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Remembering The Other Day The Music Died
There was a separate tragedy beyond just Buddy Holly, although his death in a plane crash remains forever etched into history, especially thanks to Don McLean's "American Pie."
But there was another terrible Day in music history and it happened on March 5, 1963. But this time it involved some major Grand Ole Opry stars, including a country crossover who also made the pop charts - Patsy Cline.
The parallels are striking - three major stars died in a plane crash, along with their pilot, including one who was just becoming a major music figure. I don't think there was an "American Pie" for Cline and the others. But she was another up-and-coming artist whose life ended way too soon.
Remembering The Plane Crash That Killed Patsy Cline And 3 Others
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Re: Remembering The Other Day The Music Died
I remember it well. That Memorial Hall is where my high school graduation was held. Wyandotte class of ’65 was way too big to hold the ceremony at the school. I’ve also been to a couple of wresting matches at Memorial Hall in my preteen years and some dances as a teenager. I never heard that Soldiers and Sailors part until I read about Patsy Cline on Wikipedia.
Later in the article linked above it refers to the building as Memorial Auditorium. I think that confusion comes because across the state line in Kansas City, Missouri is Municipal Auditorium. It’s about a 3 mile drive between the two and you will pass through that part of KCKS that appears in the Truman Capote movie “In Cold Blood”. Alternatively, you could take the 2 tenths mile longer route across James St. past Asner Iron and Metal, the family business where I met Ed Asner long before he was Lou Grant.
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