The Big Bopper
- MatchThe Big Bopper
- 100%Ritchie Valens
- 85%Buddy Holly
- 83%Eddie Cochran
- 66%Bobby Day
- 62%Gene Vincent
- 58%The Crickets
- 53%The Coasters
- 51%The Silhouettes
- 50%Bill Haley
- 50%Bill Haley And His Comets
Biography
Jiles Perry Richardson, 24 October 1930, Sabine Pass, Texas, USA, d. 3 February 1959, USA. After working as a disc jockey in Beaumont, Richardson won a recording contract with Mercury Records, releasing two unsuccessful singles in 1957. The following year, under his radio moniker The Big Bopper, he recorded the ebullient Chantilly Lace, a rock n roll classic, complete with blaring saxophone and an insistent guitar run. However, it was scheduled to be the... Read more