| | '''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''. |
| − | 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." | + | 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]]." |