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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedOct 24, 1930 (Died at 29)
Zodiac Sign♏Scorpio
Place of BirthSabine Pass, Texas, USA
Career Span1958 – 1959
Known Credits3 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.4

The Big Bopper

Also known as:Jiles Perry RichardsonJP RichardsonJ. P. RichardsonJ.P. Richardson
Total Works

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2 movies • 1 shows

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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.

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 3 titles featuring The Big Bopper

The Dick Clark Show
6.7
2 eps
The Dick Clark Show
1958•series

as Self

Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
8.0

as Self (archive footage)