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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." ...
Celebrate ‘The Day the Music Died’ With New Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens Bobbleheads
On the anniversary of 'The Day the Music Died,' news came out that Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper are getting their own bobbleheads.
Edwardsville Intelligencer on MSN5d
New bobbleheads honor Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper on crash anniversary
Tuesday marked the 66th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of early rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson). And to commemorate what ...
American Songwriter5d
What Ritchie Valens’ Sister Thought of Don McLean’s “American Pie,” Folk-Rock Anthem Describing Fatal Plane Crash That Took Valens’ Life
Ritchie Valens' sister sends a message to songwriter Don McLean describing how she really felt about his folk-rock anthem "American Pie." ...
Sioux City Journal4d
Bobbleheads to commemorate 'The Day the Music Died'
To commemorate Feb. 3, 1959 -- aka "The Day the Music Died" -- the Milwaukee-based National Bobblehead Hall of Fame announced ...
Yahoo6d
Celebrate ‘The Day the Music Died’ With New Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens Bobbleheads
If all of this wasn’t enough, The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has rolled out the news that Ritchie Valens and the ... The absence of a Buddy Holly bobblehead is quite glaring ...
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Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’: Lyrics, Live & Similar Songs
It tells the story of the day music changed forever: February 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash. McLean wrote this 8-minute song to capture this ...