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, 13:32, December 30, 2007"American Pie" uses the phrase "the day the music died" before each refrain
[[Image:BuddyRichieBopper.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly on the Winter Dance Party Tour, January, 1959]]
[[Image:BuddyRichieBopper.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly on the Winter Dance Party Tour, January, 1959]]
'''The Day the Music Died''' is a line from a 1970 rock anthology by Don McLean titled ''American Pie'', and refers to a plane crash which took place on February 3, 1959 near Clear Lake, Iowa; killed was the pilot, Roger A. Peterson, and three pioneers of rock and roll: Jiles P. "J.P." Richardson (the "Big Bopper"), Charles Hardin Holley (Buddy Holly), and Ricardo Valenzuela (Ritchie Valens).
'''The Day the Music Died''' refers to a plane crash which took place on February 3, 1959 near Clear Lake, Iowa; killed was the pilot, Roger A. Peterson, and three pioneers of rock and roll: Jiles P. "J.P." Richardson (the "Big Bopper"), Charles Hardin Holley (Buddy Holly), and Ricardo Valenzuela (Ritchie Valens).
Don McLean's 1970 song "American Pie" uses the phrase "the day the music died" before each refrain.
==Winter Dance Party==
==Winter Dance Party==