Buddy Holly is a person.
Buddy Holly . He made his first appearance on local television in 1952 , and the following year he formed the group `` Buddy and Bob '' with his friend Bob Montgomery . 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 '' . The `` Chirping '' Crickets is the self-titled debut album from the American rock and roll band The Crickets , led by Buddy Holly .