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This was J.P. Richardson's first release under the moniker The Big Bopper. However, DJs and the public preferred the flip side "Chantilly Lace", and it was this song that became a hit. [4] The song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 22 weeks on the national Top 40. It was the third most played song of 1958. [5]
Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name The Big Bopper, was an American musician and disc jockey.His best-known compositions include "Chantilly Lace," "Running Bear", and "White Lightning", the latter of which became George Jones's first number-one hit in 1959.
The Big Bopper sang "Chantilly Lace" on the September 20, 1958, and the November 22, 1958, shows; Chuck Berry sang: "Sweet Little Sixteen" on the February 22, 1958, show (second of the series) "Johnny B. Goode" on the May 17, 1958, show "Back in the U.S.A." on the July 18, 1959, show; Jan and Dean sang: "Baby Talk" on the September 5, 1959, show
South had his first top 50 hit in July 1958 with a cover version of the b-side of The Big Bopper's hit single "Chantilly Lace", a novelty song called "The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor". Thereafter South would concentrate mainly on songwriting.
"Chantilly Lace" The Big Bopper: 6 November 3 5 November 10 "To Know Him Is to Love Him" The Teddy Bears: 1 December 1 11 "I Got a Feeling" Ricky Nelson 10 November 10 2 November 17 "Beep Beep" The Playmates: 4 December 1 7 "Lonesome Town" Ricky Nelson 7 December 1 8 "Queen of the Hop" Bobby Darin: 9 November 17 3 November 24 "One Night" Elvis ...
After playing The Big Bopper's Chantilly Lace, she recalled how one of her distant cousins had sung that song to her "after one of my brain surgeries and it really did cheer me up so much".
The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace; Mark Wynter - Go Away Little Girl; The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; The Allisons - Are You Sure? The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream; Skeeter Davis - The End of the World; Brenda Lee - All Alone Am I; The Marcels - Blue Moon; Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen; Kenny Lynch - Up on the Roof
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