What happened on the day the music died?

[Razp_Sorbet]

✨Bye bye Miss American pie ✨

[OatmealMuffin]

Helter skelter in the summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass, the players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

I have no proof of it, but I'm pretty sure the song writer was on the same shrooms as the writer who wrote "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

https://www.youtube.com/embed/naoknj1ebqI

[misogynistic_pig]

The expression "The day the music died" refers to February 3, 1959, when there was a tragic plane crash in Iowa, United States, in which three rock and roll icons died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.

They were doing a tour of the United States known as "Winter Dance Party" and after a concert in Clear Lake, Iowa, they flew to Fargo, North Dakota.

However, the plane crashed shortly after takeoff, claiming the lives of the three musicians, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson.

The tragedy shocked the music world and became an iconic event that marked the end of the golden age of rock and roll.

Don McLean's song "American Pie", written in 1971, references the event, calling it "the day the music died".

[llorando]

Buddy Holly told Waylon Jennings, I hope your bus freezes up to which Jennings replied I hope your plane crashes. Interesting and eerie to think, telling someone you hope their plane crashes only for it to actually crash. Fun fact, Don McLean, who wrote American Pi, was a paper boy when the plane crash happened hence the line "But February made me shiver With every paper I'd deliver"

[SnowedIn]

I'm driving to the levy. When I park my Chevy, I'll let you know.

[AviatorTom]

On February 3, 1959, just moments after takeoff, the plane carrying three music greats of the era (Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper) crashed, killing all on board. That's the day the music died.

[Mansearching]

Got that right

[AnusNdaPainus]

August 25, 2001 after Aaliyah just finished shooting her rock the boat video she died in a plane crash

If she never died Beyoncé wouldn’t have been as popular because Aaliyah could sing much better than her

[drummerdude25]

The day music dies is the day one’s mind ceases to remain open to it…

Whatcha think, huh? 😅

[OfMiceandMen]

I put a new cord on the jukebox in my games room and low and behold the music didn't die and I was able to listen to American Pie, again.

[FunkyMonkee]

First, disco reared its ugly pointless head, then, just as that beast was being quelled, rap showed the fuck up and we've hardly have ANY good music, since!!

[bowenw]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died

[Bricealan]

I believe 'Bye, bye, Miss American Pie, refers to the death of 'The Big Bopper and Richie Valens, and Buddy Holly dying in a plane crash

[Still-alive]

Ritchie valens and buddy holly died in a plane crash together. Major blues

[Still-alive]

And the big bopper

[bean2k21]

The South was quiet for a few days and then shot Abe Lincoln in a theater, as if to say "Enjoy the show, Yankees!"

[Anonymous]

Average working people could no longer afford to buy a house, afford healthcare, send their kids to college.

[LiamJHayden]

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were lost in a plane crash.

[Shy_Steve]

"He drove the Chevy to the levy, But the levy was Dry".

[legalboxers]

did you write the book of love and do you have faith in god above

[nawtee_me]

Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry.

[exitseven]

It was just so long ago.

[SoJust]

İ dont know maybe his time is over 😂😂

[najekim]

I was drinking whiskey in Rye.

[Anonymous]

Clear Lake Iowa made national news.

[In_Trance]

A plane crash