Great Tragedy: Winter Dance Party 1959 / Various Great Tragedy: Winter Dance Party 1959 / Various CD

February 3, 1959 will always be remembered as 'the day the music died.' On that frigid occasion, a small plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper crashed in a frozen Iowa field, killing all touring three rock and roll luminaries and their pilot. Bear Family's posthumous tribute disc to the tragedy brings together some of their greatest recordings on this one-of-a-kind collection, along with key sides from the surviving participants of the tour.

1. Winter Dance Party' Radio Promo - the Big Bopper 2. Chantilly Lace - the Big Bopper 3. Winter Dance Party' Radio Promo - Buddy Holly 4. Heartbeat - Buddy Holly 5. Winter Dance Party' Radio Promo - Ritchie Valens 6. La Bamba - Ritchie Valens 7. Maybe Baby - the Crickets 8. Class Room - Frankie Sardo 9. I Can't Go on (Rosalie) - Dion ; the Belmonts 10. Alan Freed Radio Show Part 1 (Incl I'm Gonna Love You Too) - Buddy Holly 11. Little Red Riding Hood - the Big Bopper 12. Fast Freight - Arvee Allens (Ritchie Valens) 13. Interviewed By Alan Freed - Buddy Holly 14. It's So Easy - Buddy Holly 15. If You Can't Rock Me - Debbie Stevens 16. Monkey Song (You Made a Monkey Out of Me) - the Big Bopper 17. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly 18. I Wonder Why - Dion ; the Belmonts 19. Alan Freed Radio Show Part 2 (Incl Listen to Me) - Buddy Holly 20. Donna Commercial - Ritchie Valens 21. Donna - Ritchie Valens 22. Ting-A-Ling - Buddy Holly ; the Three Tunes 23. Fake Out - Frankie Sardo 24. Big Bopper's Wedding - the Big Bopper 25. Come on Let's Go - Ritchie Valens 26. Well All Right - Buddy Holly 27. Big Baby Blues - Arvee Allens (Ritchie Valens) 28. A Teen-Age Moon - the Big Bopper 29. When Sin Stops - Waylon Jennings 30. No One Knows - Dion ; the Belmonts 31. Plane Crash Report #1 Feb 3, 1959 - Newscast 32. It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly 33. Three Stars - Eddie Cochran 34. Teen Angel - Dion ; the Belmonts 35. Plane Crash Report #2 Feb 3, 1959 - Newscast 36. The Great Tragedy - Hershel Almond 37. The Ballad of Donna and Peggy Sue - Ray Campi 38. Plane Crash Report #3 Feb 3, 1959 - Newscast 39. That'll Be the Day - the Crickets 40. Gold Records in the Snow - Benny Barnes