(October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name The Big Bopper, was an American musician and disc jockey. His best-known compositions...

Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. The event became...

"The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson. Valens was 17 years old at the time of his death. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock...

Lightning" is a song written by the rockabilly artist J. P. Richardson, best known by his stage name, the Big Bopper. The song was recorded by American...

Victorian motorcycle club, the Vigilantes. The small blue van destroyed after being hit by The Big Bopper is a 1966 Mazda Bongo. It was the director's personal...

roll song by The Big Bopper. It was produced by Jerry Kennedy, and reached No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Bruce Channel covered the song on his 1962...

Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson when he serendipitously lost a fateful coin toss with Valens for a seat on the plane that crashed, killing...

Valens and The Big Bopper outside Clear Lake, Iowa. After learning of her husband's death from the television news, she suffered a miscarriage the following...

Williams, and Brian Wilson. The film portrays fictional versions of artists Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles; some artists appear...

2016-09-29. "Lyrics: Lil' Red Riding Hood by The Big Bopper". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2016-09-29. The Big Bopper – "Little Red Riding Hood" on YouTube "Breaking...

Look up bopper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bopper or boppers may refer to: Bopper, someone involved with bebop music The Boppers, a Swedish music...

of the late J.P. Richardson, Jr, more famously known as "The Big Bopper". He was one of the three musicians that died in a plane crash in February 1959...

Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, ending the era of early rock and roll; this became the popular nickname for that crash. The theme of the song...

and The Big Bopper after "La Bamba" and "Donna" reach the top of the Billboard charts. While performing in Clear Lake, Iowa, at the Surf Ballroom, the tour...

was "the Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson who won the first coin toss and it was Dion who won the second coin toss. Dion decided he could not afford the $36...

by Paul Newman) in the movie Blaze. Sartain has appeared in more than forty motion pictures, most notably as The Big Bopper in The Buddy Holly Story,...

from 1965 to 1982 for the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, and Kansas City Royals. Nicknamed "The Big Bopper" for his power hitting...

"American Pie" is a song inspired partly by the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) in a plane crash in 1959, and developments...

Moorhead, Minnesota for the next concert after the tour bus has broken down. The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens join him on the flight. The Crickets, feeling...

takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson in a tragedy later referred to by Don McLean as "The Day...

The following is a list of rock and roll artists. Richard Anthony Chet Atkins Hank Ballard The Beatles Chuck Berry The Big Bopper The Brian Setzer Orchestra...

The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters...

(pilot) (1937–1959), pilot of the plane that crashed killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Jiles Perry Richardson (The Big Bopper) Roger Peters (born 1944)...

(a.k.a. The Big Bopper) and sung most famously by Johnny Preston in 1959. The 1959 recording featured background vocals by George Jones and the session's...

Valens, and The Big Bopper died. The Day the Music Died may also refer to: The Day the Music Died (album), an album by Beneath the Sky The Day the Music Died...

Lace (film), 1993 "Chantilly Lace" (song), 1958, by The Big Bopper Chantilly porcelain, made at the château from 1730 Chantilly Racecourse, for horse racing...

Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who died in a plane crash earlier that year. The song was recorded by Tommy Dee with Carol...

discharged in 1953. In 1959, Jones recorded "White Lightning", written by The Big Bopper, which launched his career as a singer. Years of alcoholism compromised...

bass. Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight in 1959 that crashed and killed Holly, J. P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. Jennings...

had the right qualities to play the role. In 1978, he starred as rock legend Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story with Sartain as The Big Bopper. For...