“Calendar Girl” reached #4 on the Billboard chart in 1961.

Neil Sedaka turned 73 in March

   

                           Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr.  

                       (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959)

Richardson, also commonly known as The Big Bopper, was a disc
jockey, singer. He is best known for his recording of "Chantilly
Lace".

Richardson was killed in a plane crash in Iowa, along with Buddy
Holly and Ritchie Valens, a day that has become known as The Day
the Music Died.