The Day the Music Died

Pada 3 Februari 1959, para musisi rock and roll Amerika Serikat Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, dan "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson tewas dalam sebuah kecelakaan pesawat di dekat Clear Lake, Iowa, bersama dengan pilot Roger Peterson. Peristiwa tersebut kemudian dikenal sebagai "The Day the Music Died", setelah penyanyi-penulis lagu Don McLean menyebutnya dalam lagu tahun 1971 "American Pie".

The Day the Music Died

Puing-puing Bonanza di tempat kecelakaan
Ringkasan kecelakaan
Tanggal	03 Februari 1959 (1959-02-03)
Lokasi	Dekat Clear Lake, Iowa, Amerika Serikat 43°13′13.3″N 93°22′53.1″W
Penumpang	3
Awak	1
Tewas	4
Selamat	0
Jenis pesawat	Beechcraft Bonanza
Operator	Dwyer Flying Service, Mason City, Iowa
Registrasi	N3794N
Asal	Bandar Udara Munisipal Kota Mason, Iowa
Tujuan	Bandar Udara Hector, Dakota Utara

Referensi

• "Buddy Holly's Coroner's Report". February 4, 1959. 
• "Coroner's investigation—Air crash, Feb. 3, 1959—SW1/4 Section 18, Lincoln Twp.—Cerro Gordo County, Iowa". 
• "The Day the Music Died: February 3, 1959". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2005-08-29. Diakses tanggal 2019-05-23. 

Buku

• Carr, Joseph; Munde, Alan (1997). Prairie Nights to Neon Lights: The Story of Country Music in West Texas. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-365-8. 
• Crouse, Richard (2012). Who Wrote The Book of Love?. Random House Digital. ISBN 978-0-385-67442-3. 
• Everitt, Rich (2004). Falling Stars: Air Crashes That Filled Rock and Roll Heaven. Harbor House. ISBN 978-1-891799-04-4. 
• McDonald, Les (2010). The Day the Music Died. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4691-1356-2. 
• Jennings, Waylon; Kaye, Lenny (1996). Waylon: An Autobiography. Warner Books. ISBN 978-0-446-51865-9. 
• Schuck, Raymond (2012). Do You Believe in Rock and Roll? Essays on Don Mclean's American Pie. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0036-9. 

Bacaan tambahan

• Lehmer, Larry (2004). The Day the Music Died: The Last Tour of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens (edisi ke-illustrated). Music Sales Group. ISBN 0-8256-7287-2. 
• Rabin, Staton (2009). Oh Boy! The Life and Music of Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer Buddy Holly (edisi ke-illustrated). Van Winkle Publishing (Kindle). ASIN B001OQBLLG. 
• Schinder, Scott; Huxley, Martin; Skinner, Quinton (2000). The Day the Music Died (edisi ke-illustrated). Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-03962-8. 

Pranala luar

• February 3, 1959 front page of the Mason City Globe-Gazette, via Newspapers.com
• fiftiesweb.com The Day the Music Died Diarsipkan 2005-08-29 di Wayback Machine.
• Bakotopia Magazine's 50th Anniversary memorial article
• 1959: Buddy Holly killed in air crash
• Voices of Oklahoma interview with Tommy Allsup. First person interview conducted with Tommy Allsup on September 8, 2011. Original audio and transcript archived with Voices of Oklahoma oral history project. Diarsipkan 2010-07-29 di Wayback Machine.