennings (electric...

career of Valens. Valens was one of the five acts billed for the Winter Dance Party tour, performing with Buddy Holly, "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson...

Curtis. Holly then hired Jennings to play bass for him during his "Winter Dance Party Tour". Before the tour, Holly vacationed with his wife in Lubbock...

known for his brief stint as the drummer for The Crickets during the Winter Dance Party Tour in 1959. Bunch's time with The Crickets was cut short by lead...

audience. In February 1959, the station was one of the sponsors of the Winter Dance Party at the Surf Ballroom in nearby Clear Lake. The show's master of ceremonies...

Big Bopper, Jr.", performing around the world. He toured on the "Winter Dance Party" tour with Buddy Holly impersonator John Mueller on some of the same...

Died", three of the four headline acts in the lineup of the traveling Winter Dance Party—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper—were killed in the...