"The Day The Music Died"

       

      "I can't remember if I cried 
    
      When I read about his widowed bride 
     
      But something touched me deep inside 
     
      The day the music died." 

--Don McLean, American Pie (1971)

          During the crisp hasty morning hours of February 3, 1959, a single-engined 1947 Beechcraft

Bonanza plane crashed in a nearby cornfield of Clear Lake, Iowa. Later that day, investigators cross

examined the crash sight and retrieved the bodies of 17 year young chicano rock musician Ritchie

Valens, Buddy Holly-an American singer-song writer aged 22- and J.P "The Big Bopper" Richardson

and his tour mates. Alongside the discovery of these three music legends, the body of the 21 year old

pilot Roger Peterson.

       
        In memory of the deceased,  American folk

rock singer-songwriter Don Mclean released the

album American Pie in 1971. The single of the

album was a United States hit for four weeks in

1972. In the Uk the single reached No.2 on it's

original 1972 release. The song is the telling of

"The Day The Music Died" and it's impact on

fans worldwide.

 Sources:

 http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/the_day_the_music_died

http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1876542,00.html

      http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/02/day.music.died/