Don McLean once wrote "But February made me shiver. With every paper I'd deliver. Bad news on the doorstep. I couldn't take one more step." He wrote those lines in the song "American Pie", a song the references 'the day the music died". A plane went down on February 3, 1959, and really the world changed. On this episode of The Way-Back Music Machine, we look at that day and talk about the aftermath, especially for one country superstar.

Then, we are off to England to celebrate a song hitting number one in that country. The song, "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" would go on to set some records. We talk about the song and the recording.

Finally, off to Los Angeles to witness the release of an album that would go on to set its own records. These are rumours, these are facts. We hear about a band having problems and the problems turned into an influential album.

All that, plus charts, Memphis To Merseyside (and the universe) and vintage commercials on Episode 41 of The Way-Back Music Machine.

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