On February 3, 1959, a small plane chartered by Buddy Holly crashed, claiming the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and the pilot. Three of rock and roll's most promising performers were gone. It came to be known as "The Day the Music Died."
Here is Don McLean's song American Pie which is a tribute to those fabulous singers gone too soon:
RIP!
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