The Day the Music Died unveiled at the crash site. A large plasma-cut steel set of Wayfarer-style glasses similar to those Holly wore sits at the access point to the crash site. A road originating near the Surf Ballroom, extending north and passing to the west of the crash site, is now known as Buddy Holly Place. The Day the Music Died On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. The event later became known as "The Day
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,