Bye-bye, Miss American Pie,
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye,
Singing, "This'll be the day that I die."

Sorry, but after Mullet's statement it had to be said.

EDIT: And of course, John Denver's death. The difference is that his death came well after the American public denied the very kind of music that they once associated with and left a singer who actually had talent in the dust so they could move onto the 80's, and, well, Grace Jones.