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    The Don McLean song 'American Pie' is a tribute to who?

    Question #67646. Asked by QuizManChris.

    satguru

    Buddy Holly, though it was incorrect that was the name of the plane that he died on http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/amerpie.htm

    Jun 29 06, 7:46 PM
    bennigans

    buddy holly

    Jun 29 06, 7:55 PM
    fluffyjo

    Buddy Holly

    Jun 29 06, 9:07 PM
    Babba06

    What about Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper?

    Jun 29 06, 11:27 PM
    BungeeAZ

    It's a tribute to what he calls "The Day The Music Died." Which is the day that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa.

    Jun 30 06, 1:15 PM

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