Late in the evening of Feb. 3, 1959, in a snowy Iowa cornfield, the trajectory of rock and roll changed forever. Following a legendary performance at the Surf Ballroom, a small plane carrying three of those rising stars, Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and Dion and the Belmonts, went down shortly after takeoff. Join us as we revisit the lives of these iconic musicians, the night that became known as "The Day the Music Died," and the enduring legacy of Don McLean's masterpiece, "American Pie."
