Everyday (Buddy Holly song)

"Everyday"
"Everyday" single label
Single by Buddy Holly
from the album Buddy Holly
A-side"Peggy Sue"
ReleasedSeptember 20, 1957
RecordedMay 29, 1957
Genre
Length2:09
LabelCoral
Songwriter(s)Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
Producer(s)Norman Petty, Bob Thiele
Official audio
"Everyday" on YouTube
"Everyday"
Single by John Denver
from the album Aerie
B-side"City of New Orleans"
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1972
RecordedJune 15, 1971
GenreSoft rock
Length3:15
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
Producer(s)Milton Okun
John Denver singles chronology
"Friends with You"
(1971)
"Everyday"
(1972)
"Goodbye Again"
(1972)

"Everyday" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty, recorded by Buddy Holly and the Crickets on May 29, 1957, and released on September 20, 1957, as the B-side of "Peggy Sue". The single went to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1957. "Everyday" is ranked number 238 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

On the original single, the Crickets are not credited, but it is known that Holly plays acoustic guitar, drummer Jerry Allison slaps his knees for percussion, and Joe B. Mauldin plays a standup acoustic bass. Vi Petty, Norman Petty's wife—played the celesta on the recording.

"Everyday"
Single by James Taylor
from the album That's Why I'm Here
B-side"Limousine Driver"
ReleasedOctober 1985
Genre
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
Producer(s)
James Taylor singles chronology
"Hard Times"
(1981)
"Everyday"
(1985)
"Only One"
(1986)