A group called The Speek thinks they have found the first music video ever recorded. Host Audie Cornish has the story. We're now going to take you on a bit of a detective story. First, we need a ...
January 15, 1959: On this day, the smash hit single "Chantilly Lace" by Beaumont native J.P. Richardson Jr., aka The Big Bopper, found itself outside of the Billboard Top 40, for the first time in 22 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Today is known as “The Day The Music Died.” These talented, and young musicians died tragically on this day, 56 years ago on February 3rd, 1959. JP Richardson Jr., better known as “The Big Bopper”, ...
For the fun and nostalgia of classic rock, it's hard to top the 1950s hits of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens or the voice of the Big Bopper, growling "Hello, BAAAYYY-bee!", on his sexy and danceable ...
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 ...