Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede by Bradley Denton

On June 19, 1958, just before recording a cover of the Bobby Darin song ' Early in the Morning' in New York's Pythian Temple, Holly asked her out on a date. Santiago worked as a receptionist for music publisher Peermusic.Īs a receptionist at Peermusic, Maria Elena is believed to have met musician Buddy Holly in August 1957 when as rising stars he and the Crickets first visited Peer Southern Music in the Brill Building at 1619 Broadway to meet their publishing manager Murray Deutch, who was Maria's boss. In 1953, her father sent her to live with her aunt (Provi Garcia) in New York City.

María Elena's mother died when she was 6 years old.

María Elena Santiago was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2010, Santiago-Holly co-founded The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation with Peter Bradley. As Buddy Holly's widow, she owns the rights to his name, image, trademarks, and other intellectual property. In the 1978 film The Buddy Holly Story, she is portrayed by actress Maria Richwine. In the following years, María Elena Holly remarried Puerto Rican government official Joe Diaz, with whom she had three children. She suffered a miscarriage the following day and did not attend Holly's funeral. On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly died in a plane crash along with fellow musicians Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper near Clear Lake, Iowa. Less than two months later, the couple married on August 15, 1958, in Lubbock, Texas. As a receptionist at Peermusic, she met with Holly and his band the Crickets on June 19, 1958, and Holly proposed to her after five hours on their first date. Urn:oclc:877699741 Republisher_date 20150727063443 Republisher_operator Scandate 20150626024631 Scanner ía Elena Holly (née Santiago born December 20, 1932) is the widow of American rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly. Urn:lcp:buddyhollyisaliv00dent_0:epub:31e86f70-8369-4509-bc51-e61c5fdcd4c5 Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier buddyhollyisaliv00dent_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t21c5jv81 Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780688108229Ġ688108229 Lccn 90028537 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary OL1869819M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:44:49.551217 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA1130721 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid S0022 Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st ed.

Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede by Bradley Denton