National Day the Music Died

Today, I pay homage to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) who died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959.

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I often wonder what these three artists could have accomplished if they’d simply taken the long way to their next tour, if they’d hopped a bus instead of an airplane on that snowy day fifty-eight years ago today. Think about it, all three just getting started but their deaths left such a mark on the world that they have been immortalized in one of the most iconic American anthems, American Pie by Don McLean.

To have impacted so many in such a short time is something many artists dream of but never attain.

So, here’s to Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens.

Listen to Ritchie Valens on YouTube here or Spotify here.

Listen to Buddy Holly on YouTube here or Spotify here.

Listen to The Big Bopper on YouTube here or Spotify here.