Artist: The Big Bopper
Album: Chantilly Lace
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Released: 1959 [1980]
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 "Chantilly Lace" -- easily his top seller -- and the equally raucous novelty "Big Bopper's Wedding." Richardson wrote "White Lightning," a huge country hit for George Jones, and Johnny Preston's number-one smash "Running Bear."
Artist Biography by Bill Dahl
Tracklist
A1 Chantilly Lace
A2 Pink Petticoats
A3 Walking Thru My Dreams
A4 Old Maid
A5 Big Bopper's Wedding
A6 Little Red Riding Hood
B1 Crazy Blues
B2 Monkey Song
B3 It's The Truth Ruth
B4 White Lightning
B5 Preacher And The Bear
B6 Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor
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