so...when did the Music REALLY die?

"A long, long time ago..." so goes the song.
I grew up with music of all kinds, thanks to my dad. From the Dorsey Brothers and Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman to the Beatles, classic country (which back then was REAL country!) Elvis, Mo-town, the Rolling Stones, he always had something going on in the background. I learned to love all of it. Then came the day when the Big Band sound was no more. Was THAT the day the music died...or was it when the British Invasion came to our shores, effectively cutting off Beach music and the whole Annette loves Frankie thing? Was it really when Buddy Holly's plane crashed? Indeed, my dad said he was going to Fargo to see Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, but their plane went down in Clear Lake, Iowa and things just weren't the same after that. The Beatles came...and went. John Lennon told us to "just imagine.." and we did. Paul McCartney wanted to fill the world with "Silly Love Songs," and what was wrong with that, we'd like to know...?
Myself, I preferred the quieter tones of the Carpenters, John Denver and Olivia Newton-John. Soft pop they called it. Then came disco music...goodbye, soft Pop! Was THAT the day music died?
Here I am now, fifty years young. I turn on Pandora and there are so many genres of music! What to listen to? As long as there are stations on the internet that will allow us to hear what we grew up with, what brings back all those memories of that time so long ago....for us, the music will have never died. In fact, it is still very much alive in the hearts, minds and souls of all of us.
"If you believe in forever, then Life is just a one night stand. If there's a rock and roll heaven, well, you know they got a helluva band!" ~ Righteous Brothers, 1976