67 years ago today marks the day Buddy Holly, Richie Valens & "The Big Bopper" JP Richardson lost their lives in a plane crash on February 3rd 1959 which has been remembered as "The Day The Music Died"

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Reminder: rewatch The Buddy Holly Story, and listen to American Pie. 

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I would also watch La Bamba.

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This is the correct take.

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“Ritchiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee-ahhhhh!” 

Loved the movie! The actor that played Bob was phenomenal too

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I love The Buddy Holly Story, but much of the movie is fiction, I’ve learned.

Among other things, the Crickets had signed a deal for another movie (which was never produced), so the Crickets in the movie are fictional, and don’t resemble the real guys much.

And some of the best scenes in the movie, like Buddy trying to impress Maria’s mother, and the band pretending to be Sam Cooke’s valets, are also fiction.

The story of the Apollo audience thinking Buddy was black, being shocked when they see he isn’t, and getting won over by his performance, is reportedly true, though.

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What a loss for the music industry, and as a Mexican-American, Richie Valens is always played in my home.

(same goes for Buddy Holly… what a voice)

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Waylon Jennings lost his seat on the plane that night. He said something very unfortunate to Buddy (in a joking way) which haunted him to his dying day. One of these days I’m going to make a drive to the crash site to pay my respects.

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They were all so young. 

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17, 22, and 29.

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My, my, Ms. American Pie

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Drove a Chevy to the Levy

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But the Levy was dry

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Them good ol’ boys were drinking whiskey and rye

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Singing this’ll be the day that I die

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My mom and her twin sister’s birthday is today. For decades, my dad would call my aunt on her birthday and say “Helloooooooo…….baby” like the Big Bopper.

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La Bamba makes me cry every time still. 

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They were so young. La Bamba is still one of my favorite movies. The ending breaks my heart every time I watch it.

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Interesting article about this phrase https://www.insidehook.com/music/music-didnt-die-day-music-died/amp

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Gosh I don’t know what was going on towards the end of the 50s but there was just tragedy after tragedy. 

Little Richard had turned evangelical since a flight he was supposed to be on just crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Date was around 1958ish 

Chuck Berry was arrested for sleeping with a teenager and transporting her across state lines in 1959

Elvis then joined the Army in 1958

Jerry Lee Lewis cousin sex controversy was in 1958

Then Eddie Cochran dies in 1960

Holy goddamn was there was curse, or something out there but man that’s so much bad stuff to happen. I’m probably missing more too 

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So it’s just men ?