The Big Bopper

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Chantilly Lace 02:29 Tools
Crazy Blues 00:00 Tools
Little Red Riding Hood 02:11 Tools
Let's twist again 02:20 Tools
Walking Through My Dreams 02:14 Tools
Pink Petticoats 00:00 Tools
Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor 00:00 Tools
Big Bopper's Wedding 02:10 Tools
It's the Truth Ruth 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace - Single Version 00:00 Tools
Someone Watching Over You 00:00 Tools
Beggar to a King 00:00 Tools
White Lightnin' 00:00 Tools
Preacher and the Bear 00:00 Tools
Old Maid 00:00 Tools
That's What I'm Talking About 00:00 Tools
Monkey Song (You Made a Monkey out of Me) 00:00 Tools
Strange Kisses 00:00 Tools
The Clock 00:00 Tools
Bopper's Boogie Woogie 03:12 Tools
The Wanderer 00:00 Tools
Ain't That A Shame 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Monkey Song 00:00 Tools
Monster Mash 00:00 Tools
Running Bear 00:00 Tools
It's The Truth, Ruth 00:00 Tools
White Ligtnin' 00:00 Tools
Monkey Song (You Made a Money Out of Me) 00:00 Tools
Purple People Eater 02:15 Tools
Who Put The Bop In The The Bop-Shoo-Bop-Shoo-Bop 00:00 Tools
Litte Red Riding Hood 00:00 Tools
Bird is the Word 00:00 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula (1959) 00:00 Tools
Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctors 00:00 Tools
You Made a Monkey Out of Me 00:00 Tools
Big Boppers Wedding 00:00 Tools
Purple People Eater Meets The Witchdoctor 00:00 Tools
Tequila 00:00 Tools
Splish Splash 00:00 Tools
Mr. Bass Man 00:00 Tools
Sleepwalk - Extended Version 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (Angelmuse Remix) 00:00 Tools
Sleep Walk - Extended Version 00:00 Tools
Chantilli Lace 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Walkin' Through My Dreams 00:00 Tools
Lets Twist Again 02:20 Tools
Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor 00:00 Tools
The Purple People Eater Meets the Witchdoctor 00:00 Tools
Ticket to Ride 00:00 Tools
Summertime Blues 00:00 Tools
Three Stars 00:00 Tools
Who Put The Bop In The The Bop She Bop 00:00 Tools
Cantilly Lace 00:00 Tools
Be-Bop-A-Lula 00:00 Tools
Purple People Eater m Witch Dr 00:00 Tools
The Preacher & the Bear 00:00 Tools
It's Not Unusual 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace - Digitally Remastered 00:00 Tools
Who Put The Bop In The Bop-Shoo-Bop-Shoo-Bop 02:45 Tools
Who Put The Bop 00:00 Tools
At the Hop 00:00 Tools
Great Balls of Fire 00:00 Tools
I Feel Fine 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
Little Darlin' 00:00 Tools
Boogie Woogie 00:00 Tools
The Big Bopper / Chantilly La 02:06 Tools
We Belong Together 00:00 Tools
The Preacher and the Bear 00:00 Tools
purple people eater meets witchdoctor 00:00 Tools
The Witch Doctor 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (Winter Dance Party) 00:00 Tools
Introduction: News Cast 00:00 Tools
Blue Moon 00:00 Tools
Introduction / Newscast 00:00 Tools
Yackety Yack 00:00 Tools
The Big Boppers Wedding 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (1958) 00:00 Tools
Sleepwalk (Extended Version By Santo and Johnny) 00:00 Tools
Big Bopper’s Wedding 00:00 Tools
Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace 00:00 Tools
Cradle Of Love 00:00 Tools
Rock Around The Clock 00:00 Tools
Action Central News Telecast, 3rd February 1959 00:00 Tools
It’s the Truth Ruth 00:00 Tools
Mr Baseman 00:00 Tools
Big Bopper-Chantilly Lace 00:00 Tools
White Lightnin´ 00:00 Tools
Rock Around With Ollie Vee 00:00 Tools
Newscast of Planecrash 00:00 Tools
01-Chantilly Lace 00:00 Tools
A Teen-Age Moon 00:00 Tools
Newscast About Plane Crash-Richie Valens, Big Bopper, Buddy Holly 00:00 Tools
Yakety Yak 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (1958) [Digitally Remastered 2012] 00:00 Tools
Valley Of Tears 00:00 Tools
One More Chance 00:00 Tools
The Big Bopper's Wedding 00:00 Tools
Who Put The Bop In the Bop Shoo Bob 00:00 Tools
Purple People Eaters 00:00 Tools
The Monkey Song 00:00 Tools
News Telecast, 3rd February 1959 00:00 Tools
White Lightin' 00:00 Tools
NEWSCAST 00:00 Tools
Big Booper's Wedding 00:00 Tools
Chanitilly Lace 00:00 Tools
Sleepwalk (Extended Version) 00:00 Tools
Big Bopper's Wedding (Winter Dance Party) 00:00 Tools
Rockin Robin 00:00 Tools
