The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace Starring The Big Popper

WAXTIME

£15.53

Cat. no: 772313
Format: LP
Barcode: 8436559469753
Release Date: 17 Feb 2023
Genre: Rock 'N' Roll

On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J P Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson

This tragic event would later become known as "The Day the Music Died" after singer songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his classic 1971 song "American Pie". Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known as "The Big Bopper", was only 28- years old when his career was cut short, but by then he had already carved out a major spot for himself in the history of rock and roll. Mercury Records released this, his frst and only LP, Chantilly Lace, in August of 1958, which quickly became a US national best-seller.

This 20- TRACK 180- gram VINYL EDITION presents the complete LP plus eight bonus tracks.

J. P. RICHARDSON "THE BIG BOPPER", vocals, plus: Hal Harris, Glenn Barber or Sonny Burns , Walter "Buck" Henson, Bill Kimbrough, Charles "Doc" Lewis, Link Davis (sax), among others.

Produced by Harold "Pappy" Daily. Recorded at Goldstar Recording Studio, Houston, Texas, between 1954 & 1958.

Tracks: Chantilly Lace / Pink Petticoats / The Clock / Walking Through My Dreams / Someone Watching Over You / Old Maid / One More Chance / Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me) / Beggar To A King / Crazy Blues / Big Bopper's Wedding / Little Red Riding Hood / Preacher And The Bear / It's The Truth Ruth / White Lightning / Strange Kisses / That's What I'm Talking About / A Teen-Age Moon (In A Rock And Roll World) / Bopper's Boogie Woogie / Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor