American Pie is the title of a 1971 music album by Don McLean, best known for its title track about The Day the Music Died. The original 1971 LP is dedicated to the loss of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Jiles Perry Richardson (The Big Bopper) 3 of the biggest icons in rock history that were trasgically taken from us by a plane crash on Feb 03, 1959 in Iowa.. Feb 03, 1959 will forever be known as “The Day The Music Died” .. The day people lined the streets and cried and no churches would play any music. Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 February 3, 1959), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as “the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll. His works and innovations inspired and influenced both his contemporaries and later musicians, notably The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan, and exerted a profound influence on popular music for decades. Buddy Holly and his band The Crickets sang hits such as “That’ll be the Day”, “Blue Days, Black Nights”, “Oh Boy!” and “Peggy Sue” Richard Steven “Ritchie” Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 February 3, 1959), better known by the stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. A rock and roll pioneer and the forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens’ recording …
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