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Music Appreciation

Swede

(38,688 posts) Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:01 PM 5 hrs ago

The Big Bopper, RIchie Valens and Buddy Holly died on this day in 1953

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Don McLean - American Pie (Original Post) Swede 5 hrs ago OP

It was 1959 perfessor 3 hrs ago #1

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1. It was 1959

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:41 PM

3 hrs ago

I was 5yo at the time, and I remember wondering why there were such big black letters on the newspaper.