Buddy Holly's widow, Maria Elena Holly, is speaking about the negative image she has here in Lubbock. "For Lubbock all I have done is bend forward and backwards for 40 odd years since buddy died," ...

The widow of Buddy Holly says a recent book written by Peggy Sue Gerron can't be true because she says she was with Buddy every moment while they were married. Peggy Sue Gerron is, of course, the ...

CLEAR LAKE - Maria Elena Holly told a packed house about her life with her late husband, Buddy Holly, in Clear Lake Thursday." "I really fell in love with him the first time I saw him and he felt the ...

"You can't underestimate Buddy's importance," said DiNizio, 53. "Without Elvis, there wouldn't have been a Buddy. Without Buddy, there wouldn't have been a Beatles. And without the Beatles, there ...

He was a gangly musician from Lubbock, Texas, whose catchy songs (“Oh Boy,” “Peggy Sue”) are holy grails of American rock. She was a demure young New Yorker, a native of Puerto Rico, who didn’t know ...

Holly's widow, Maria Elena Santiago-Holly, says she's happy that so many artists still admire her husband. Are two tributes better than one? "One hand washes the other, as they say," she says. Holly ...

LUBBOCK, Texas – Buddy Holly's widow is trying to keep the woman whose name was made famous by the hit song "Peggy Sue" from selling a book about her friendship with the late rock 'n' roll star. Maria ...

“You know what they call me?” A coquette’s giggle flutters out the mouth of María Elena Holly—Buddy Holly’s widow to you and me—as she sits at the dining table in her tastefully appointed Turtle Creek ...

Maria Elena Holly never requested that her name be included on the Buddy and Maria Elena Holly Plaza, to be officially dedicated at 4 p.m. Monday. Located directly west of the Buddy Holly Center, at ...

LUBBOCK, Texas – Buddy Holly’s widow is trying to keep the woman whose name was made famous by the 1950s hit song “Peggy Sue” from selling a book about her friendship with the rocker. Maria Elena ...

María Elena Holly (née Santiago; born December 20, 1932) is the widow of American rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly. As a receptionist at Peermusic, she met with Holly and his band the Crickets on ...

IN THE middle of the night, early on in 1959, Buddy Holly and his wife Maria Elena woke up after sharing a terrifying dream. While the content differed, both the legendary singer and his new love saw ...