Sail On Peggy Sue

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Peggy Sue Gerron, ex-K5PSG, SK (Silent Key)

ARRL reports Peggy Sue Gerron, ex-K5PSG, of Lubbock, Texas, who inspired singer Buddy Hollys 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.

Peggy Sue went to high school with Buddy 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 tunes name to Peggy Sue.

After Hollys death in 1959, Peggy Sue toured with The Crickets after the band got back together. Over the years, she made public and media appearances all over the country.

She said her participation in the 2004 W 5 B special event in Lubbock commemorating Holly, helped inspire her Amateur Radio aspirations.

You can do TV specials, and you can be interviewed by the very best DJs, she said, but there is nothing like the feeling of putting your finger down, and transmitting your call sign, and having somebody answer back.

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