Frank Sardo Avianca ( September 16 , 1936 &ndash; February 26 , 2014 ) , who performed as Frankie Sardo , was an American rock and roll singer , actor and film producer . He was a member of the ill-fated Winter Dance Party in 1959 after which Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens and J.P. " The Big Bopper " Richardson lost their lives in a plane crash the morning after a show in Clear Lake , Iowa
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The Day the Music Died
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