Retroactive nomenclature the name that the land later comes to be known as: Native Americans and Aboriginal Australians are two examples. "The Day the Music Died" refers to the plane crash that took the lives of rock-and-roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in 1959, but was not used popularly until 1971 when singer-songwriter Don McLean coined it in "American Pie". Retroactive nomenclature Retroactive nomenclature is the telling of the earlier history of a person, place or thing while referring to said person, place or thing by a name that came into use at a later
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,