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'''Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly''' (Septemnber 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) was an early rock and roll pioneer from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. The lead singer of the group called "The Crickets,", Holly is most famous for his songs "Peggy Sue" and "That'll Be The Day."

 

'''Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly''' (Septemnber 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) was an early rock and roll pioneer from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. The lead singer of the group called "The Crickets," Holly is most famous for his songs "Peggy Sue" and "That'll Be The Day."

On February 3, 1959, the plane on which Holly was flying, crashed outside Macon City, [[Iowa]]. Killed were Holly and two other rock and roll singers, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Don McLean, a friend of both the Big Bopper and Holly, wrote the song ''American Pie'' to commemorate their death. The song refers to February 3 as "[[The Day the Music Died|the day the music died]]."<ref>[http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/pie.html Bob Dearborn's original analysis of Don McLean's song ''American Pie'']</ref><ref>[http://understandingamericanpie.com/ Understanding ''American Pie'']</ref>

On February 3, 1959, the plane on which Holly was flying, crashed outside Macon City, [[Iowa]]. Killed were Holly and two other rock and roll singers, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Don McLean, a friend of both the Big Bopper and Holly, wrote the song ''American Pie'' to commemorate their death. The song refers to February 3 as "[[The Day the Music Died|the day the music died]]."<ref>[http://user.pa.net/~ejjeff/pie.html Bob Dearborn's original analysis of Don McLean's song ''American Pie'']</ref><ref>[http://understandingamericanpie.com/ Understanding ''American Pie'']</ref>