Today in Music History: February 29th

Today in Music History: February 29th (1980) Buddy Holly's iconic glasses, which were lost in the plane crash that killed him in Iowa, are found in evidence by a local sheriff. The glasses were found two months after the crash and turned in to police, where they stayed for the next 21 years. (via SongFacts)

From Texas Monthly: The glasses were thrown clear of the plane wreckage and buried in the snow. They were found, along with the Big Bopper’s watch, when the snow melted in April and were turned in to the Cerro Gordo County sheriff’s office, where they were placed in an envelope marked “Personal property—airplane crash—received 7 April ’59.”

That envelope remained in storage until February 1980, when it was found and opened by Sheriff Jerry Allen. Holly’s parents claimed the glasses, as did his widow, and in March 1981, after a court decision, Allen sent them to María Elena. She kept them until October 1998, when she sold them to Civic Lubbock, the nonprofit cultural organization that created the Buddy Holly Center. The price was $80,000. Today they are on exhibit at the center, in a case near Holly’s Fender Strato-caster. #buddyholly #rock #music #history

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