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

On Feb. 3, 1959, the face of modern music changed forever in one tragic moment with the simultaneous deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper Later referred to as The Day the Music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper have been immortalized as bobbleheads, on the anniversary of their death in one of rock's most ...

Beaumont, TX -- The rumors that The Big Bopper survived the plane crash and was trying to get help when he died have no scientific evidence to back them up. An expert forensic anthropologist has ...

A number of national media outlets are reporting this morning that the National Transportation Safety Board is considering re-opening its probe of the 1959 plane crash that killed Beaumont's J.P. "The ...

Where: The Big Dipper, 171 S. Washington St. Tickets: $15, all ages; online at thebigdipperspokane.com Long after “the day the music died,” the timeless crooning of “Big Bopper” J.P. Richardson, Buddy ...

MONTEVIDEO, Minn. -- In a western Minnesota town, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper live on, as one of their last concerts ever still strikes a chord. In the late 1950s, there were no ...

Beaumont, Texas - Rock 'n' roll's most macabre historical artifact will go on the block when the family of the late 1950s pop star J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson auctions his casket on eBay sometime ...

Courtesy of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum If all of this wasn’t enough, The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has rolled out the news that Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper ...