Editing The Day the Music Died (section)

=== Songs ===
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* [[Tommy Dee]] recorded "[[Three Stars (song)|Three Stars]]" (1959), commemorating the musicians.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/tommy-dee/three-stars |title=Three Stars by Tommy Dee |access-date=January 12, 2020 |archive-date=January 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112103524/https://www.songfacts.com/facts/tommy-dee/three-stars |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 1961, [[Mike Berry (singer)|Mike Berry]] recorded "[[Tribute to Buddy Holly]]", which describes the night of the flight.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Cleveland|first1=Barry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SHpLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Tribute+to+Buddy+Holly%22+%22mike+berry%22|title=Creative Music Production: Joe Meek's Bold Techniques|last2=Meek|first2=Joe|date=2001|publisher=Mix Books|isbn=978-1-931140-08-9|language=en|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-date=May 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502182025/https://books.google.com/books?id=SHpLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Tribute+to+Buddy+Holly%22+%22mike+berry%22|url-status=live}}</ref> It reached number 24 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and was notoriously banned by the [[BBC]] for being "too morbid".<ref>{{Cite web|title=a tribute to buddy holly {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/a-tribute-to-buddy-holly/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|archive-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626065738/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/a-tribute-to-buddy-holly/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Roberts|first=David|title=''British Hit Singles & Albums'' (19th ed.)|publisher=London: Guinness World Records Limited|year=2006|isbn=1-904994-10-5|pages=55}}</ref>
* [[Don McLean]], a fan of Buddy Holly, addressed the accident in his song "[[American Pie (song)|American Pie]]" (1971), dubbing it "the Day the Music Died",{{sfn|Crouse|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=OyZyWKcmRhEC&pg=PT86 86]|2012}} which for McLean symbolized the "loss of innocence" of the early rock-and-roll generation.<ref name="Thimou">{{cite web|last = Thimou|first = Theodore|title = Preview: The Twice-Famous Don McLean Plays Rams Head|work = Bay Weekly|date = December 28, 2006|url = http://www.bayweekly.com/musicscene.html|access-date = September 11, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080613224425/http://www.bayweekly.com/musicscene.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = June 13, 2008}}</ref>
* In 1978, [[Waylon Jennings]] briefly added his own memories of the incident onto his song "A Long Time Ago", from the album ''[[I've Always Been Crazy]]''. He sings the lines "Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane, I think you already know, I told you that a long time ago."
* Dion recorded "Hug My Radiator" which references the "broken-down bus" and the chilling cold the performers experienced on the tour. The song does not directly reference the three performers who died, but Dion has said, in interviews,<ref>{{cite web |title = Dion: The Wanderer Returns |work = Record Collector |date = December 28, 2006 |url = https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/dion-the-wanderer-peturns |access-date = June 28, 2020 |archive-date = June 29, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200629180445/https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/dion-the-wanderer-peturns |url-status = live }}</ref> that the song is a memory of the tour and that he almost got on the airplane that crashed, but it was too expensive.
* In 1985, German punk rock band Die Ärzte released their second album ''[[Im Schatten der Ärzte]]'', which includes the song ''Buddy Holly's Brille''. In their trademark humorous fashion, they address the accident by asking where Holly's glasses ended up.