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
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
Waylon Jennings
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Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music.
The Big Bopper
…in Clear Lake, Iowa. That night, Holly chartered an airplane from Dwyer Flying Service in Mason City, Iowa, intending to fly himself and his bandmates Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup to their next tour venue in Moorhead, Minnesota. The musicians had been traveling by bus for over a week, and it had already broken…
Jennings performing on the Johnny Cash Spring Fever Special in 1976
Jennings during a broadcast of his show on KLLL in 1958.
An early 1950s Littlefield High School yearbook photo of Jennings.
Jennings (left) in a photo booth in Grand Central Terminal with Buddy Holly on January 23, 1959