Ritchies Blues 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (from "American Graffiti") 00:00 Tools
Purple People Eater - The Witch Doctor(1958) 00:00 Tools
The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace 00:00 Tools
Pink Petticoats (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (From 'American Graffiti') 00:00 Tools
Bopper's Boogie 00:00 Tools
Someone Watching Over You Tonight 00:00 Tools
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 03:40 Tools
Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor (Winter Dance Party) 00:00 Tools
Purple People Eater Meets Witchdoctor 00:00 Tools
Old Maid (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
A Teenage Moon (In a Rock and Roll World) 00:00 Tools
We Belong Together (Ritchie Valens) 00:00 Tools
Not Fade Away 00:00 Tools
Little Red Riding Hood (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Ritchie's Blues 00:00 Tools
Teenage Moon [*] 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace - Rock 'n' Roll Party Mix 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace(Big Bopper) 00:00 Tools
White Lightning (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
WALKING THOUGH MY DREAMS 00:00 Tools
Chantilly 00:00 Tools
PINK PETICOATS 00:00 Tools
Johnny B. Goode 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper 00:00 Tools
It's The Truth,Ruth 00:00 Tools
06-Little Red Riding Hood 00:00 Tools
White Lightnin 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace [Angelmuse Remix] 00:00 Tools
That’s What I’m Talking About 00:00 Tools
Who Put The Bop In The Bop Shoo Bop 00:00 Tools
Who Put The Bop In The The Bop-shoo.. 00:00 Tools
Shangri-La 00:00 Tools
The Last Time 00:00 Tools
Air Crash Report (Broadcast Action Central News Bulletin 00:00 Tools
The Clock (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
White Lighting 00:00 Tools
09 - Crazy Blues 00:00 Tools
Clock 00:00 Tools
Someone Watching Over You Tonight - Unreleased Version 00:00 Tools
Little Darlin 00:00 Tools
Walking Through My Dreams (Version 2) 00:00 Tools
04-Old Maid 00:00 Tools
The Clock 00:00 Tools
That’s What I'm Talking About 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace - 1958 00:00 Tools
Purple People Eater Meet The Witch Dockter 00:00 Tools
Big Boppera*S Wedding 00:00 Tools
Bird is the word (NUROFEN remix) 00:00 Tools
14 - Old Maid 00:00 Tools
THAT'S WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace ( Ost True Romance ) 00:00 Tools
Big Bopper's Wedding - 50 bpm 00:00 Tools
05-Big Boppers Wedding 00:00 Tools
12-Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor 00:00 Tools
11-Preacher And The Bear 00:00 Tools
SOMEONE WATCHING OVER YOU (unreleased version) 00:00 Tools
Big Bopper’s Wedding (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Air Crash Newscast (Broadcast) 00:00 Tools
08-Monkey Song 00:00 Tools
Chatilly Lace 00:00 Tools
Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again 00:00 Tools
White Lightning(The original-1955) 00:00 Tools
Breathless 00:00 Tools
Wooly Bully 00:00 Tools
Someone Watching Over You - Unreleased Version 00:00 Tools
Walking Through My Dreams [Version 2] 00:00 Tools
I Got You Babe 00:00 Tools
Who Put The Bop In The The Bop 00:00 Tools
02-Pink Petticoats 00:00 Tools
03-Walking Through My Dreams 00:00 Tools
Preacher And The Bear (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace [1958] 00:00 Tools
Its The Truth Ruth 00:00 Tools
Chanitlly Lace 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (Big Bopper) 00:00 Tools
It's the Truth Ruth [Version 2] 00:00 Tools
Valley of Tears (Buddy Holly) 00:00 Tools
Someone Watching Over You / Second Hand Big Bopper Memories 00:00 Tools
50s and 60s - Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace 00:00 Tools
Big Bopper - Monster Mash 00:00 Tools
Who Put The Bop In The Bop 00:00 Tools
07-Crazy Blues 00:00 Tools
Yeh Yeh 00:00 Tools
A Teenage Moon (In a Rock & Roll World) 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (From "Happy Feet") 00:00 Tools
09-Its The Truth Ruth 00:00 Tools
The Witch Doctor (1958) 02:13 Tools
Chantilly Lace (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Poor Little Fool 00:00 Tools
Bebopalula 00:00 Tools
Walking Thru My Dreams 00:00 Tools
Ding Dong, It's Me (The weird man) 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace / Do You Wanna Dance / Rockin' Robin / Get A Job / Ten Commandments Of Love / Rebel Rouser 00:00 Tools
