On January 15, 1972, Don McLean's song "American Pie" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It remained at the top for four weeks. "American Pie" is a folk-rock ballad that laments the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson on February 3, 1959. McLean called this day "the Day the Music Died".
The song has become a cultural touchstone, symbolizing the loss of innocence and the disillusionment of the 1960s. McLean wrote the song to capture his view of America at the time, and how he imagined it might become....
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