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Buddy Holly's Widow In Fight To Stop Book
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1-13-2008 | Ben Martin

Posted on 01/12/2008 7:33:41 PM PST by blam

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To: blam
For you old timers reading this thread:

Mr Blue, The Fleetwoods.

21 posted on 01/12/2008 8:53:34 PM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: Figment
So Mrs Holly was 13 when her husband died?Born in '45 so 14 or 15.
22 posted on 01/12/2008 8:58:03 PM PST by sharkhawk (Here come the Hawks)
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To: blam

Sounds like a totally frivolous lawsuit.


23 posted on 01/12/2008 9:06:23 PM PST by devere
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To: blam
Jerry and Peggy Sue Allison, best man and matron of honour, accompanied the newly-weds on their honeymoon to Mexico and - despite tensions between the women - the men remained friends.

Sounds like a 50 year old cat fight.

24 posted on 01/12/2008 10:07:38 PM PST by GATOR NAVY
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To: blam
Thank you so much for you post. I did not know the details and never listened to the lyrics closely enough to understand. It nearly brought me to tears.
25 posted on 01/12/2008 11:32:34 PM PST by Buffalo Head (Illigitimi non carborundum)
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To: blam

Thank you for the post.


26 posted on 01/12/2008 11:33:15 PM PST by Buffalo Head (Illigitimi non carborundum)
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To: Buffalo Head

In American law, you cannot defame the dead. Period. Not only is the lawsuit totally frivolous, but Peggy Sue can turn around and sue Mrs. Holly for all her expenses — and win....


27 posted on 01/13/2008 6:32:11 AM PST by JTR1888
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To: blam
Roberta Flack singing about DonMcLean, Killing Me Softly With His Song.
28 posted on 01/13/2008 7:34:11 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam

I thought it was True Love Waits, is it Ways?


29 posted on 01/13/2008 7:40:55 AM PST by pepperdog
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To: pepperdog
"I thought it was True Love Waits, is it Ways?"

True Love Ways

Just you know why
why you and I
will by and by
know true love ways

Sometimes we'll sigh
sometimes we'll cry
and we'll know why
just you and I
know true love ways

Throughout the days
our true love ways
will bring us joys to share
with those who really care

Sometimes we'll sigh
sometimes we'll cry
and we'll know why
just you and I
know true love ways

Throughout the days
our true love ways
will bring us joys to share
with those who really care

Sometimes we'll sigh
sometimes we'll cry
and we'll know why
just you and I
know true love ways

30 posted on 01/13/2008 7:50:02 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: Tall_Texan

I agree. Anyone is allowed to write a book. Mrs. Holly might have something to fear or she is cranky.


31 posted on 01/13/2008 7:55:22 AM PST by Jane Austen
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To: upsdriver

If the book was going to print wild allegations smearing Holly, I could maybe understand Mrs. Holly being upset. But nothing in this article indicates that this is the case. Sounds to me like some pretty mundane diary notes by a chick who knew Holly for a brief period and had her 15 minutes of fame when a hit song was named after her.

I don’t recall all the details but a year or two ago some members of the Holly family (his brother, if I recall) got angry at the Dixie Chicks. They recorded a hateful song accusing Natalie Maines’ hometown of Lubbock of being bigoted. It included a reference to Holly, implying that the town hated him while he was alive but tried to make him an icon after he died. Lubbock, of course, was Holly’s hometown. Holly’s family and friends were furious, noting that it was totally untrue that Holly was ever disliked by the people of Lubbock.

Maines, of course, was whining because conservative Lubbock disowned her after she proved herself to be a left-wing nitwit.


32 posted on 01/13/2008 7:56:06 AM PST by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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To: blam
Buddy Holly, It Doesn't Matter Anymore

Linda Ronstadt, It Doesn't Matter Anymore

Linda Ronstadt doing another Holly favorite, It's So Easy

33 posted on 01/13/2008 8:11:08 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: puroresu; All

Here’s an article on Natalie Maines’ big lie about Buddy Holly:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/03/entertainment/main1576180.shtml


34 posted on 01/13/2008 8:12:04 AM PST by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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To: puroresu

POS Maines!


35 posted on 01/13/2008 8:19:11 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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I must say, I can’t imagine the song be as successful as “Cindy Lou”. The alliteration of “pretty pretty pretty pretty Peggy Sue” sells the song much better than “Cindy Lou”. Of course, maybe it could have been “sexy sexy sexy sexy Cindy Lou”. But, then, the song might have been banned if he’d done that. LOL

Interesting too that the song was really about Buddy’s niece. That’s a little creepy, given some of the lyrics. Of course, there was a song in the 70s by Henry Gross called “Shannon” which many people don’t know was about a dog, not a woman. The lyrics make more sense once you know that tidbit.


36 posted on 01/13/2008 10:22:08 AM PST by Tall_Texan (No Third Term For Bill Clinton!)
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Henry Gross, Shannon

Another day is at end Mama says she's tired again
No one can even begin to tell her
I hardly know what to say
But maybe it's better that way
Is papa were here?

I'm sure he'd tell her
Shannon is gone
I hope she's drifting out to sea
She always loved to swim away
Maybe she'll find an island
With a shady tree
Just like the one in our backyard
Mama tried hard to pretend
things would get better again It all inside her
But finally the tears fill our eyes
And I know that somewhere tonight
She knows how much we really miss her

(To see my dogs, click on my name)

37 posted on 01/13/2008 10:32:11 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: Tall_Texan
Henry Gross, True Story Of Shannon Lyrics
38 posted on 01/13/2008 10:42:32 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam

I learn something new every day, sometimes I’m a few years late learning it!


39 posted on 01/13/2008 5:04:30 PM PST by pepperdog
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To: pepperdog
"I learn something new every day, sometimes I’m a few years late learning it!"

Me too. I learned today that Shannon is a dog. See post #37.

40 posted on 01/13/2008 5:19:20 PM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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