The Day The Music Died: Feb. 3, 1959 | Jim Meisner Jr.
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash, Feb. 3, 1959, immortalized in Don McLean’s “American Pie.” Buddy was 22, Ritchie was
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Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash, Feb. 3, 1959, immortalized in Don McLean’s “American Pie.” Buddy was 22, Ritchie was
Buddy Holly American singer and songwriter who produced some of the most distinctive and influential work in rock music. Holly (the e was dropped from his last name—probably accidentally—on his first record contract) was the youngest of four children in a family of devout Baptists in the West Texas
Ritchie Valens American singer and songwriter and the first Latino rock and roll star. His short career ended when he died at age 17 in the 1959 plane crash in which Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper also perished. Valens grew up in suburban Los Angeles in a family of Mexican and possibly Native
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"The Day The Music Died" has been immortalized in music history. It earned its title in Don McLean's karaoke singalong classic "American Pie," and is one of the most significant