American Pie - February 3, 1959

[DaveM]

The Day the Music Died, so dubbed by a lyric in the Don McLean song "American Pie," is a reference to the deaths of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959. Pilot Roger Peterson was also killed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-BYVeCv6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku5UeUT7yIQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCXlp3D5NQA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-by5e4saI

 

[DaveM]

What a huge impact they all had in shaping Rock & Roll and we thank them for this

 

[bullet]

What a loss, long before my time but was brought up on this music and even my kids love it.

 

[DaveM]

I can remember all this playing in our house as I was growing up and I still enjoy it all

 

[CarlS]

I remember the day of the crash and the great loss to the rock 'n roll world. And I remember the song, well.