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On February 3, 1959, a small charter plane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper. The pilot, Roger Peterson, was also killed. Th...
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"The day the music died" is a phrase popularized by Don McLean's 1971 song "American Pie," referring to February 3, 1959, the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens...
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The Day the Music Died is a shorthand for the February 3, 1959 plane crash that killed singer-songwriters Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, and pilot Roger Peterson near Clear Lak...
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On Wednesday, February 3, 1959, American rock and roll lost three pivotal artists in a singleplane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Buddy Holly, 22; Ritchie Valens, 17; and J.P. Ric...
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