MONTEVIDEO, Minn. -- In a western Minnesota town, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper live on, as one of their last concerts ever still strikes a chord. In the late 1950s, there were no ...
A rendering of a statue of The Big Bopper shows him holding a rotary phone, noting his hit song, "Chantilly Lace." His family is hoping to erect the bronze statue in Beaumont, Texas J.P. Richardson, ...
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. Richardson (the Big Bopper) flew into a fatal snowstorm and music history on Feb. 3, 1959. The plane crashed and took with it these three young rock 'n' roll ...
"You can't underestimate Buddy's importance," said DiNizio, 53. "Without Elvis, there wouldn't have been a Buddy. Without Buddy, there wouldn't have been a Beatles. And without the Beatles, there ...
He’s best known for his 1958 hit “Chantilly Lace,” with the signature opening, “Heeelllooo, Baaaby,” and as the third singer to die in a 1959 plane crash that also took the lives of legends Buddy ...
He’s best known for his 1958 hit “Chantilly Lace,” with the signature opening, “Heeelllooo, Baaaby,” and as the third singer to die in a 1959 plane crash that also took the lives of legends Buddy ...