THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED, songwriter Don McLean's fitting phrase for February 3rd, 1959, when Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Richie Valens, three of rock & roll's best known performers, were killed in an airplane crash in an Iowa winter bli...
A moving account of the 1959 deaths of rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper in a tragic plane crash paints a vivid picture of the "day the music died" four decades ago. Original.
On the "Day the Music Died," private investigator Sam McCain has more to worry about than the death of his rock star idol when a suspicious murder-suicide case surfaces in his peaceful small town. Reprint.
Chronicles the private lives and public careers of the people of the pop music industry--from the formerly dirt-poor supersalesman to the arrogant rock idol and the self-destructive chanteuse.