Don McLean and Connie Valens tell PEOPLE about their unique experiences on 'The Day the Music Died,' when Buddy Holly, Richie ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, plane accident took the lives of entertainers Holly, Valens, Richardson. Americans died in several other air ...

On February 3, 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known by his stage name The Big ...

On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper tragically gave Don McLean the inspiration for "American Pie." ...

Jimmy Clanton, stood in on the Winter Dance Party Tour after the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper — the Day The Music Died ...

Don McLean coined it “The Day the Music Died” in his song “American Pie.” The Buddy Holly Center will have free admission all day Monday, along with children’s activities and a screening of the film, ...

This year marks the 66th anniversary of the tragedy. This date was affectionately coined “The Day the Music Died” after a lyric in the Don McLean song, “American Pie,” that references the deaths of ...

So many sing about "the day that music died" on Feb. 3 ... Don McLean coined the term in his 1971 hit "American Pie." The ...

January 26, 2017, marks the 68th Republic Day and all Indians across the ... A perfect combination of catchy lyrics and good music, the song is synonymous with national events’ celebrations.

Four singers, all of whom had lengthy and noteworthy have already died and the year is just more than two weeks old. Ed Askew, a cult folk music singer/songwriter and painter, died on Jan. 4.