# 50 years ago today, the music died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544 "2010-02-03T16:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/1 "2010-02-03T16:53:43Z")
[Buddy Holly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMezwtB1oCU), [Ritchie Valens](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHPBObnlmuk), and [The Big Bopper](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6owndpRu28) (J. P. Richardson), along with their pilot, Roger Peterson, [died in a plane crash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died) fifty years ago today. Shall we sing a dirge in the dark? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/2 "2010-02-03T16:56:24Z")
Do _you_ remember what was revealed? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/3 "2010-02-03T17:01:17Z")
Isn’t it 51? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/4 "2010-02-03T17:19:36Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Isn’t it 51? Yeah, it was 1959. I was 14 and in band class when we heard about it, the first music death for my generation, I think. Part of the shock was that we thought famous people had some special protection. “What? He can’t die – he’s famous!” And we felt bad that it happened so close to home. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/5 "2010-02-03T17:30:15Z")
I’m stuck in 2009. It’s been February 2nd for a year until today. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/6 "2010-02-03T17:38:08Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > the first music death for my generation But not the last. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/7 "2010-02-03T17:42:09Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I’m stuck in 2009. It’s been February 2nd for a year until today. Sorry. We’ve already got a thread for that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/8 "2010-02-03T19:18:32Z")
“Rock n’ roll’s been goin’ downhill since Buddy Holly died.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/9 "2010-02-03T19:24:53Z")
Let’s all drive our Chevys to the levee to drink whiskey and rye. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/10 "2010-02-07T21:56:51Z")
Ironically, that was before the music I listen to was born. But it rested on the shoulders of giants. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/11 "2010-02-07T22:05:23Z")
Trivia: The Beechcraft’s registration (N-number) is now assigned to a 1967 (year manufactured) Mooney M20F. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-years-ago-today-the-music-died/527544/12 "2010-02-08T14:23:21Z")
That day I was a girl who sang the blues.