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Sounds like Riders on the Storm by the Doors to me. Ohh donna by Richie Valan's he was a rising star literally and then his plan fell from the sky and he died same with Buddy Holy ...peggy Sue. The song American Pie is about this very tragedy of Buddy Holy, Richie Valans and The Big Bopper. They were all stars or rising stars of their time killed in a plan crash.