A Tragic Day For Rock 'n roll

For many Rock 'n roll fans, February 3, 1959 will be known as the day the background music died. On that tragic date, a tragic airplane accident occurred whenever a small plane flew into stormy winter months departing from


Clear Lake Iowa after completing a concert, and ctashed. Aboard that plane, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the artist known as the Big Bopper had their music careers and lives ended swiftly and tragically.

Many Rock 'n roll fans consider Buddy Holly to be one of the most significant influences on Rock 'n roll. " Mr. Holly introduced and popularized a music genre which has lasted over fifty years. Although his life ended abruptly, the small under 2 yrs that Buddy Holly performed transformed the musical world. Perhaps his most remembered song was "That would be the day, " and Mr. Holly was awarded with a Rock 'n roll Hall of Fame in the first year's number of inductees in 1986.

Ritchie Valens life and career were popularized within the box office hit movie, "La Bamba. " When Ritchie Valens died within this tragic crash, he'd not even reached his eighteenth birthday, and followers are only able to dream of what he may did for music had his life not been shortened. Many consider Valens to possess been the most popular music star of his time, at that time of the crash. Valens brought Hispanics in to the Rock 'n roll mainstream, and when anyone hasn't yet seen "La Bamba, " I'd recommend it, although not if you don't possess a box of Kleenex alongside you.

JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson would be a popular, almost cult-like character, who had been slightly older (at 28 years old at his death) than Holly or Valens. The large Bopper would be a large man who had been known as the disc jockey, and the techniques and songs were distinctive. Amongst his most widely used songs were "Chantilly Lace" and "Little Red Riding Hood. " Richardson wasn't the star that either Holly or Valens was, but his legend is continuing to grow significantly after his death.

'The Day The background music Died" is definitely an expression or description made popular within the lyrics of Don McLean on his song, "American Pie. " This song was featured on the 1971 released

American Pie album, and was considered to be one of the most critical songs of this period. The song obviously became McLean's signature song, and expresses the sorrow and loss the music world, particular young adults of the late 1950's felt, due to that tragedy.

Anyone who considers himself a Rock 'n roll fan must always remember February 3rd, 1959. It's amazing that it's more than Half a century ago!

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