Big Bopper

Jiles Perry Richardson,  *24-10-1930 Sabine Pass, TX + 03-02-1959

3rd version

by Michel Ruppli, Bill Daniels, Tony Watson, Dik deHeer, Adam Komrowski, Praguefrank, Steve Hathaway, Rog Peyton

SESSIONS
ca December 1954 [demo session] Feature Studio, Crowley, LA – Big Bopper (Big Bopper [vcl], ? [gt], ? [drums], Leon "Pitches" Stirling [piano])
00001 BOOGIE WOOGIE [BOPPER'S BOOGIE WOOGIE]  Flyright FLY 532 Star LP-1020 R2-70164 BCD 17109

00002 PET NAMES unissued/lost

00003 SIPPIN‘ CIDER  unissued/lost

FLYRIGHT FLY 532 THE LEGENDARY JAY MILLER SESSIONS VOLUME 11 – LOUISIANA  SWAMP POP (UK, 1977)
ca. August 1957 Goldstar Recording Studio, 5628 Brooks St., Houston, TX – Big Bopper  as Jape Richardson and The Japetts (Producer: Pappy Daily)
001 ST-2643/YW-15027 BEGGAR TO A KING 71219x45/LP-1020 R2-70164 BCD 17109

002 ST-2644 YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW

003 ST-2645 SOMEONE WATCHING OVER YOU BCD 17109
004 ST-2646-YW-15028 CRAZY BLUES 71219x45/LP-1020 R2-70164 BCD 17109
February 1958 poss. Nashville, TN – Big Bopper and Echoes
005 YW-16343 MONKEY SONG (YOU MADE MONKEY OUT OF ME) 71312x45/LP-1020 R2-70164 BCD 17109
006 YW-16344 A TEEN AGE MOON 71312x45/LP-1020 R2-70164 BCD 17109
ca early June 1958 Goldstar Recording Studio, 5626 Brooks St., Houston, TX - Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson [vcl], Hal Harris [gt], poss. Glenn Barber,  Herby Remington [steel], Link Davis [sax] + more unknown musicians)
007 YW-17624 PURPLE PEOPLE EATER MEETS WITCH DOCTOR D 1008 71343x45 LP-1020 R2-70164 BCD 17109
008 YW-17625 CHANTILLY LACE D 1008 71343x45 /MG-20402  SPC-3365 R2-70164 BCD 17109

ca. September 1958 Goldstar Recording Studio, 5626 Brooks St., Houston, TX – Big Bopper (unknown musicians)
009 YW-18021 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 71375x45/MG 20402 SPC-3365 R2-70164 BCD 17109
010 YW-18022 BIG BOPPER'S WEDDING 71375x45/MG 20402 SPC-3365 R2-70164 BCD 17109
011 YW-18023 PINK PETTICOATS 71482x45/MG 20402 SPC-3365 R2-70164 BCD 17109
ca. October 1958 Goldstar Recording Studio, 5626 Brooks St., Houston, TX – J.P.Richardson (Big Bopper)
012 YW-12072 OLD MAID MG 20402 SRW-16424 BCD 17109
013 YW-12073 THE PREACHER AND THE BEAR MG 20402 SRW-16424 SPC-3365 R2-70164 BCD 17109
014 YW-12074 IT'S THE TRUTH, RUTH MG 20402 SPC-3365 BCD 17109
015 YW-12075 WHITE LIGHTNING MG 20402 SRW-16424 SPC-3365 R2-70164 BCD 17109
016 YW-12076 STRANGE KISSES MG 20402  R2-70164 BCD 17109
017 YW-12077 THE CLOCK 71482x45/MG 20402 SRW16424 SPC-3365 R2-70164 BCD 17109
018 YW-12078 WALKING THROUGH MY DREAMS MG 20402 BCD 17109
019 YW-12079 SOMEONE WATCHING OVER YOU 71416x45/ MG 20402 SRW-16424 SPC-3365 R2-70164 BCD 17109
Note: master numbers are out of chronological order (this series was used in 1955)
ca. October 1958 Goldstar Recording Studio, 5626 Brooks St., Houston, TX – Big Bopper
020 YW-17853 ONE MORE CHANCE unissued / BCD 17109
021 YW-17854 IT'S THE TRUTH RUTH 71451x45- Star LP-1020 R2-70164 BCD 17109
022 YW-17855 WALKING THROUGH MY DREAMS 71416x45- Star LP-1020 R2-70164 BCD 17109
023 YW-17856 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT 71451x45/LP-1020 R2-70164 BCD 17109

ALBUMS
Mercury MG-20402 Chantilly Lace: Chantilly Lace; Pink Petticoats; Little Red Riding Hood; Someone Watching Over You; Big Bopper's Wedding; Old Maid / It's The Truth, Ruth; The Preacher And The Bear; The Clock; White Lightning; Walking Through My Dreams; Strange Kisses - 58 (see also Pickwick SPC-3365)

