Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959)

While Richardson was a D.J. at KTRM radio in Beaumont, Texas, he saw some
college students doing a dance called The Bop, and that’s when he decided to 
call himself…”The Big Bopper”.

Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela) (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959)

Brian Thomas

  
    The crash site memorial in Clear Lake, IA.