Buddy Holly is a person.
Buddy Holly . Soon after takeoff , the plane crashed , killing Holly , Ritchie Valens , The Big Bopper , and pilot Roger Peterson in a tragedy later referred to by Don McLean as `` The Day the Music Died '' . He was among the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , in 1986 . `` Peggy Sue '' is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly , Jerry Allison , and Norman Petty , recorded and released as a single by Holly in early July of 1957 . The `` Chirping '' Crickets is the self-titled debut album from the American rock and roll band The Crickets , led by Buddy Holly .