The Day The Music . .Died.


	The Day The Music . .Died.

bookwormy

2-10-2009 2:34 PM

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bookwormy says:

Recently was the anniversary of Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Richie Valens deaths. Shame on me for I had forgot. Please forgive my bad.

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2-11-2009 12:15 AM

reimers

i'm probably in the minority here, but words can't express how much i hate that song.

2-11-2009 12:30 AM

ratcatcher2

Did a certain female remake this truly American Classic better!!! Is this heresy? I strong resisted her temptations but then sucummed, inevitably! Females?

2-11-2009 12:42 AM

chestnut501

Viva la femelles

2-11-2009 1:13 PM

bookwormy

Madonna did a version of this song (If I remember right). It was a real stinker.

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