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The genre underwent a major transformation on "the day the music died." Don McLean's "American Pie" outlines what happened after the historic deaths of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. "The entire song is a tribute to Buddy Holly and a commentary on how rock and roll changed in the years since his death...
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"The entire song is a tribute to Buddy Holly and a commentary on how rock and roll changed in the years since his death. McLean seems to be lamenting the death of ?danceable' music in rock and roll and (in part) attributing that lack to the ab-sence of Buddy Holly et...
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The Roots Of Blues Music Blues is a very important type of music. Most music that you hear today has some form of blues in it. If it wasn't for the blues there wouldn't be any rock and roll, country, rap, pop, or jazz ...	2 / 430
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blueswomen Singers like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey were the pioneers and inspirations to other black singer not just women but also men, they were also an inspiration in a state that they managed to get a better life...	2 / 379
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