 
<translate> Iji zaa ajụjụ a dị n'elu, ahịrịokwu ahụ dị mkpa bụ: Ihe omume ahụ mesịrị bụrụ nke a maara dị ka "The Day the Music Died", mgbe onye na-agụ egwú na onye na-ede egwú bụ́ Don McLean zoro aka na ya dị ka nke ahụ n'abụ ya nke 1971 bụ́ "American Pie". Ya mere, azịza ikpeazụ bụ onye na-agụ egwú na onye na-ede egwú bụ́ Don McLean. <eng> To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: The event later became known as "The Day the Music Died", after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song "American Pie".
So, the final answer is singer - songwriter Don McLean. 