As Don McLean wrote in his classic music parable, American Pie, (annotated) it was "the day the music died."

Buddy Holly died on February 3, 1959 in a plane crash in Iowa during a snowstorm.The news came to most of the world on the morning of February 3, which is why it's known as The Day The Music Died.

On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, United States, killed three American rock and roll musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson. The day was later called The Day the Music...

In one of music's most tragic accidents, a light plane carrying three people who changed the face of Rock forever crashed in an Iowa field shortly after leaving ... He did and made "That'll Be The Day'.

Yesterday was almost the day the music died for MP3.com after the firm forgot to renew its domain name, documents received by The Register claim.

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Day The Music Died"; This is such a great book. I really enjoyed reading it. It tells Buddy, Ritchie and J.P.'s story in a very interesting and easy to follow book.

This is a flash based MP3 player application developed by EMazeIndia.com ... A little bit of all of us died that horrible day 20 years ago. But soon…very soon, we may start hearing the music again.

If you are one of those few remaining souls who still gets music the old-fashioned way, and if you live in one of the twenty states home to at least one of Tower Records's eighty-nine American...

The New Orleans video: The day the music died ... American Pie "The Day The Music Died" Don McLean

What hasn't emerged yet, largely due to the fact that MS's support lines aren't yet open for the day, is why these devices are failing.