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On This Day in 1959: Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens Tragically Died, Inspiring Don McLean’s “American Pie”
On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper tragically gave Don McLean the inspiration for "American Pie." ...
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The 3 Collaborations Between Buddy Holly and Waylon Jennings
Buddy was the first guy who had confidence in me. ... I had as much star quality as an old shoe, but he really liked me, and believed in me.” ...
Deseret News archives: The ‘day the music died’ included plane crashes across America
On Feb. 3, 1959, plane accident took the lives of entertainers Holly, Valens, Richardson. Americans died in several other air ...
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More than 60 years after plane crash, Buddy Holly's music, legacy very much alive
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were ... It's been coined as "The Day the Music Died," which is the famous line from Don McLean's hit song "American Pie." But more than 60 years ...
Buddy Holly Center honors 66th anniversary of The Day the Music Died
In commemoration, a spray of yellow roses will be placed on Buddy’s grave, located at the City of Lubbock Cemetery.