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  2. The Day the Music Died - Wikipedia

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    [a] [1] [2] The event became known as "The Day the Music Died" after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song "American Pie". At the time, Holly and his band, consisting of Waylon Jennings , Tommy Allsup , and Carl Bunch , were playing on the "Winter Dance Party" tour across the American Midwest .

  3. Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash - Wikipedia

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    The crash took place three days following the release of the band’s fifth studio album Street Survivors. The album cover showed the band surrounded by flames. Following the plane crash, MCA replaced the image with a new cover, showing the band against a simple black background, which was on the back of the original sleeve. [20]

  4. List of deaths in rock and roll - Wikipedia

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    Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day the Music Died". The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died. The list ...

  5. List of deaths in rock and roll (1970s) - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1970s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.

  6. Reba McEntire Mourns Death of 8 Bandmates 33 Years ... - AOL

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    Reba McEntire took to Instagram to pay a heartfelt tribute to eight of her late bandmates and crew members, commemorating the tragic plane crash that claimed their lives over three decades ago.On ...

  7. American Pie (song) - Wikipedia

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    The repeated phrase "the day the music died" refers to a plane crash in 1959 that killed early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, ending the era of early rock and roll; this became the popular nickname for that crash. The theme of the song goes beyond mourning McLean's childhood music heroes, reflecting the ...

  8. Reba McEntire reflects on plane crash that killed 8 band ...

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    The country music icon was rocked when a plane carrying her tour manager and seven band members crashed, killing everyone on board. "I didn't know if I was going to be able to continue," McEntire ...

  9. Reba McEntire Honors Late Bandmates on 33rd Anniversary of ...

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    Reba McEntire. Rich Fury/ACMA2019/Getty Images for ACM Reba McEntire remembered eight of her late bandmates and crew members more than three decades after they died in a fatal plane crash. “33 ...