De rockmuzikanten Buddy Holly, Richie Valens en J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson,
komen op 3 februari 1959 om bij een vliegtuigongeluk bij Mason City, Iowa.
Don McLean gaf de gebeurtenis vorm in de popsong met de meeste tekst:
American pie
....
But february made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn't take one more step.
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
...
But not a word was spoken;
The church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.
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