Answer:
The song was inspired, first and foremost, by the deaths of musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P “The Big Bopper” Richardson in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959 – the “day the music died,” according to the song. (McLean was a 13-year-old paperboy at the time and mourned their deaths greatly.)
Explanation:
The answer is a Caribbean and jazz
String instruments are traditionally placed in the front of the orchestra!
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First off you got a., b., c., d. in the wrong places but the answer is sarcophagus