Ever seen the movie "La Bamba?" Or listen to the song "American Pie" Well...if you have, then you would know what happened on February 3rd 1959.I wouldn't because I wasn't born yet. But...three musical legends, Ritchie Valence, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash.
From the movie, La Bamba is really the point of view of Ritchie Valence's short life. Portrayed by Lou Diamond Phillips. Dying at the age of seventeen. They even went right up into the end where Ritchie dies in the plane crash with two other famous singers. His songs like "Oh Donna", "La Bamba" will always be known as classics.
The Big Bopper was known for his songs like "White Lightning" and "Running bear" He was portrayed by the late Stephen Lee in La Bamba. After his death, it seemed he was the singer that was not the most memorable, but the one that was never forgotten.
Buddy Holly's music I would remember more. He was in a trio called the Crickets before making it on his own. His songs like "I'm gonna Love you" and his most famous" Peggy Sue. Portrayed by singer Marshall Crenshaw in La Bamba. I think I missed him more than the other two.
From the three actors that portrayed the three departed, Marshall Crenshaw was more the singer, and he did an amazing job.
The song American Pie is sung the amazing Don McLean. About almost nine minutes long and is about the life and death of teenagers on the day the music died...or something like that. But it was written about the three souls lost.In the movie, they sometimes overplay the final parts of the singers life. It was up to Ritchie and another singer Tommy Allsup, to find out who would be on the ill fated plane ride that would end their lives.
Tommy survived, Ritchie didn't.
And now we know about the day, the music died. On a side note, there are other versions of the song American Pie, but Don McLean's the best
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