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day the music died

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables
day the -mu-sic died
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

February 3rd, 1959, the day when American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.

name

Any other day perceived in an extremely sad light, especially one in which a musician or musicians died, or in which negative consequences to the music industry were otherwise caused.

name

Alternative letter-case form of Day the Music Died.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined in 1971 by singer-songwriter Don McLean, in his song "American Pie".

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

the Day the Music Died (canonical)

Questions

What does day the music died mean?
February 3rd, 1959, the day when American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.
Where does day the music died come from?
Coined in 1971 by singer-songwriter Don McLean, in his song "American Pie".

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