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Today is the 50th anniversary of what has rightfully become known as, “the day the music died.” It was five decades ago that the plane carrying Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens crashed in Iowa breaking the hearts of countless teenagers and changing the course of rock’n’roll history forever.
Do the boys, and everyone else, a favor: please don’t play Don McClean’s “American Pie” on a jukebox or a karaoke bar ever again. Sure, it makes reference to the day the music died, but it is also one of the longest, most lamest, most soul-crushingly boring songs ever written. And Madonna recorded a cover of it. Enough said.
If you want to pay tribute to these fallen stars, turn up “Three Stars” by ‘50s rockabilly guitarist/friend of Holly, Eddie Cochran. Recorded shortly after the crash, Cochran was reportedly too shaken by the tragedy to allow the song to be released. Unfortunately, Cochran died shortly thereafter at age 21 in 1960, so the song is now available. Listening as Cochran’s voice shakes and he fights back tears, it is clear that this might be the saddest song ever recorded.
Ryan