Our Story Begins
Rock ‘n’ roll singer, songwriter and guitarist Buddy Holly (1936 – 1959), right, with his group The Crickets, Jerry Allison and Joe Mauldin. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Nostalgic for the music of his youth and the way it made him feel at the time, when he had begun to discover the joys of listening and creating music, McLean opens the song with the first verse:
” A long, long time ago