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The Day the Music Died

Monday, February 02, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

Fifty years ago tonight, the music world lost some shining lights. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died when their plane crashed into a field on February 2nd, 1959. We’ll never fully know what they would have accomplished had they lived. Yet there is little doubt of the impact that they’ve had on […]

Filed Under: Features, In Memoriam, News, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Clear Lake, Iowa, Ritchie Valens

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of November 6?

  • Eliot Bronson – Arrive (44%, 35 Votes)
  • Kings of Leon – O My Beloved (13%, 10 Votes)
  • Eddie 9V – Down Here (13%, 10 Votes)
  • Willi Carlisle – The Universal Bubba (11%, 9 Votes)
  • Grayson Capps – The Weight of the World (8%, 6 Votes)
  • Lizzie No, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, Brandi Waller-Pace – Outlaws’ Almanac (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Jack Blocker – Big Jefe (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Johnny Delaware – On God’s Time (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Lacy Green, Adam Wright, Thomm Jutz – Shakespeare’s Bones (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Michelle Malone – Christmas with Michelle Malone and The Hot Toddies (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sufjan Stevens – Worst Christmas Ever! (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Janky Bungag – Hangin’ Out & Hangin’ On (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 80

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