(Brilliant Shit) 13 other days the music really died

According to Don Maclean, the day the music died was 52 years ago today, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper all boarded a plane in Clear Lake, Iowa, and perished when it crashed in a corn field only a few miles away. But all of those people have left us with amazing music, so we think the title is a bit misleading. In fact, we thought of plenty of instances more deserving of the dubious distinction. Here's 13 off the top of our heads. May 26, 1994: Michael Jackson ties some ki...

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