American Pie (song)
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"American Pie" is a song by the American singer and songwriter Don McLean. It was a commercial success and cultural touchstone, notable for its extensive and ambiguous lyrics about America's changing
Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
The Big Bopper
Ritchie Valens
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Richard Steven Valenzuela, better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Vale
American Pie (song)
…The repeated phrase "the day the music died" refers to a plane crash in 1959 that killed early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, ending the era of early rock and roll; this became the popular nickname for that crash. The theme of the song goes beyond mourning McLean's childhood…
Billboard advertisement, December 15, 1958
Valens in 1959
Grave of Valens and his mother at San Fernando Mission Cemetery