On Feb. 3, 1959 — "The Day the Music Died" made famous in Don McLean's song AmericanPie — a plane crash in Iowa claimed the lives of three pop singers. Buddy Holly's life came to the big screen in The ...
CLEAR LAKE, IOWA - The plane crash that took the lives of J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens is one of rock music's pivotal moments, more significant than an electrified ...
For the fun and nostalgia of classic rock, it's hard to top the 1950s hits of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens or the voice of the Big Bopper, growling "Hello, BAAAYYY-bee!", on his sexy and danceable ...
A rendering of a statue of The Big Bopper shows him holding a rotary phone, noting his hit song, "Chantilly Lace." His family is hoping to erect the bronze statue in Beaumont, Texas J.P. Richardson, ...
He’s best known for his 1958 hit “Chantilly Lace,” with the signature opening, “Heeelllooo, Baaaby,” and as the third singer to die in a 1959 plane crash that also took the lives of legends Buddy ...
Jay P. Richardson is adamant that he isn't doing an impersonation of his famous rocker dad, the Big Bopper, when he performs during the "Winter Dance Party" tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and ...
A British man is asking for the help of Southeast Texans to get Port Arthur native J.P. Richardson Jr. inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Richardson is better known as the Big Bopper, the ...
During his late night broadcasts Richardson would put away Doris Day, Sinatra and Bing, to deliver the kind of music - rock ‘ n’ roll, that was sweeping the country, carefully interspersed with some ...
He’s best known for his 1958 hit “Chantilly Lace,” with the signature opening, “Heeelllooo, Baaaby,” and as the third singer to die in a 1959 plane crash that also took the lives of legends Buddy ...