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On This Day in 1959: Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens Tragically Died, Inspiring Don McLean’s “American Pie”
On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper tragically gave Don McLean the inspiration for "American Pie." ...
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It's Been 66 Years Since The Day the Music Died. Ritchie Valens' Sister Is Grateful to Don McLean for Singing About It (Exclusive)
McLean, who wrote the folk-rock hit "American ... alongside fellow generational talents Buddy Holly and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, tells PEOPLE "our entire family was in shock" to hear ...
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What Ritchie Valens’ Sister Thought of Don McLean’s “American Pie,” Folk-Rock Anthem Describing Fatal Plane Crash That Took Valens’ Life
Ritchie Valens' sister sends a message to songwriter Don McLean describing how she really felt about his folk-rock anthem "American Pie." ...
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The Day the Music Died
It was on this date in 1959 that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper lost their lives in a plane crash. Don McLean would later refer to it as "the day the music died" in his classic ...
Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ Took 10 Years to Write
Classic rock music has produced few songs as layered, mysterious, and intertextual as Don McLean’s “American ... as a reference to the death of Buddy Holly. Holly died in a plane crash in ...
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Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’: Lyrics, Live & Similar Songs
Don McLean is an amazing folk ... February 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash. McLean wrote this 8-minute song to capture this tragic event and ...
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This Day in History: The Day The Music Died
On Feb. 3, 1959, rock stars Buddy Holly ... as “The Day The Music Died,” after Don McLean coined it in his 1971 song, “American Pie.”Holly, 22, rose to stardom in the 1950s with his ...
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This Day in History: The Day The Music Died
On Feb. 3, 1959, rock stars Buddy Holly ... as “The Day The Music Died,” after Don McLean coined it in his 1971 song, “American Pie.”Holly, 22, rose to stardom in the 1950s with his ...