On Feb. 3, 1959, rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash along with 21-year-old pilot Roger Peterson.This incident became known as “The Day The ...
It's a seminal moment in Boomer mythology that Don McLean coined "The Day the Music Died" in his 1971 hit "American Pie," which basically invented the entire concept of Sixties nostalgia prior to ...