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'''Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly''' (1936-1959) was an early rock and roll pioneer.  The lead singer of the group [[The Crickets]], Holly is most famous for his songs ''[[Peggy Sue]]'' and ''That'll Be The Day''.
 
'''Charles Hardin 'Buddy' Holly''' (1936-1959) was an early rock and roll pioneer.  The lead singer of the group [[The Crickets]], Holly is most famous for his songs ''[[Peggy Sue]]'' and ''That'll Be The Day''.
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On February 2, 1959, the plane on which Holly was flying, crashed outside Macon City, Iowa, killing Holly as well as fellow rock and roll singers [[Ritchie Vallens]] and [[The Big Bopper]]. Don McLean, a friend of both the Big Bopper and Holly, wrote the song ''American Pie'' to commemorate their death, referring to that day 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>
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On February 2, 1959, the plane on which Holly was flying, crashed outside Macon City, Iowa, killing Holly as well as fellow 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, referring to that day 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>
    
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