The Day The Music Died

On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson. The day was later called The Day the Music Died by Don McLean in his 1971 song "American Pie".


I cant remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.

- "American Pie" by Don McLean -