Those are just some of the hot takes captured in The Day the Music Died: American Pie, where Don McLean’s 1971 folk-rock opus is celebrated as an elliptical study of life and legend in the US of ...

The undisputed “Day” in question was Feb. 3, 1959, when rockers Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens died in the crash of a small plane near Clear Lake, Iowa.

February 2, 1959. Clear Lake, Iowa. The Surf Ballroom. If you’re an early rock ‘n’ roll fan, or have ever seen Gary Busey in thick black glasses in The Buddy Holly Story, you know what happened in 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 ...

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Tomorrow is an important day in rock-and-roll history; in some ways, it’s the important day, the fiftieth anniversary of the day that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. (The Big Bopper ...

February 3 is known as The Day the Music Died after a small plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper in 1959. Holly, a Texas native, was thought to be the next Elvis Presley.