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    became known as "The Day the Music Died" after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song "American Pie". At the time, Holly and...
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  • and The Big Bopper died. The Day the Music Died may also refer to: The Day the Music Died (album), an album by Beneath the Sky The Day the Music Died (radio...
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  • "The Day the Violence Died" is the eighteenth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired...
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  • The Day the Music Died is the second studio album by Beneath the Sky, released on June 24, 2008. Joey Nelson – lead vocals Jeff Nelson – guitar Kevin Stafford...
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  • been described as "one of the most successful and debated songs of the 20th century". The repeated phrase "the day the music died" refers to a plane crash...
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  • A Day to Die is a 2022 American heist action film directed, co-written and co-produced by Wes Miller. It stars Kevin Dillon, Bruce Willis, Gianni Capaldi...
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  • Die Another Day is a 2002 spy film and the twentieth film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It was directed by Lee Tamahori, produced...
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    Ritchie Valens (category Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States)
    "The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa, an accident that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. "The...
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    Bobby Vee (category Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in the United States)
    career began in the midst of tragedy. On February 3, 1959, "The Day the Music Died", three of the four headline acts in the lineup of the traveling Winter...
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    injuries, but Cochran, who had been thrown from the vehicle, suffered serious brain injuries and died the next day. Though Cochran's best-known songs were released...
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  • The Day the Music Died is a British topical music show radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 2. The show aired from 2003 to 2007. The sixth series in 2007...
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  • The Day the Music Died Grease Hair Lilith Fair The Rocky Horror Picture Show Saturday Night Fever Russell Simmons Studio 54 Woodstock 1969 Behind the...
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  • The Day the Laughter Died is a comedy double album by American comedian Andrew Dice Clay, released in 1990. It was produced by Rick Rubin, whose concept...
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  • A Good Day to Die Hard is a 2013 American action thriller film and the fifth installment in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John Moore...
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  • The Day the Country Died is the debut studio album by English anarcho-punk band Subhumans. It was recorded in five days in June 1982 and was released...
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    death and the day of the plane crash. The song's lyric, which calls the incident "The Day the Music Died", became popularly associated with the crash. McLean's...
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    Discusses The Day The Music Died ('American Pie')". Forbes. Kenny, Glenn (July 19, 2022). "'The Day the Music Died' Review: 'American Pie,' the Life of...
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    of the three musicians who himself would die prematurely a year later in an automobile crash. The accident was referred to as "The Day the Music Died" in...
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    associated with the event known colloquially as "The Day the Music Died" – early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper"...
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    Allsup died on January 11, 2017, at 85 years old in a hospital in Springfield, Missouri, after complications from hernia surgery. The Day the Music Died Lehmer...
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    independently as a music director. Over the course of his career, he had composed music for over 100 Hindi films. Just a day after he turned 51, he died of cancer...
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  • "The Day I Died" is the second single from electronic music artist Just Jack taken from his third studio album All Night Cinema. It was released on 17...
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  • of Triumph, the Queen of Pain". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2012. "Los Lobos, Ritchie Valens, and the Day the Music Died". Strachwitz...
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  • "Die Another Day" is the theme song from the James Bond film of the same name by American singer and songwriter Madonna. The song initially leaked onto...
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    referred to as "The Day the Music Died." After Holly's death, Bunch enlisted in the United States Army before relaunching his music career with Hank...
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  • The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (commonly shortened to Makaveli or The 7 Day Theory) is the fifth studio album by American rapper Tupac Shakur,...
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    roles, who have died. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age. Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged...
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  • to Die", a song by Robbie Robertson from Music for The Native Americans "Good Day to Die", a song by Travis from Good Feeling "A Good Day to Die", a...
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  • initially had a seat on the ill-fated aircraft on February 3, 1959, which would later come to be known as "the day the music died". Jennings, however, gave...
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    "The day the music died". FT.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2012. "King Crimson's Robert Fripp Quits Music...
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