MUSICIAN

The Big Bopper

1930 - 1959

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Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), 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 Lightning", the latter of which became George Jones's first number-one hit in 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of The Big Bopper has received more than 4,421,745 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. The Big Bopper is the 712th most popular musician (down from 683rd in 2019), the 3,627th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,525th in 2019) and the 219th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, The Big Bopper ranks 712 out of 3,175. Before him are Menahem Pressler, Alexis Weissenberg, Lev Oborin, Clara Rockmore, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and Conrad Graf. After him are Kenny Clarke, Peter Hammill, Liam Gallagher, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Max Roach, and Max Cavalera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, The Big Bopper ranks 226. Before him are Borislav Pekić, Jimmy McLane, José Ramón Machado Ventura, Naomi Shemer, Svatopluk Pluskal, and Goro Shimura. After him are Bora Kostić, Jacques Hamel, Ross Perot, Liliana Segre, Norio Ohga, and Ken Naganuma. Among people deceased in 1959, The Big Bopper ranks 79. Before him are Johannes Kleiman, Ramón Fonst, Adolf Ziegler, Eduard van Beinum, George Albert Smith, and Henri Vidal. After him are Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Bernard Berenson, Georges Lefebvre, José Vasconcelos, Ingrid Vang Nyman, and Bak Jungyang.

Others Born in 1930

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Others Deceased in 1959

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In United States

Among people born in United States, The Big Bopper ranks 3,627 out of 20,380. Before him are Edith Wilson (1872), Marsha Hunt (1917), Anne Revere (1903), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), Jonathan Franzen (1959), and Chris O'Donnell (1970). After him are Dee Wallace (1948), Gabriel Almond (1911), Jack Williamson (1908), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Kenny Clarke (1914), and Christina Grimmie (1994).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, The Big Bopper ranks 219. Before him are Steve Lukather (1957), Louis Prima (1910), Jerry Garcia (1942), Jeff Buckley (1966), Eric Dolphy (1928), and Elmore James (1918). After him are Kenny Clarke (1914), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929), Max Roach (1924), Herb Alpert (1935), Willie Dixon (1915), and Horace Silver (1928).

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