Where: The Big Dipper, 171 S. Washington St. Tickets: $15, all ages; online at thebigdipperspokane.com Long after “the day the music died,” the timeless crooning of “Big Bopper” J.P. Richardson, Buddy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper have been immortalized as bobbleheads, on the anniversary of their death in one of rock's most ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, the face of modern music changed forever in one tragic moment with the simultaneous deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper Later referred to as The Day the Music ...

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 ...

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, ...

A film crew from Great Britain is making a documentary about a British man's quest to get Port Arthur native J.P. Richardson Jr. (a.k.a.: The Big Bopper) inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Big Bopper, born Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., was an American musician, songwriter, and radio personality who played a notable role in the early days of rock and roll. Known for his energetic ...

Courtesy of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum If all of this wasn’t enough, The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has rolled out the news that Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper ...

The tragic 1959 plane crash, immortalized in Don McLean's 1971 hit 'American Pie,' is a cultural cornerstone in modern American music Michael Ochs Archives/Getty (2); Blank Archives/Getty On Feb. 3, ...

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 ...