One night in February of 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper were all in a plane, on the way to play a show in Moorhead, Minnesota. The plane crashed, killing all three of them.

In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Bobby Vee plays the guitar at his family's Rockhouse Productions in St. Joseph, Minn. Vee, whose rise toward stardom began as a 15-year-old fill-in for Buddy Holly ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pop idol Bobby Vee, the boyish, grinning 1960s singer whose career was born when he took a Midwestern stage as a teenager to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that killed rock ‘n’ ...

MINNEAPOLIS >> Pop idol Bobby Vee, the boyish, grinning 1960s singer whose career was born when he took a Midwestern stage as a teenager to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that killed rock ‘n’ roll ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Pop idol Bobby Vee, the boyish, grinning 1960s singer whose career was born when he took a Midwestern stage as a teenager to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that killed rock ‘n’ roll ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Pop idol Bobby Vee, the boyish, grinning 1960s singer whose career was born when he took a Midwestern stage as a teenager to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that killed rock 'n' roll ...

Bob Dylan typically doesn’t say much to the crowd during his shows. But in July 2013, when performing in his home state of Minnesota, he offered a rare spoken-word introduction to a cover of “Suzie ...

In the 1960s, hearthrobs named Bobby were everywhere. Clockwise from top left: Bobby Darin, Bobby Vee, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Goldsboro, Bobby Womack, and Bobby Sherman. (Keystone/Getty Images; Central ...

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — Fans will say a final goodbye to 1960s pop star Bobby Vee next week. Vee died Monday of advanced Alzheimer’s disease at age 73. He had been in hospice care in Rogers, northwest ...