Peggy Sue Gerron, ex-K5PSG, of Lubbock, Texas, who inspired singer Buddy Holly’s 1957 rockabilly hit “Peggy Sue,” died on October 1. She was 78. First licensed in 2004 as KE5AKW, she later obtained the vanity call K5PSG. Her license expired in 2014, and K5PSG has since been reissued. Gerron went to high school with Holly and later married The Crickets drummer,Jerry Allison. As rock ‘n’ roll history has it, Holly originally titled the song “Cindy Lou,” but Allison convinced the singer to change the tune’s name to “Peggy Sue.” In a 2004 interview, Gerron said that story is close to the truth, but not entirely accurate. After Holly’s death in 1959, Gerron toured with The Crickets after the band got back together. Over the years, Gerron made public and media appearances all over the country. More here..... http://www.arrl.org/news/peggy-sue-gerron-ex-k5psg-sk
The FCC data base has her KE5AKW call listed as Rackham, Peggy S, guess she went thru a few husbands But I love the song and play it often from many GB of 50-60's music thanks to Napster and other file sharing services. That was a lot of work with a 33 and 56K modem, and WIN 98 of those years before Comcast, etc. Carl