It’s The Truth, Ruth 00:00 Tools
Hey, Little Girl With The High School Sweater 00:00 Tools
It's The Truth Ruth (Version 2) 00:00 Tools
Not Fade Away (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Newscast About Richie Valens, Buddy Holly & Big Bopper Plane Crash 00:00 Tools
#163. Chantilly Lace 00:00 Tools
Bird is a word 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace - 1959 00:00 Tools
Under The Boardwalk 00:00 Tools
Monkey Song(You Made A Monkey Out Of Me) 00:00 Tools
Mr Bass Man 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace [American Graffiti] 00:00 Tools
Runaround Sue 00:00 Tools
Who Put The Bomp 00:00 Tools
Who Put the Bop in the Bop-Shoo-Bop-Shoo-Bop? 00:00 Tools
Shantilly Lace 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lacy 00:00 Tools
Beggar To The King 00:00 Tools
Thata*S What Ia*M Talkina* About 00:00 Tools
See You Later Alligator 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace Single Version 00:00 Tools
Walking Through My Dreams [Version 1] 00:00 Tools
Chantelly Lace 00:00 Tools
Air Crash Report (Broadcast Action Central News Bulletin) 00:00 Tools
Purple People Eater Meet The Witch Doctor 00:00 Tools
The Big Bopper Wedding 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace; Angelmuse Remix 00:00 Tools
Who put the Bop in the Bop-Shoo-Bop 00:00 Tools
Not Fade Away - Alternative Take 00:00 Tools
tell laura i love her 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace-Big Bopper 00:00 Tools
White Ligtning 00:00 Tools
Beggar To A King [As Jape Richardson] 00:00 Tools
Big Bopper 00:00 Tools
That's What I'm Talkin' About 00:00 Tools
The Clock (great song!) 00:00 Tools
Chantilly Lace (from American Graffiti) 00:00 Tools
Big Bopper's Back 00:00 Tools
One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater 00:00 Tools
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Jiles Perry (J.P.) Richardson, Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), called Jape by friends but commonly known as The Big Bopper, was a disc jockey who parlayed a big voice and exuberant personality into a career as an early rock and roll star. He is best known for his hit song "Chantilly Lace". Richardson was born in Sabine Pass, Texas, the oldest son of Jiles Perry, Sr. and Elise (Stalsby) Richardson. His father was an oil field worker and driller. He had two younger brothers, Cecil and James. Within a short time the family moved to Beaumont, Texas. He graduated from Beaumont High School in 1947 and was a member of the "Royal Purple" football team, wearing number "85" as a defensive lineman. Richardson later studied law at Lamar College, and was a member of the band and chorus. During this time he worked part time at KTRM radio, where in 1949 he was hired full-time and left school. On April 18, 1952, Richardson married Adrianne Joy Fryou from Montegut, Louisiana; in December 1953 their daughter, Debra Joy, was born. Earlier that year Richardson was promoted to Supervisor of Announcers at KTRM. In March 1955 he was drafted into the United States Army. His basic training was at Fort Ord, California after which Richardson spent two years as a radar instructor at Fort Bliss, Texas. Upon his discharge at the rank of Corporal in March 1957, Richardson returned to KTRM radio, where he held down the "Dishwashers' Serenade" shift from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. One of the station's sponsors wanted Richardson for a new time slot and suggested a gimmick for the show. Richardson noticed all the college kids doing a dance called The Bop, so he decided to become known as "The Big Bopper". He kicked off a new radio show from 3 to 6 p.m., and soon The Big Bopper became the station's program director. In May of 1957, he broke the record for continuous on-the-air broadcasting by eight minutes. He went a total of five days, two hours and eight minutes, playing 1,821 records and taking showers during five-minute newscasts. During the marathon, he lost 35 pounds (16 kg). KTRM paid Richardson $746.50 for his overtime and he quickly hit the sack for 20 hours. According to the Internet Accuracy Project website, Richardson is credited with coining the term "rock video". Around this time, Richardson -- who