'The day the music died'

At least that is what the song says

The 3rd of February 1959, to some, is the day music died. Rock'n'Roll singer Buddy Holly (22years old) died along with his band in an airplane crash.

In 1971 Don McLean wrote the song American Pie (no not Madonna..) and dedicated it to Holly.

But february made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn't take one more step.

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.

Full of irony ofcourse, writing a song about when music died more than 20 years ago..

To end with a Neil Young quote here: 'Hey hey, my my, Rock'n'Roll will never die !'