Today marks the 47th anniversary of the day the plane containing Buddy Holly (22), Richie Valens (17) and J.J. “The Big Bopper” Richardson (28) went down sometime after 1 a.m. in an Iowa cornfield while en route to Fargo, ND. The long-forgotten name of the plane’s pilot was Roger Peterson.
The event spawned DonMcLean’s ode American Pie, in 1971, which became a number one album the following year. In turn, American Pie was the inspiration for Robert Flack’s Killing Me Softly With His Song (released in January 1973 and went gold the following month).
McClean re-released an American Pie album in 1991 in the UK, and Madonna re-recorded the famous song in 2000.
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