i want to see a TRUE STORY ON THE BIG BOPPER.?

Question

they did one on buddy holly,
and richie vallense ,
why couldn't they do one on him

Answer 1

I'd enjoy seeing that too...maybe there's one out there we just haven't seen! (I'm being hopeful) Though I wasn't born until the late 1960 my parents had that generation of music playing a lot. Music just isn't the same as it was back then. I even have some of the great oldies on Karaoke that I enjoy singing, yet ruin the tunes too! he!he!
Here's a few things about the Big Bopper..some that I knew,
some that I didn't know..Hope you'll find it enlightening!

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THE DAY THAT MUSIC DIED!
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Born Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., October 24, 1930 in Sabine Pass, Texas. His family moved to Port Arthur when he was very young. He attended public schools, and played football in high school. Jape graduated at Beaumont High School in 1949, While he was in college, he found a job at a radio station in Beaumont, Texas. Jiles, or "Jape" as he preferred to be called, married Adrian Joy Fryon on April 18, 1952. They would have a daughter, Deborah. In 1957, while working as a deejay for KTRM in Beaumont, he coined the name "The Big Bopper" a stage name he would use for the rest of his life.
In May of '57 he broadcast for six days straight, spinning 1,821 records and established a world record for continuous broadcasting. Jape had been writing some songs, and was soon discovered by Harold "Pappy" Daily. It was in 1957 when Jape recorded his most famous song, "Chantilly Lace", which became the 3rd most played song of 1958.
Throughout '58, Jape signed onto many tours to promote his record. His last tour being the Winter Dance Party of
1959. The tour was scheduled to play in remote locations throughout mid-west United States, and the mid-west was suffering a harsh winter. The bus provided to the musicians had engine problems and no heating system. For this last reason Jape had caught the flu. When the tour rolled into Clear Lake Iowa, Buddy Holly chartered a plane to
fly his band to the next gig. Jape approached Buddy's bass player, Waylon Jennings, and asked for Jennings seat on the plane, so that Jape could get some rest and a doctors appointment. Waylon agreed and gave his seat to Jape, a
decision that saved him, but killed the Bopper. Waylon would feel guilty for this for some time. The plane took off from Mason City Airport around 1:00 the morning of February 3rd, 1959, and crashed 8 miles after takeoff, killing
Jape, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the pilot Roger Peterson. At the time of his death, Jape was 28 years old. His wife, Adrian, was pregnant with their second child. Jay P. Richardson would be born 84 days after his father's death. Jape's body was flown back to Beaumont by private plane. After his funeral the streets were lined with fans watching the long procession of cars moving to the cemetery.
Jiles Perry Richardson was interred in the Beaumont Cemetery on February 5th.

Copied from; officialbigbopper.com/story.

If you'de like to listen to a few clips of his songs..
http://launch.yahoo.com/ar-270158---Big-Bopper

I like this song:
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White Lightning
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From the album "The Very Best of the Big Bopper"

Well in North Carolina, way back in the hills,
Lived my pappy and he had him a still.
He brewed white lightning 'till the sun went down,
And then he'd fill him a jug, an' pass it around.
Mighty, mighty pleasin', you're pappy's corn squeezin'
White Lightning

Yeah, the G-men, T-men, revenurers too,
Searchin' for the place where he made his brew.
They were lookin', tryin' to book him,
But my pappy kept on cookin'
White Lightning

Well I asked my pappy why call it brew,
White lightning, 'stead of mountain dew.
I took on sip and then I knew,
As my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue.
Mighty, mighty pleasin', you're pappy's corn squeezin'
White Lightning

Yeah, G-men, T-men, revenuers too,
Searchin' for the place where he made his brew.
They were lookin', tryin' book him,
But my pappy kept on cookin'
White Lightning

Well, a city slicker came, and said "I'm mighty tough."
"I think I wanna taste that powerful stuff."
He took one s..slug and he drank it right down,
And I heard him a-moanin' as he hit the ground
Mighty, mighty pleasin', you're pappy's corn squeezin'
White Lightning

Yeah, G-men, T-men, revenuers too,
Searchin' for the place where he made his brew.
They were lookin', tryin' book him
But my pappy kept on cookin'
White Lightning!

