Don McClean Events

1959 Feb 3 The Day the Music Died: Buddy Holly Richie Valens and the Big Bopper J.P. Richardson die in plane crash
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) died in a plane crash in Iowa. Don McClean called this "The Day the Music Died" in his 1971 song "American Pie."