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February 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died
Hulton Archive
Pioneers of the new rock 'n' roll movement Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a plane crash in Iowa. The famous Don McLean song "American Pie," with its line "the day the music died," is a reference to the crash.
