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THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED ANNIVERSARY
February 3, 2022
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February 3, 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in a plane crash.
Don McLean would call it “The Day the Music Died” in his 1971 hit “American Pie.”