The day music died

Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper (JP Richardson), Richie Valens

crashed a few minutes after takeoff
in a Beechcraft Bonanza from Mason City, Iowa

about 2am on 2/3/1959

          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.
  
                  "American Pie" by Don McLean

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