The Day the Music Died - February 3, 1959
If you ever heard Don Mclean's song, American Pie, you would appreciate what that song is making reference to. It is telling about an incident that happened in 1959, when a plane crashed and three men were killed. One of the men was Buddy Holly. The plane was headed to Minnesota from Iowa when it crashed shortly after takeoff.
Buddy Holly's band was called 'The Crickets' and he wrote 'Peggy Sue' and 'That'll Be the Day'. The other men who were also killed in the crash were, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, known as 'The Big Bopper'. Holly was only 22 when he died.
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