Flowers adorn a memorial, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at the spot where the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson crashed killing all aboard, Feb. 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa. It's been nearly 50 years since the single-engine plane crashed into a snow-covered Iowa field and later this month thousands of people are expected to gather in the small northern Iowa town where the rock pioneers gave their last performance.
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Wow... has it already been 50 years since Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died? Damn... RIP