The Day the Music Died

The Day the Music Died
Monumentet över musikerna på haveriplatsen.
Olyckssammanfattning
Datum3 februari 1959
PlatsNära Clear Lake, Iowa, USA
Passagerare3
Besättning1
Omkomna4 (samtliga)
Överlevande0
Delar av vraket efter olyckan.
FlygplanstypBeechcraft Bonanza
FlygbolagDwyer Flying Service i Mason City, Iowa
RegistreringN3794N
StartMason City Municipal Airport

The Day the Music Died (Dagen då musiken dog) är en beteckning på den 3 februari 1959, då Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens och The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) omkom i ett flyghaveri tidigt på morgonen på väg mot en spelning i Fargo, North Dakota. Don McLeans låt från 1971 American Pie har många referenser till denna dag, bland annat frasen The Day the Music Died.

Holly hade beställt ett privatplan åt sig och sitt band (Tommy Allsup (1931–2017)[1] och Waylon Jennings). Eftersom Richardson (The Big Bopper) hade drabbats av influensa erbjöd Jennings honom sin plats i planet, så han skulle slippa att åka i turnébussen. Valens hade aldrig åkt i ett litet flygplan tidigare och frågade om han kunde få Allsups plats. De singlade slant om saken och Valens "vann".

Även artisten Dion var tillsammans med sin kompgrupp the Belmonts med på turnén med de andra musikerna. Han var dock inte förtjust i kostnaden för att transporteras med flygplan till spelningen, varför han avstod: "When Buddy came to me, I thought about the $36.00 price. My parents paid $36.00 a month for rent back in the Bronx. I just couldn’t bring myself to spend the same amount on a 45 minute plane ride, so I told him no."

Efter en spelning i Clear Lake, Iowa lyfte planet, men en snöstorm fick det att haverera i ett majsfält kl. 01.05. Även piloten Roger Peterson (född 1937) omkom i haveriet.

År 1988 skapade en beundrare, Ken Paquette, ett monument på haveriplatsen.

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Monument to en:Buddy Holly, en:Richie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (“en:The Big Bopper”). Location: Approximately 8 miles north of en:Clear Lake, Iowa
Directions: US 18 to North 8th Street north in Clear Lake for 4.7 miles. When the paved road (which has turned into Grouse Avenue) turns left (west), go right (east) on gravel road (310th Street), then immediately left (north) on Gull Avenue. Follow Gull Avenue for 1/2 mile, just past the grain bins to t-intersection of a gravel road from the right and first fence row on left (west). The fence begins at the street sign for "Gull Ave." and "315th St." Walk along the fence row west for just under 1/2 mile.

Directions to Crash Site: From U.S. Highway 18, go north on North 8th Street in Clear Lake for 4.7 miles. When the paved road (which has turned into Grouse Avenue) turns to your left (west), take the gravel road (310th Street) to your right (east), then immediately left (north) on Gull Avenue. Follow Gull Avenue to the north for one-half mile, just past the grain bins to the first fence row on your left (west). Walk along the fence row towards the west for just under one-half mile. A small memorial is located at the place the plane came to rest. Four trees were also planted along the fence row in 1999, one for each performer and the pilot.
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Photo of the aviation accident known as "The Day the Music Died", that occurred on February 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa, where rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson perished. The photo was taken by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) in the course of their investigation of the crash. The CAB is the precursor to today's National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and was a part of the Department of Transportation.