played guitar -- started writing more songs. George Jones later recorded Richardson's "White Lightning", which became Jones' first #1 country hit in 1959 (#73 on the pop charts). Richardson also wrote "Running Bear" for Johnny Preston, his friend from Port Arthur, Texas. Inspiration for the song came from Richardson's childhood memory of the Sabine river, where he heard stories about Indian tribes. Jape sang background on "Running Bear", but it wasn't released until September 1959, after his death. Within several months it went to #1. The man who launched Richardson as a recording artist was Harold "Pappy" Dailey from Houston. Dailey was promotion director for Mercury and Starday records and signed Richardson to Mercury. Richardson's first single, "Beggar To A King", had a country flavor, but failed to gain any chart action. He soon cut "Chantilly Lace" as "The Big Bopper" for Pappy Dailey's D label. Mercury bought the recording and released it during the summer of 1958. It reached #6 on the pop charts and spent 22 weeks on the national Top 40. It also inspired an answer record by Jayne Mansfield titled "That Makes It". In "Chantilly Lace", Richardson pretends to have a flirting phone call with his girlfriend; the Mansfield record suggests what his girlfriend might have been saying at the other end of the line. With the success of "Chantilly Lace," Richardson took some time off from KTRM radio and joined Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Ritchie Valens and Dion & the Belmonts for a "Winter Dance Party" tour. On February 2, 1959, Buddy Holly chartered a Beechcraft Bonanza to take him and his new Crickets band (Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings) to Fargo, North Dakota. Richardson came down with the flu and didn't feel comfortable on the bus, so Jennings gave his plane seat to Richardson. Valens had never flown on a small plane and requested Allsup's seat. They flipped a coin, and Valens called heads and won the toss. In the early morning of February 3, after a performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, the small four-passenger Beechcraft Bonanza took off from the Mason City airport during a blinding snow storm and crashed into Albert Juhl’s corn field several miles after takeoff at 1:05 a.m. The crash killed Holly, Valens, Richardson and the 21-year-old pilot, Roger Peterson. This event would become known as "The Day the Music Died". Richardson, 28 when he died, left behind his wife, Adrianne, and 4-year-old daughter Debra Joy; a son, Jay Perry Richardson, was born in April of 1959. At the time of his death, Richardson had been building a recording studio in his home in Beaumont, Texas, and was also planning to invest in the ownership of a radio station. In addition, he had written 20 new songs with plans to record by himself and with other artists. Richardson was a well-loved figure who was known to care deeply about his family. Son Jay P. Richardson took up a musical career inspired by his late father and is known professionally as "The Big Bopper, Jr." He has performed at venues around the world. Notably, he has toured on the "Winter Dance Party" tour with Buddy Holly impersonator John Mueller on some of the very same stages as his father. In film, The Big Bopper has been portrayed by Gailard Sartain in The Buddy Holly Story and Stephen Lee in La Bamba. Monument at Crash Site, September 16, 2003In 1988, Ken Paquette, a Wisconsin fan of the ’50s era, erected a stainless steel monument depicting a steel guitar and a set of three records bearing the names of each of the three performers. It is located on private farmland, about one quarter mile west of the intersection of 315th Street and Gull Avenue, approximately eight miles north of Clear Lake, this is where the plane crash was situated. He also created a similar stainless steel monument to the three musicians near the Riverside Ballroom in Green Bay, Wisconsin. That memorial was unveiled on July 17, 2003. J.P. Richardson's pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. The Big Bopper is fondly remembered not only for his distinctive singing and songwriting, but also as a humorist who combined the best elements of country, R&B and rock'n'roll. Read more on Last.fm. 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