Questions and Answers about
Don McLean
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in Classic RockIn Don McLean’s classic American Pie, the lyrics “the day the music died” refer to which event?
Answer: Don McLean’s American Pie’s “the day the music died” refers to Feb. 3, 1959, when a single-engine plane carrying musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Jiles P. Richardson, crashed into a cornfield north of Clear Lake, Iowa, killing the three and their pilot. “The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s ‘American…
