The Big Bopper

J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson was a rockabilly musician popular in the fifties. He is best known for his raunchy hit Chantilly Lace. He is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. He has been tributed by Eddie Cochran, Van Halen, and L.A. Guns. He died in the 1959 plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in what was immortalized in the Don McLean hit American Pie as "The Day the Music Died". He has been considered for the Hall of Fame before but not chosen.