# The Day the Music Died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898 "2019-02-03T19:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/1 "2019-02-03T19:06:49Z")
It was [sixty years ago today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/2 "2019-02-03T19:26:53Z")
Something touched me deep inside.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/3 "2019-02-03T19:44:16Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > It was [sixty years ago today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died). A long long time ago ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/4 "2019-02-03T20:01:00Z")
But is the levee still dry? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/5 "2019-02-03T20:06:00Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > But is the levee still dry? Global warming will do that. At least Chevy is still around. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/6 "2019-02-03T20:10:34Z")
Did you write the book of love? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/7 "2019-02-03T20:15:28Z")
It’s Super Bowl Sunday. Will the halftime air be sweet perfume? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/8 "2019-02-03T20:19:34Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > It’s Super Bowl Sunday. Will the halftime air be sweet perfume? Only if the Sergeants play a marching tune. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/9 "2019-02-03T20:20:16Z")
The players tried to take the field, but Carly B refused to yield. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/10 "2019-02-03T20:22:37Z")
Do you recall what was revealed? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/11 "2019-02-03T21:28:48Z")
I can’t remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride. Of course, I was two years old, so I don’t remember much about it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/12 "2019-02-03T22:24:01Z")
This thread has touched me deep inside. [sub]I’m reporting it for that, as I did NOT give consent[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/13 "2019-02-03T23:30:02Z")
How deep was it? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/14 "2019-02-03T23:52:57Z")
But February made me shiver… Probably not as much as the last week of January. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/15 "2019-02-03T23:56:09Z")
The crash site - [https://goo.gl/maps/JAMZTeMeuJw](https://goo.gl/maps/JAMZTeMeuJw) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/16 "2019-02-04T00:27:25Z")
A generation lost in space Oh, the pain, the pain! ---
**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 4, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/17 "2019-02-04T14:28:53Z")
I guess the Rams landed foul on the grass. Who are the three men you admire most? Brady, Belichick and…? Don McLean should be grateful for that day. He got a whole career out of it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/18 "2019-02-06T06:02:05Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I guess the Rams landed foul on the grass. > > Who are the three men you admire most? Brady, Belichick and…? > > Don McLean should be grateful for that day. He got a whole career out of it. I once read where a fan asked him what the song meant, and he replied: “It means I’ll never have to work again.” Don’t know if it’s true, but it makes a pretty good story. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/19 "2019-02-06T06:16:38Z")
PBS did a whole show on him on ‘American Masters’. He did say he went through a time where he hated the song but had to keep singing it because it paid the bills. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898/20 "2019-02-06T08:19:18Z")
> [@K364](#): > > The crash site - [https://goo.gl/maps/JAMZTeMeuJw](https://goo.gl/maps/JAMZTeMeuJw) I’ve been there, and to the Surf Ballroom. The Surf has lots of historic memorabilia. María Elena Holly, Buddy’s wife, autographed the telephone booth that Buddy called her shortly before getting on that plane. The last time they ever spoke. They are worth visiting. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-music-died/828898.md?page=2)