But February made me shiver, With every paper I’d deliver.

[cj750]

Didn't want to let the day pass without noting that it was on this date, in 1959, that musician, and motorcyclist, Buddy Holly (along with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper) met their fate when their chartered plane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa. Here's Buddy on his Ariel Cyclone, on the right, with Crickets Joe B.Mauldin on this Thunderbird and Jerry Allison on his TR6A Trophy:



And here's a look at what was in the papers that Don McLean might have delivered: 

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/316405/today-in-media-history-delivering-news-about-buddy-holly-and-the-day-the-music-died/

[Sasquatch Jim]

  They were on their way to Ill Noise to play a gig but along the way they traded their guitars for harps.  I remember the day myself, I was in high school
  when we got the news. It was posted on the bulletin board right below the flyer advertising the concert.

[Chuck in Indiana]

I cried. I *loved* Buddy Holly..

[Chuck in Indiana]

Now, I've got "Heartbeat" stuck in my head.  ;D I can still do several Buddy Holly songs..