Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), known as The Big Bopper, was an American musician, songwriter and disc jockey. Richardson was killed in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959, along with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, and the pilot Roger Peterson. The accident was famously referred to as “The Day the Music Died” in Don McLean‘s 1971 song “American Pie“.
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Hello, baby Yeah, this is the Big Bopper speakin' Ha ha ha ha ha, oh you sweet thing Do I what? Will I what? Oh baby, you know what I like [Chorus] Chantilly lace and a pretty face And a pony tail a-hangin' down That wiggle in the walk And giggle in the talk Makes the world go 'round There ain't nothin' in the world Like a big-eyed girl That makes me act so funny Make me spend my money Make me feel real loose, like a long necked goose Like a girl, oh baby, that's what I like What's that baby, but, but, but? Oh honey But? Oh baby, you know what I like [Chorus] What's that, honey? Pick you up at eight and don't be late? But, baby, I ain't got no money, honey Ha ha ha ha ha Oh, all right, baby, you know what I like [Chorus]
Don Matthews
September 2021
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 
The deaths of Richardson, Holly and Valens at Clear Lake play a not insignificant role in Jim Dodge’s wonderful novel Not Fade Away, too. Well worth the effort if your interests lie with rock n roll, psychedelics, big eyed girls and great prose.
‘…you know what I like’
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I like rock and roll. It’s a whole area on it’s own. The more you look into the backgrounds of artists the more meaningful it all becomes……
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