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‘The Day the Music Died’: On the Enduring Genius of Buddy Holly, Sixty Years After His Death

NEVER FORGET

Holly died in a plane crash—along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper—on Feb. 3, 1959. But his musical legacy continues to challenge expectations of what rock and roll can be.

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