And who doesn't like his most famous tune...
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Chantilly Lace
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(telephone rings)
Hello baby, Yeah, this is the Big Bopper speakin
Ha ha ha ha ha, oh you sweet thing
Do I what?
Will I what?
Oh baby you know what I like

CHORUS: Chantilly lace and a pretty face
And a pony tail a hangin down
That wiggle in the walk
And giggle in the talk
Makes the world go round
There ain't nothin in the world
Like a big eyed girl
That makes me act so funny
Make me spend my money
Make me feel real loose like a long necked goose
Like a girl, oh baby that's what I like

What's that baby, but, but, but
Ohhhhhh honey
But…..oh baby you know what I like

CHORUS

What's that honey
Pick you up at 8 and don't be late
But baby, I ain't got no money honey
Ha ha ha ha ha
Oh alright baby, you know what I like

CHORUS


He's a voice that I could never get tired of hearing.
A very entertaining guy!!


Sharing my smiles...
SmileyCat : )

Answer 2

It is weird that it hasn't been done especially when one considers that a decade ago it would have been the perfect vehicle for Randy Quaid. The Big Bopper's story was actually quite fascinating - - at the time HE was he one on a career upsurge, after years getting no where with his music, he hit a responsive cord with 'Chantilly Lace,' at a time when Buddy Holly was struggling and Ritchie Valens truly just starting - - a bio of the Big Bopper would have all the right elements except for that nasty crash!

Answer 3

When Buddy Holly's chartered plane augered into a farm field in Iowa in 1959, killing the 22-year-old rock-and-roll star (along with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper), it marked one of the first dark moments in rock history, and it would eventually come to be known as the "day the music died", at least, that is, according Don McLean's music-as-history retrospective single American Pie.

Even with a string of hits that just never seem to go away—That'll Be The Day, Everyday, Peggy Sue, to name just a few—rock historians have always wondered the great "what if.." Holly, a gangly guitarist with horn-rimmed glasses and a wavery twang of a voice, rose out of Lubbock, Texas in the late 1950s, and for just a few short years turned the music world on its ear, sending inspirational ripples of influence into bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, which if you were to go no further would certainly be reason enough to justify deity status.

The very first single recorded by The Beatles was a cover of Holly's That'll Be The Day, and so it seems fitting that Paul McCartney oversaw this BBC-TV produced 90-minute documentary some years back, serving as host and sometime narrator—though when it was made is unclear, but based on Sir Paul's appearance I'd guess late 1980s/early 1990s. As he indicates in the intro, this is an attempt to set the record straight, clear up some myths and paint a proper history of one of rock-and-rolls most influential acts, utilizing a blend of interviews with assorted family, childhood friends, bandmates and business partners, mixed in with some rarely seen performance footage and sound recordings of Holly.

Aside from being a fairly solid historical retrospective, this is a really nice homage, without being overly maudlin or sappy. It covers his entire short life, from his high school days on through the legendary recordings made in Clovis, New Mexico (where we get a tour of the antiquated studio) that gave Holly and The Crickets their first dose of fame, and what would prove to be eternal rock-and-roll influence. All of the sometime glowing comments seem genuine, and not at all over-inflated, and even the bandmates he left behind in Lubbock when he took off for New York City in 1958 still have interesting stories to tell about him, with what seems like honest reverence.

While some elements of Holly's life get quickly glossed over, such as the real reasons for his departure from The Crickets or what seems like his sudden marriage to Maria Elena, the historical chronology is generally pretty tight, and as we see him begin his rise to fame in the mid-1950s there is an inherent sadness because we already know that death awaits him in just a few years, at what could have been one of the most important phases of his career. Director Richard Spence sprinkles in enough Holly music, including a rarely heard 1954 demo tape, to gently remind viewers why all the recollections and stories seem so salient.

Answer 4

i might might desire to assert an entire album. 9 Inch Nails's 'The Downward Spiral' tells of one guy's descent into insanity and at last suicide. It tells of him dropping his faith in god ('Heresy'), his faith in humanity ('March of the Pigs'), the way he tries to apply intercourse and a courting to unravel his problems ('closer'), yet this would not artwork and he ultimately finally ends up hating the better half in his doomed courting ('Reptile'). at last he commits suicide ('The Downward Spiral'). yet another thrilling one is the completed theory of the band Coheed and Cambria. they seem to be a lots poppier proposition to what I commonly pay attention to yet i admire the vocals and the lyrics. all the albums span out to tell the story of two doomed robots who might desire to kill their very own little ones as they carry about the code to kill the celeb formation which holds the completed planet at the same time. yet one infant escapes and fights against the equipment, falling in and out of love and getting to comprehend loss of existence. it fairly is a eye-catching tale to maintain on with.

Answer 5

that would be good! even Jerry Lee Lewis got a bio pic!

but who could play him today?