The Big Bopper
Birthday
1930/10/24
Day of death
1959/02/03 (28 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Sabine Pass, Texas, USA
Also know as
Jiles Perry Richardson, JP Richardson, J. P. Richardson, J.P. Richardson
Biography
Jiles Perry "J.P." Richardson Jr. (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 include "Chantilly Lace," "Running Bear", and "White Lightning", the latter of which became George Jones's first number-one hit in 1959. Richardson was killed in an airplane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, in 1959, along with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, and the pilot, Roger Peterson.
Acting
(2022) The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
as Self (archive footage)
(2012) The True Buddy Holly Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died
as Self (archive footage)
(1958) The Dick Clark Show
as Self