Debuting during the free love movement of the '60s and late '70s, the song couldn't have come at a better time. Coining the term "the day the music died" after the 1959 passing of singers Buddy ...
Scroll through the gallery below to see Taste of Country's roundup of the best sad songs of the '70s. Does our No. 1 pick match yours? Reba McEntire + More Mourn Kris Kristofferson’s Death ...