Some say February 3rd, is “The day the music died.” It was on this date back in 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper lost their lives when their small plane crashed in a snowstorm shortly after take-off from Mason City, Iowa.
Buddy Holly's been dead 52 years. He died at 22 in a plane crash described "as the night the music died" by singer Don McLean in his classic-rock anthem "American Pie."
A new all-star tribute album, "Rave On Buddy Holly," has been compiled to commemorate the late Buddy Holly's 75th birthday. Among the 19 artists providing their interpretations of Buddy's legendary work are Paul McCartney, who covered "It's So Easy," Kid Rock, who reworked "Well...