 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rwiyo rune misoro yekare, inotambanuka kubva kunopera kwema1950 kusvika kunopera kwa1969 kana kuti 1970. Kunze kwekubvuma kuti akatanga kuziva nezvekufa kwaBuddy Holly musi waFebruary 3, 1959 McLean aive nemakore gumi nematatu paakanga achipeta mapepanhau kuti aende nemapepa ake mangwanani aFebruary 4, 1959 saka mutsara February akaita kuti ndinyanye nepepa rega rega randaizopa, McLean kazhinji akadzivisa kupindura mibvunzo yakananga nezvemashoko erwiyo; akati: Vari kunze kwekuongorora. Idzo nhetembo. Akataurawo mupepanhau rakabudiswa muna 2009, pagore rechimakumi mashanu rokupararaiyo yakauraya Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, naJ. P. The Big Bopper Richardson uyo anotaurwa mundima yekupedzisira mukuenzanisa neChristian Holy Trinity, kuti kunyora ndima yekutanga yenziyo kwakadzinga kusuwa kwake kwenguva refu pamusoro perufu rwaHolly uye kuti anoona rwiyo kuti rwiyo rukuru... rwunopfupikisa nyika inozivikanwa seAmerica. McLean akatsaurira dambarefu rinonzi American Pie kuna Holly. 