[Rightly Biased]

I thought the day the music died was when Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens died in the plane crash.

shows what I know.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

That is what I always thought too...

[allmendream]

“I don't remember if I cried, when I read about his widowed bride. But something touched me deep inside, the day the music died.”

You are correct. Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens all went down in a plane, and that was “the Day the Music Died”.