on feb. 3, 1959, buddy holly died at the painfully young age of 22 in a plane crash following a show in clear lake, iowa. considering the brevity of his career, buddy holly has had a disproportionately large, profound, and lasting effect on all classic rock and modern music, objectively one of the most important musicians in the world. read more about him here.
one of the greatest pop songs of all time was written about/inspired by the event.
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