February 2, 2005
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| When popular Beaumont deejay J.P. Richardson died on Feb. 3, 1959, with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, he left behind more than "Chantilly Lace" … he left a briefcase of songs never sung, a widow, a daughter and unborn son, and a vision of a brave new rock world | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jay P. Richardson, John Mueller and Ray Anthony leave the stage after their tribute to The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens at the State Theatre in Eau Claire, Wis., in 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(c) The Beaumont (TX) Enterprise February 2, 2005 |
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| "There was no fearful omen of tragedy Monday night when 1,100 teenagers and their parents packed the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake for a gala 'rock 'n roll' dance. … Two hours after the dance, three of the four singers were dead … their broken bodies were found in and around the wreckage of the light plane they had chartered." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -- First news account in the Clear Lake (Iowa) Mirror Reporter, of the Feb. 3, 1959, crash that killed J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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