The day the music died is the day that Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and Jiles Perry Richardson aka The Big Bopper perished in a plane crash.You can goto www.americanpie.com and get more info than you need to know and probably more than your friends will want to hear you spouting off to them. Have fun!Now to actually answer your question; yes! It's told from the pov of Don McLean.