Buddy is the smash hit musical celebration of the life of Buddy Holly and how in just three short years, Buddy set the music world on fire and forever changed the face and sound of rock ‘n’ roll.

On this day (October 24) in 1930, J.P. Richardson Jr. was born in Sabine Pass, Texas. Throughout his all-too-short career, he was a popular radio DJ, a recording artist, and a songwriter. The Big ...

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 ...

This Week in Texas Music History is brought to you by Brane Audio. On August 4, 1958, rockabilly pioneer the Big Bopper recorded the song “Chantilly Lace.” Born Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., in Sabine ...

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & Big Bopper Exhibit Launches at Final Venue From the Night They Died originally appeared on Parade. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were ...

On February 3, 1959, three influential rock and roll performers—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, known as "The Big Bopper"—along with pilot Roger Peterson, tragically lost their lives ...

Gailard Sartain, the character actor and comedian whose breakthrough role on Hee Haw launched a career of playing Southern good-ol’-boy that included his memorable performance as The Big Bopper in ...

J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson suffered massive fractures and likely died immediately in the 1959 plane crash in Iowa that also killed early rock 'n' rollers Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, a ...

The landscape of rock music shifted forever in July 1957, when Jerry Lee Lewis made his TV debut on The Steve Allen Show. For more than seven decades, the Louisiana-born rockabilly pioneer churned out ...

Meghan Markle finds inspiration from those closest to her. A day after unveiling the recipe for her dessert "Chantilly Lili," inspired by her 3-year-old daughter Princess Lilibet, the Duchess of ...

Mar. 16 - "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story," is a rock 'n'roll celebration of a life cut all too short - a musical feast of fun led by Van Zeiler, who with hot guitar playing and dead-on characterization ...