Holly's wife, María Elena, watched the first reports of his death on television.

He opened " Crash Holly's School of Professional Wrestling " in Salisbury, North Carolina, the town where his wife grew up, in 2002.

Her first movie role was as Buddy Holly's wife Maria, in the 1978 biopic movie The Buddy Holly Story.

In the liner notes to Buddy Holly: The Definitive Collection, Billy Altman notes that " Peggy Sue " was originally written as " Cindy Lou " ( after Holly's niece ), but Holly changed it prior to recording as a tip of the hat to Crickets drummer Jerry Allison's girlfriend, Peggy Sue Gerron.

The launch of Bobby Vee's successful musical career resulted from Holly's death, when he was selected to replace Holly on the tour that continued after the plane crash.

This was done, in part, because of the long-known discovery of Holly's. 22 caliber pistol by Juhl in the cornfield two months after the wreck.

Some disc jockeys referred to the band as " Buddy Holly and The Crickets ," but the record labels never used this wording until after Holly's death.

The Crickets went on performing after Holly's death.

Other hits for the duo included " I Go to Pieces " ( US No. 7, but not a hit in the UK ), written by Del Shannon and given to Peter and Gordon after the two acts toured together, and remakes of Buddy Holly's " True Love Ways " ( US No. 14 and UK No. 2 in 1965 ), and The Teddy Bears ' " To Know Him Is To Love Him ", retitled " To Know You Is To Love You " ( US No. 24 and UK No. 5 in 1965 ).

It was released in 1985, four years after his previous effort, Dad Loves His Work, and contains a cover version of Buddy Holly's " Everyday ", as well as the participation of a number of artists, including Don Henley, Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash.

The tape was discovered after his death, and was " enhanced " for commercial release, by adding background vocals and an electric guitar track that drowned out Holly's own playing ( and almost his voice as well ).

Ellen Holly, who played Carla Gray on One Life to Live for nearly two decades, wrote in her autobiography " One Life " about how Rauch told Lillian Hayman, who played Holly's on-screen mother, Sadie, as she was walking to her car after a day's taping that she was fired and that she had just taped her last episode.

Holly's career then began after demo recordings of his music were made and sent to Decca Records.

Holly's Law was named after Holly Patterson, an 18-year-old woman who was believed to have been the third woman in the United States who died after taking Mifepristone ( also called RU-486 ).

However, Eileen is due for yet another shock on 9 April 2007 when Holly's mother returns, claiming that Jason's deceased employer, Charlie Stubbs ( Bill Ward ), is in fact the father, after she sees his picture in the paper, during Tracy Barlow's ( Kate Ford ) trial for his murder.

The film opens with Buddy Holly's beginnings as a teenager in Lubbock, Texas and his emergence into the world of rock and roll with his fictional good friends and bandmates, drummer Jesse Charles ( Don Stroud ) and bass player Ray Bob Simmons ( Charles Martin Smith ), soon to be known as The Crickets.

Holly's body was interred in the City of Lubbock Cemetery in the eastern part of the city.

Holly's body was interred in the City of Lubbock Cemetery in the eastern part of the city.

During the January 1969 sessions for the Let It Be album, the Beatles played a slow impromptu version of " Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues " — although not written by Holly, it was popularized by him — with Lennon mimicking Holly's vocal style ; the recording was eventually released in the mid-1990s on Anthology 3.

On September 7, 1994 ( Holly's 58th birthday ), Weezer released their single, " Buddy Holly ".

The demand for unissued Holly material was so great that Norman Petty resorted to overdubbing whatever he could find: alternate takes of studio recordings, originally rejected masters, " Crying, Waiting, Hoping " and the other five 1959 tracks ( adding new surf-guitar arrangements ), and even Holly's amateur demos from 1954 ( where the low-fidelity vocals are often muffled behind the new orchestrations ).

Holly's life story inspired a Hollywood biographical film, The Buddy Holly Story ( 1978 ).

