February made me shiver, with every paper I delivered

[SpecialEd]

1959 was 59 years ago.

[jglen490]

Yeah, I was going on 12 then.

I still get chill bumps every time I hear Don McLean's musical story.

[oshunluvr]

Wow, you guys are old, LOL (born '62 here).

A sad day indeed for music. I still listen to Buddy once in awhile and his influence is still there in modern music. Hard to imagine what would have come of him and the others, and music itself, had it not happened. Actually, if you think about it, musicians seem to die in plane crashes at an alarming rate. Seems odd, doesn't it?

[oshunluvr]

A few of the more famous and successful ones:

Dec. 15, 1944: Glenn Miller
June 30, 1954: R.W. Blackwood and Bill Lyles (gospel singers)
Feb. 3, 1959: Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens
March 5, 1963: Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins
July 31, 1964: Jim Reeves
Dec. 10, 1967: Otis Redding
Sept. 20, 1973: Jim Croce
Oct. 21, 1977: Ronnie Van Zant and Stevie Gaines (of Lynyrd Skynyrd)
March 19, 1982: Randall "Randy" Rhoads (lead guitarist in Ozzy Osbourne's band)
Dec. 31, 1985: Ricky Nelson
March 21, 1987: Dean Paul Martin
Aug. 27, 1990: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Oct. 12, 1997: John Denver
Aug. 25, 2001: Aaliyah
Nov. 24, 2001: Melanie Thornton
Feb. 12, 2009: Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett (members of jazz musician Chuck Mangione's band)
Dec. 10, 2012: Jenni Rivera

[woodsmoke]

SpecialED

you really ARE a Special Person!

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[DoYouKubuntu]

A few of the more famous and successful ones:

Dec. 15, 1944: Glenn Miller
June 30, 1954: R.W. Blackwood and Bill Lyles (gospel singers)
Feb. 3, 1959: Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens
March 5, 1963: Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins
July 31, 1964: Jim Reeves
Dec. 10, 1967: Otis Redding
Sept. 20, 1973: Jim Croce
Oct. 21, 1977: Ronnie Van Zant and Stevie Gaines (of Lynyrd Skynyrd)
March 19, 1982: Randall "Randy" Rhoads (lead guitarist in Ozzy Osbourne's band)
Dec. 31, 1985: Ricky Nelson
March 21, 1987: Dean Paul Martin
Aug. 27, 1990: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Oct.

12, 1997: John Denver
Aug. 25, 2001: Aaliyah
Nov. 24, 2001: Melanie Thornton
Feb. 12, 2009: Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett (members of jazz musician Chuck Mangione's band)
Dec. 10, 2012: Jenni Rivera

The day Jim Croce died was a sad day indeed for me. His songs were very important to me in my youth and I just felt like the whole thing was surreal when I found out he'd been killed. I still love his songs and although I rarely listen to music at the present time, I'd be happy to hear any of my Jim Croce favorites any day.

[DoYouKubuntu]

Wow, you guys are old, LOL (born '62 here).

Ha! says this 1950s model!!