everyone on board was killed on the day the music died in 1959.
everyone on board was killed on the day the music died in 1959.
who survived the day the music died 1959?
everyone on board was killed
bullet::::- don mclean, a fan of buddy holly, later addressed the accident in his song "american pie" (1971), dubbing it "the day the music died", which for mclean symbolized the "loss of innocence" of the early rock-and-roll generation.









































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bullet::::- february 3, 1959 front page of the "mason city globe-gazette", via newspapers.com









































bullet::::- fiftiesweb.com the day the music died









































bullet::::- "bakotopia" magazine's 50th anniversary memorial article









































bullet::::- 1959: buddy holly killed in air crash
the day the music died
the day the music died









































on february 3, 1959, american rock and roll musicians buddy holly, ritchie valens, and "the big bopper" j. p. richardson 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 referred to it as such in his 1971 song "american pie".
the day the music died