The landscape of rock music shifted forever in July 1957, when Jerry Lee Lewis made his TV debut on The Steve Allen Show. For more than seven decades, the Louisiana-born rockabilly pioneer churned out ...

January 15, 1959: On this day, the smash hit single "Chantilly Lace" by Beaumont native J.P. Richardson Jr., aka The Big Bopper, found itself outside of the Billboard Top 40, for the first time in 22 ...

Jay P. Richardson, son of early rock 'n' roll star "The Big Bopper," died this morning in Katy "after a long hard fight," according to his father's website. "Known around the world as 'Big Bopper JR,' ...

A rendering of a statue of The Big Bopper shows him holding a rotary phone, noting his hit song, "Chantilly Lace." His family is hoping to erect the bronze statue in Beaumont, Texas J.P. Richardson, ...

He’s best known for his 1958 hit “Chantilly Lace,” with the signature opening, “Heeelllooo, Baaaby,” and as the third singer to die in a 1959 plane crash that also took the lives of legends Buddy ...