The Friends of the Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library present “The Day the Music Died” on Monday, April 29, at 2 p.m. SingerPhil Bruschi will pay tribute not only to the tragic deaths of entertainers Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), but to other rock stars who died before their time.

Holly and his backup band, the Crickets, split up in 1958 when they were on tour in New York because thesinger grew more ambitious.