<P> On February 3 , 1959 , rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and J.P. `` The Big Bopper '' Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake , Iowa , together with pilot Roger Peterson . The event later became known as `` The Day the Music Died '' , after singer - songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song `` American Pie '' . </P>
<P> On February 3 , 1959 , rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and J.P. `` The Big Bopper '' Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake , Iowa , together with pilot Roger Peterson . The event later became known as `` The Day the Music Died '' , after singer - songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song `` American Pie '' . </P>
who is the song about the day the music died
who is the song about the day the music died
rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and J.P. `` The Big Bopper '' Richardson
rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and J.P. `` The Big Bopper '' Richardson