R.I.P : Jay P. Richardson (Big Bopper Jr.) passes away

Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:18 pm


Jay P. Richardson, son of early rock ‘n’ roll star, “The Big Bopper,” died Wednesday morning in Katy “after a long hard fight,” according to his father’s website.

Known around the world as “Big Bopper JR,” JP sat down for an interview with The Katy Times late last year, while in the midst of a winter tour. JP was, in fact, the son of the legendary rock ‘n roll artist, The Big Bopper, who is most well known as the singer of “Chantilly Lace.” JP never got to know his dad because he was born some 80 days after his father was killed in a plane crash in Mason City, Iowa, after a performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa — a crash that also took the lives of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens and became known as “The Day The Music Died.”

Jay is survived by his wife Patty, sons Jay Jr. and Thomas, daughter Ashlyn, her husband Kevin Ray Adams, and grandchildren, including granddaughters Hadley and Justine, and grandson Jimmy.

Richardson, 54, had a heart pump installed in June. Information on services and a memorial is pending.

If you’d like to send cards of sympathy or other fond memories, please send them to: Big Bopper Music, P.O. Box 6926, Katy, TX 77491

The younger Richardson, who was born two months after his father’s death, opened the Little Bopper Nightclub in 1991 in Katy. As recent as this year, he toured the country singing his father’s songs on some of the same legendary stages. Richardson’s 1997 CD, “The Legacy of the Big Bopper,” featured covers of “Chantilly Lace,” “Big Bopper’s Wedding” and “White Lightning.”




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ouaip.. et la poisse continue aussi, apparemment, chez eux :/ r.i.p

Tiens sa tombe bien,ont parle de R&R chanté en Français,donc vois y une version du fameux Hello Baby de Big Bopper.

Le Basque Luís Mariano née a Irun (Euskadi) et décédé a París,il enregistra une version en Français du classic de Big Bopper,se disque est très dificil a trouvé de nos jours et très chère mais je trouve sa version très correcte et très très peux connu parmis les Rockers,jugez vous mème: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAzqkEbniag

Dj Eddie-Cesc

Eddy Mitchell a aussi fait sa version , un peu plus rythmé que Luis Mariano .....


Et aussi Lucky Blondo ,puis Jerry Lee Lewis à la suite

Bonne chanson de JP, plus tard, rendu célèbre par George Jones ...... Je veux que riff de guitare.