(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...

"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...

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...

written by J. P. Richardson, best known by his stage name, the Big Bopper. After recording the song himself in 1958, it was recorded by American country...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

"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...

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...

was scheduled to be on the plane, but instead gave his seat up to The Big Bopper. March 2–April 22 – The recording sessions for the extremely influential...

(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...

topping the charts. Some commentators have perceived this as the decline of rock and roll; citing the deaths of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie...

the 50th anniversary of the death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. This was held in Clear Lake, Iowa, at the Surf Ballroom. They subsequently...

song by The Big Bopper Chantilly Lace (film), a 1993 film directed by Linda Yellen This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chantilly...

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...

(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)...