[EVERYDAY] Written by: Buddy Holly{1} & Norman Petty Performed by{2}: Buddy Holly & the Crickets{3}-1958 Appears on: Buddy Holly (Coral-LP)-1958, (MCA-UK)-1988, (Bella-CS & CD)-1991, (Geffen-CD)-2004 & (Madacy-CD)-2007, Greatest Hits (Coral-LP)-1967 & (MCA-CD)-1996, 20 Golden Greats-1978, Heartbeat-1980, My Greatest Songs-1991, Cover to Cover-1994, The Real Buddy Holly Story-1998, 20th Century Masters-The Millennium Collection: The Best of Buddy Holly-1999, The Very Best of Buddy Holly-2005, The Ultimate Collection-2007, The Essential Masters-2008[4], et al.

{1}In 1959, with a new and pregnant wife, Holly decided to earn some quick money by signing on to play in the Winter Dance Party package tour of the midwest. It was on that tour that Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash, on February 3, 1959.

{2}When Buddy Holly & the Crickets broke through nationally in 1957, they were marketed by Decca Records under two different subsidiaries, Brunswick and Coral. Essentially there was no real musical distinction between the two, except perhaps that the "Crickets" sides had more prominent backup vocals. The Crickets themselves consisted of Bob Montgomery (guitars & song-writing), Larry Welborn (upright base) and Jerry Allison (drums & song-writing) for instrumentation, and the "Picks," as they were known, doing vocal overdubs for 9 songs on The "Chirping Crickets" album. The "Picks," John Pickering (tenor), Bill Pickering (tenor) and Bob Lapham (baritone), were not billed separately until a 1986 compilation. Unfortunately, the 1978 film, "The Buddy Holly Story," perpetuated myths by showing the instrumental Crickets singing. The albums The "Chirping" Crickets (1957) and the self-titled album, Buddy Holly (1958), were the only new albums featuring Holly to be released during his lifetime. Every subsequent album was an archival or posthumous collection.

{3}Covered by: James Taylor, Bobby Vee, Connie Francis, Don McClean, Jim Croce, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs, John Denver, Rockin' Devils, The Trmeloes, Willie Logan, et al.

{4}Transcribed from the track on this album.