Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), known as The Big Bopper, was an American musician, songwriter and disc jockey. His best-known compositions include "Chantilly Lace" and "White Lightning", the latter of which became George Jones' first number-one hit in 1959. Richardson was killed in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, in 1959, along with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, and the pilot Roger Peterson. The accident was famously referred to as "The ... Read more
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White Lightning | Monster Hunter | Performer | Buy on Amazon | |
White Lightning | The Beverly Hillbillies | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Chantilly Lace | High Spirits | Performer | Buy on Amazon | |
Chantilly Lace | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Running Bear | A Simple Twist of Fate | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Chantilly Lace | Cocktail | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Chantilly Lace | Parents | Performer | Buy on Amazon | |
Chantilly Lace | Parents | Courtesy of polygram special projects, a division of polygram records, inc. | Buy on Amazon | |
Chantilly Lace | Romance | Artist | Buy on Amazon | |
Chantily Lace | The Karate Dog | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
White Lightning | Mr. Harrigan's Phone | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Chantilly Lace | American Rickshaw | Artist | Buy on Amazon |