2, 1959, concert in Clear Lake, Iowa, the last time that Holly, Valens, and
Bopper performed together before the fateful plane crash that took their lives the next day.
If the
bopper tags the wrong person, that person bops the
bopper.
My father even asked me Why I Wanted To Be A
Bopper.
Buddy was 22, The Big
Bopper 27 and Ritchie just 17.
Here we're treated to essentially a "concert" within the musical itself, with the Big
Bopper belting out "Chantilly Lace" and Ritchie Valens swiveling his hips to "La Bamba," then Buddy singing "Peggy Sue Got Married," "Why Do Fools" and "Johnny B.
He now performs throughout North America as part of ``Winter Dance Party,'' an on-stage re-creation of the 1959 tour that was embarked on by Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big
Bopper just before their chartered private plane crashed, killing all on board.
lTotal chaos in the first leg of the novice hurdle at Chepstow, in which winner Weeny
Bopper (John/Paul Webber) and runner-up Golden Spice (Fred Winter/John Francome) are the only two in a field of 14 to take the correct course on the home turn.
Bonuses for the new rockabilly-themed Big
Bopper slot continue until the end of April.
The show stars Marc Robinson, Stars in their Eyes winner and widely viewed as the country's number one Buddy, John-Simon Rawlings as The Big
Bopper from West End musical Buddy, Paul Lillie as Elvis Presley and Barry Steele as Roy Orbison.
Celebrating 50 years since Buddy Holly's death, this show also features the music of Dion, Ritchie Valens and the Big
Bopper.
He perished in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa along with fellow rock'n'rollers Ritchie Valens and the Big
Bopper.
1959: A plane crash near Clear Lake, IA kills rock n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big
Bopper.
