The glasses were Buddy Holly's trademark. According to Texas Monthly , that changed after an early show where he dropped his guitar pick and had to crawl around on stage searching for it. He still ditched his glasses for his first promotional photos, but he finally found a style of black frames he liked.
In a great leap for bespectacled nerds everywhere, Holly managed to make the thick-framed glasses cool. Upon discovering the glasses, Sheriff Allen planned to turn them over to Buddy Holly's parents.
However, Holly's widow, Maria Holly Diaz, who lost her husband when he was just 22, objected. The parties couldn't come to an agreement and the matter went to court. They weren't the only people who wanted the glasses. On March 20, , a judge granted the glasses to Diaz at the same Mason City courthouse where Allen had discovered them. Music History. Subscribe to our Newsletter! Davis Armistead had been Buddy Holly's eye doctor for years. He later recalled that Holly's approach to eyewear was to find the least conspicuous pair of glasses possible, but Dr.
Armistead encouraged Holly to make a bold statement. When the doctor visited Mexico City, he found what he believed to be the perfect pair of glasses with heavy black frames and brought two of them back for Holly. They were distinctive and stylish, and combined with his new wardrobe, they formed a geek chic look that was a fun and funky alternative to the conventional rock and roll style.
Soon, teens across the country were aping the getup, including the thick eyeglasses. When Holly's body was recovered from the wreckage, his glasses were nowhere to be found. The Case Of The Missing Glasses When Buddy Holly's plane crashed on that fateful day, parts of the plane and the personal belongings of the passengers were strewn across the cornfield. Salvage crews recovered as much as they could, but the snow was thick, and they couldn't find everything.
His glasses were not on the list. They weren't found in the field, either. After 21 years, Holly's glasses were found in a basement filing cabinet in Iowa. Found And Lost By April 7, , the snow had melted enough for the farmer who owned the field to start working the ground. Once he got down to business, however, he discovered some items left from the plane crash, including a cigarette lighter, a watch engraved with the Big Bopper's initials, and Buddy Holly's glasses.
He promptly called in the authorities to retrieve the items, all of which were then placed in an envelope that was marked "Charles Hardin Holley, rec'd April 7, " and filed away in a drawer, where they gathered dust for 21 years. A giant pair of Buddy Holly-esque glasses mark the site of the plane crash. Lost And Found Finally, on February 29, , Cerro Gordo County Sheriff Jerry Allen was rummaging through some old filing cabinets in the basement of the county courthouse when he came upon an envelope with a familiar name written on it.
There, inside the envelope, were the famous spectacles. Studio portrait of Buddy Holly. The Battle For The Glasses After the plane crash in , the personal effects that were found were returned to the family members of the victims, and Sheriff Allen planned to do the same with Buddy Holly's glasses. The case went to court in the same courthouse where the glasses were found, and on March 20, , the judge ruled in favor of Diaz.
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