Clear Lake, Iowa
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Clear Lake is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 7,687 at the 2020 census. The city is named for the large natural lake on which it is located. Clear Lake is known f
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The Big Bopper
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Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., 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 Li
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…Amusement park closed down in 1958. In the early hours of February 3, 1959, a Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper, who had been performing at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, took off from the local runway in nearby Mason City, on its way to the next show in Moorhead…
Richardson in 1958
Advertisement featured in Cashbox magazine, 13 December 1958
Monument in front of Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa
Monument at crash site, September 16, 2003