Big Bopper
Big Bopper
Top Songs
| 1 | Chantilly Lace | ||
| 2 | At The Hop | ||
| 3 | Pink Petticoats | ||
| 4 | The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor | ||
| 5 | Preacher and the Bear |
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Biography
Legendary as one of the three rock greats to die in the tragic 1959 Clear Lake, IA, plane crash that also claimed the lives of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper (born Jiles Perry Richardson) had just established himself as a rock hitmaker with the rollicking "Chantilly Lace." Born in the heart of Texas, Richardson grew up in Beaumont and changed his first name to Jape. He broke into show biz as a DJ over KTRM radio, where he coined the nickname the Big Bopper. He began recording for Mercury in 1957, his animated baritone scaling pop play lists the next year with "...