According to this episode, Dr. Sam Beckett ( Scott Bakula ) influences Buddy Holly to change the lyrics from " piggy, suey " to " Peggy Sue ", thus setting up Holly's future hit song.

Smith has recorded a cover of Buddy Holly's classic " Words of Love " for the CD Rave On Buddy Holly, a tribute album tied to Holly's seventy-fifth birthday year which was released June 28, 2011.

Nicks contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's " Not Fade Away " for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, which was released in September 2011.

Idle contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's " Raining in My Heart " for the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released 6 September 2011.

As Holly's group had been the backing band for all of the acts, Holly, Valens and Dion DiMucci ( of Dion and the Belmonts ) took turns playing drums for each other at the Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Clear Lake, Iowa, shows.

Also in 2011 Wilson contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's " Listen To Me " to the tribute album, Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released on September 6, on Verve Forecast.

In 1956 Holly's band ( then known informally as Buddy and the Two Tones ( meaning Buddy Holly with Sonny Curtis and Don Guess ), posthumous releases refer to The Three Tunes ) recorded an album's worth of rockabilly numbers in Nashville, Tennessee for Decca ; the records were no more than mildly successful, and the band didn't hit pay dirt until 1957, when producer and recording engineer Norman Petty hosted Holly's sessions in Clovis, New Mexico.

Unlike the transition that was played out between Chris and Rita and Michael and Holly, no on-screen explanation was given for Michael and Holly's departure.

Merchant contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's " Learning the Game " to the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released September 6, 2011.

He debuted as Hardcore Holly's on-screen cousin, " Crash Holly ".

In late 2000, Holly's on-screen cousin Molly Holly was introduced.

Entangled in a conspiracy planned by Holly's old nemesis, the impending crisis and Artemis's rapid deterioration into a soppy alter-ego called Orion who perceives Holly as his ' fair princess ' forces Holly to take the lead and find a way to bring back Artemis before it is too late.

During the recording of " Peggy Sue ", rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan was not needed for the song, and instead stood next to Holly, and flipped the selector switch of Holly's guitar from the neck pickup to the bridge pickup for the guitar solo.

The movie was widely criticized by the rock community and Holly's friends and family for its inaccuracies.

This video includes interviews with Keith Richards, Phil and Don Everly, Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison, Holly's family, and McCartney himself, among others.

Holly's transition to rock continued when he opened for Bill Haley & His Comets at a local show organized by Eddie Crandall, the manager for Marty Robbins.

Holly's funeral was held on February 7, 1959, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock.

Holly's essential eyeglasses encouraged other musicians, such as John Lennon, also to wear their glasses during performances.

( Their bug-themed band's name, The Beatles, was chosen partly in homage to Holly's Crickets.

) The Beatles did a cover version of " Words of Love " that was a close reproduction of Holly's version, released on late 1964's Beatles for Sale ( in the U. S., in June 1965 on Beatles VI ).

McCartney owns the publishing rights to Holly's song catalogue.

A 17-year-old Bob Dylan attended the January 31, 1959, show, two nights before Holly's death.

Keith Richards attended one of Holly's performances, where he heard " Not Fade Away " for the first time.

Holly's profound influence on Vee's singing style can be heard in such songs as " Rubber Ball " and " Run to Him.

Between the 1959 – 60 Jack Hansen overdubs, the 1960s Norman Petty overdubs, various alternate takes, and Holly's undubbed originals, collectors can often choose from multiple versions of the same song.

There are also many different versions of Holly's " Greatest Hits " as well as covers / compilation albums of Buddy's songs performed by various artists.

) who specialize in bringing Holly's songs to life.

On September 7, 2011 ( what would have been Holly's 75th birthday ), he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame posthumously.

He cut the Crickets ' act from two songs to one, and when introducing them mispronounced Holly's name, so it came out vaguely as " Buddy Hollett.

" In addition, Sullivan saw to it that the microphone for Holly's electric guitar was turned off.

Holly's response was that Sullivan did not have enough money.