Where were you "The Day the Music Died"?

[mia]

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 song "American Pie" in 1971.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died

[ghostsinthemachine]

1. I was two.

I remained unaware the music died fr several years thereafter.

[DBoon]

8. I was three

no memory, doubt my parents cared

I was in high school when the Don McClain song came out. I preferred David Bowie and Black Sabbath at the time

[Freddie]

16. I was also two

Didn't become aware of pop music til the Beatles. Buddy Holly was a huge influence on John and Paul's songwriting.

[MLAA]

2. I was still a twinkle in somebodies eye 😬

[secondwind]

3. I was 13 years old, in a Catholic boarding school for girls.

Thanks for this wonderful post! American Pie is one of my favorite songs!!

[mia]

9. Love "American Pie" too!

I was 12 in a Catholic girls school when Buddy Holly died. By the time the song came out we had 3 kids and whenever the song came on the car radio I turned up the sound and sang along. Didn't give a thought back then that our preschool children knew the refrain.

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
And singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

[Xipe Totec]

4. Escaping from my play pen by chewing through the wooden bars nt

[TomSlick]

5. Busily learning to walk.

[Skittles]

6. Waterloo, Iowa

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only 86 minutes away

[Lifelong Protester]

7. I was four. In St.Paul, MN

I later had the misfortune of missing Jim Croce (who died in a plane crash later).

[mia]

11. Another great song from that era.

[Iggo]

10. I never got bornded yet.

[LeftInTX]

12. I was two...Alvin and the Chipmunks didn't die...

[CentralMass]

13. About 4 months away from being conceived ;-)

[gopiscrap]

14. In Frankfurt Germany

[babylonsister]

15. I was three and my b'day is Feb. 3rd. I'm glad they're remembered. nt

[MissMillie]

17. not even a twinkle in my Dad's eye

was born several years later.

[Dennis Donovan]

18. I wasn't born yet

...but I still feel loss. Buddy was a very gifted and talented songwriter and musician. I have several of his songs in my playlists.

[femmocrat]

19. I was a little girl, but I remember it.

My mom had a radio in the kitchen and we heard about it on the news. My mom had to explain what happened.

[ailsagirl]

20. I don't remember anything about it

But then, I was pretty oblivious to the news back then

[catbyte]

21. I was 3 & don't remember a thing. About anything.

Except my tonsillectomy. And all I remember about that was this thing coming towards my face & I felt like I couldn't breathe, then blotto.

[Leith]

22. Crawling Around on the Floor

I was 5 months old.

[sakabatou]

23. Not born yet

[FSogol]

24. I was minus 6. I don't remember anything from that age.

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[meow2u3]

25. I wasn't born yet

I was just an egg in my mom's ovaries.

[Chipper Chat]

26. my first year at college.

I heard it on the radio.

[snowybirdie]

27. I was with

the members of my grade school girls club dancing in a friends basement!

[rsdsharp]

28. I was 40 miles away

three months short of my fifth birthday.

Bob Hale, the KRIB jock who emceed the concert, would be on WLS within 15 months. That's an amazing jump in the radio world; from a 1000 watt station in Mason City, Iowa (population about 30,000), to 50,000 watt WLS in Chicago in just over a year.

[calguy]

29. I was 9 years 0ld and 90 miles south of Mason City, or Clear Lake. B oth cities are very close

I remember my mom talking about it and how it was a big deal and all, but I really didn't have a clue what it was all about at that age. I do remember seeing pics of the plane on the front page of our newspaper.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

30. I was 8 and

none of those people were on my radar yet.............

[trackfan]

31. In utero n/t

[MrScorpio]

32. I was two year away from being a gleam in my daddys eye.

[jmowreader]

33. This is weird...

There is a photo of a radio station advertising sign..."The new KRIB, 1490 on your dial."

The radio station in the town I grew up in, KOFE, was also on that frequency.

[montana_hazeleyes]

34. I was a few days from turning 10 years old.

I do remember. I had a 7 years older sister who introduced me to music at a very young age. What a tragedy. They were all so talented and to think Richie Valens was only 17 and was already so great. What could have been........