Of course the music did not actually die fifty nine years ago today, but the sadness felt by the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson still lingers to this day. No one knows how much more music they would have given us but for today, let’s look back on a few of the songs they did leave … with an ending from Don McLean you had to know was coming.

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The Day The Music Died