““Basically, in ‘American Pie,’ things are heading in the wrong direction,” he said in a 2015 interview. McLean sings of “the day the music died” in the six-verse epic “American Pie,” a work capturing the “loss of innocence.” The crash that changed rock 'n' roll forever became cemented in popular culture through music and film, notably in the 1978 Academy Award-winning biopic “The Buddy Holly Story,” starring Gary Busey as Holly, and the 1987 Valens film, “La Bamba,” starring Lou Diamond Phillips as the 17-year-old star.
More: Remembered for connection to rock tragedy, Clear Lake's Surf Ballroom wins National Historic Landmark designation Don McLean's 'American Pie' and other pop culture references to 'the day the music died' Holly’s death pushed authorities to adopt the policy of not revealing a victim’s identity until the family receives notification, Time reported. In the wake of the psychological trauma, she suffered a miscarriage the next day.
Holly’s pregnant widow, María Elena Holly, heard the news of his death on a television report. Taking off into wintry conditions just before 1 a.m., the plane crashed roughly 6 miles northwest of the airport. More history: From the archives: Remembering 'the day the music died' in Iowa 2, 1959, at the Surf Ballroom - a last-minute addition to the route. Tour buses, traveling 300-plus miles on a given night through the frozen rural Midwest, broke down often, leaving the musicians sick and frostbitten.įollowing earlier Iowa appearances in Davenport and Fort Dodge, the tour stopped Feb. Some called it the tour from hell, with routing that zig-zagged from Wisconsin to Minnesota to Iowa and back again to Minnesota. The tour, a run of Midwestern ballroom and auditorium shows booked for roughly three-and-a-half weeks, kicked off Jan. Holly, age 22, Richardson, 28, and Valens, 17, were marquee talent on the Winter Dance Party tour, each having found respective radio success with “That’ll be the Day,” “Chantilly Lace” and “La Bamba.” More: Sorry, 'American Pie,' but the music didn't die in Clear Lake. It was deemed "the day the music died" by Don McLean in the 1971 acoustic opus “American Pie." 3, 1959, following a Winter Dance Party tour stop at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake. “the Big Bopper” Richardson, along with pilot Roger Peterson, died Feb. One of the first tragedies to strike rock 'n’ roll took place more than 60 years ago, when a plane carrying three of the genre’s biggest stars crashed into an icy field north of Clear Lake.īuddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. One day later, Ritchie Valens died in the same airplane crash that killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. Watch Video: Surf Ballroom's Winter Dance Party honors Buddy Holly, celebrates rock 'n' roll In February of 1959, La Bamba reached its peak at 22.
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