First time i meet him was at mansion city Iowa when my dad took me back stage and told me, Mikey this is ur great uncle BIG BOPPER!! That night..he died!!
He was great the late and great Big Bopper JP Richardson killed in the airplane crash with Buddy HOLLY and Ritchie Valens. HE was only 28 years old this song a giant crossover hit for the Big Bopper i played the hell out of it on black radio i still it on my internet radio show Classic Soul me the Masterblaster RIP February 3 1959 the day the music died.