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How a coin toss cost this pioneering Hispanic musician his life on āThe Day the Music Diedā
Read full article: How a coin toss cost this pioneering Hispanic musician his life on āThe Day the Music DiedāIt is one of the most famous songs recorded, depicting one of the most famous tragedies in music history.
The Day the Music Died: February 3rd, 1959
Read full article: The Day the Music Died: February 3rd, 19591936: Singer-songwriter Buddy Holly is born under the birth name Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas. Holly would go on to become one of rock 'n' roll's pioneers despite a brief career cut short by his tragic death at age 22. Appropriately referred to as the āThe Day the Music Died,ā weather likely contributed to a commuter flight crash that killed rock nā roll musicians Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper -- whose real name was J.P. Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, along with pilot Roger Peterson. (Repertoire Records)1936: Singer-songwriter Buddy Holly is born under the birth name Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas. Don McLean later famous addressed the plane crash in his 1971 song āAmerican Pieā labeling it the āDay the Music Diedā.