American Pie (Don McLean album) the feel of a "band that was really cooking," so he rented a rehearsal studio and they rehearsed the title song for two weeks before they recorded it. Because McLean rarely phrased his singing the same way twice there were as many as 24 takes for some of the voice parts, but the rhythm tracks are mostly one take. The title track contains references to the death of Buddy Holly (McLean being a 13-year-old paper-boy at the time). The phrase "The Day the Music Died" was used by McLean on this song, and has now become an unofficial name for
Everyday (Buddy Holly song) eleventh episode of the fourth season of "Lost" ("Cabin Fever"), as well as during the closing credits of the penultimate episode of "Mad Men" ("The Milk and Honey Route.") The song is covered in the end credits of the seventh episode of the second season of HBO's "Crashing", sung by Fiona Apple. Also the song is sung in "Party of Five" season 1 episode 7 by the character Julia, played by actress Neve Campbell Everyday (Buddy Holly song) "Everyday" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty, recorded by Buddy Holly and the Crickets on May 29, 1957,