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Don McLean, 'The Day the Music Died,' AMERICAN PIE 1972
On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and a 21-year-old pilot, Roger Peterson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.
The event later became known as "The Day the Music Died", after singer-songwriter Don McLean so referred to it in his 1971 song "American Pie". Thank you for your music. May you rest in peace..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McLean
~ In 1972 I saw Don McLean perform the song in concert in at Marshall University in Huntington, WVa.