Pickwick SPC-3365 Chantilly Lace: Chantilly Lace; Pink Petticoats; Little Red Riding Hood; Someone Watching Over You; Big Bopper's Wedding; Old Maid; It's The Truth Ruth; Preacher And The Bear; White Lightning; The Clock – 72 (all tracks from MG-20402)

Star [EU] LP-1020 Oh Baby That's What I Like: Boogie Woogie [demo]; Crazy Blues; Purple People Eater Meets The Withc Doctor; That's What I'm Talking About; Beggar To A King; It's The Truth Ruth; Walking Through My Dreams; Monkey Song; Teenage Moon; Man I Met [ Ray Campi]; Bopper 486609 [Donna Darlene] - 84
Rhino R1-70164 Hellooo Baby! Best Of Big Bopper): Chantilly Lace; Big Bopper's Wedding; Little Red Riding Hood; Walking Through My Dreams; Beggar To A King; Crazy Blues; White Lightning;  Bopper's Boogie Woogie; That's What I'm Talking About; Pink Petticoats; Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me); It's The Truth Ruth; Preacher And The Bear; Someone Watching Over You - 87

Rhino R2-70164 Hellooo Baby! Best Of Big Bopper (1954-59): Chantilly Lace; Big Bopper's Wedding; Little Red Riding Hood; Walking Through My Dreams; Beggar To A King; Crazy Blues; White Lightnin'; Bopper's Boogie Woogie; That's What I'm Talking About; Pink Petticoats; Monkey Song; It's The Truth, Ruth; Preacher And The Bear; Someone Watching Over You; Old Maid; Strange Kisses; The Clock; Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor; Teenage Moon - 89

Spectrum [UK] 554 906 The Best of Big Bopper: Chantilly Lace; Big Bopper’s Wedding; White Lightning; Little Red Riding Hood; Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor; Pink Petticoats; It’s the Truth Ruth; Beggar to aKing; Crazy Blues; Monkey Dong (You Made a Monkey Out Of Me); Walking Through My Dreams; Preacher and the Bear; That’s What I’m Talking About; Old Maid; Strange Kisses; Someone Watching Over You (version 2); Teenage Moon - 98

Bear Family [GER] BCD 17109 Hellooo Baby! You Know What I Like!: Chantilly Lace; Little Red Riding Hood; Big Bopper’s Wedding; Pink Petticoats; Strange Kisses; Preacher and the Bear; It’s the Truth Ruth (version 2); Walking Through My Dreams (version 2); Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor; White Lightning; The Clock; Old Maid; One More Chance; It’s the Truth Ruth (version 1); Walking Through My Dreams (version 1); That’s What I’m Talking About; Someone Watching Over You (version 2); Monkey Dong (You Made a Monkey Out Of Me); Teenage Moon; Beggar to a King; Crazy Blues; Someone Watching Over You (version1); Bopper’s Boogie Woogie; Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor (by Gordon Ritter); Bopper 486009 (by Donna Dameron); The Man I Met (A Tribute  to the Big Bopper by Ray Campi); Three Stars (by Eddie Cochran); That Makes It (by Jayne Mansfield); She Giggles (by Don Terry); Chantilly Lace Cha Cha (by Bill Kimbrough); Sweet Lips (by Gordon Ritter) - 10

Jasmine [UK] JASCD 0162 Oh Baby That's What I Like!: [Jape Richardson and The Japetts As The Big Bopper]: Crazy Blues; Beggar To A King; Jape Richardson and The Echoes As The Big Bopper:]  Monkey Song;  A Teenage Moon; [Big Bopper:]  Chantilly Lace; Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Docto;  Big Bopper's Wedding;  Little Red Riding Hood;  Walking Through My Dreams; Someone Watching Over You;  It's The Truth Ruth; That's What I'm Talking About; Pink Petticoats;  The Clock;  Old Maid; Preacher And The Bear;  White Lightning;  Strange Kisses; Bopper's Boogie Woogie; Big Bopper (Wdp Promo);  Action Central News Telecast, 3rd February 1959; News Telecast, 3rd February 1959; News Broadcast, 3rd February 1959; [Eddie Cochran:] Three Stars; [Ruby Wright:] Three Stars; [George Jones;] White Lightning; [Johnny Preston:] Running Bear;  My Heart Knows; [Donna Dameron:] Bopper - 11

SINGLES
Mercury (1957-1959)
Mercury-Starday

71219x45 Beggar To A King / Crazy Blues – 16-10-57  Jape Richardson and The Japetts
Mercury

71312x45 Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me) / A Teen-Age Moon (In A Rock And Roll World) – 23-04-58  Jape Richardson and The Japetts
D 45-1008 Chantilly Lace / The Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor – 30-06-58 (released on D, also on Mercury 71343X45)
71375x45 Big Bopper's Wedding / Little Red Riding Hood – 02-10-58
71416x45 Walking Through My Dreams / Someone Watching Over You – 28-01-59
71451x45 It's The Truth Ruth / That's What I'm Talking About – 31-03-59
71482x45 Pink Petticoats / The Clock – 16-06-59

C-30072 Chantilly Lace / Big Bopper's Wedding - 59 (Mercury Celelbrity Series)
Wing WB 17000 Someone Watching Over You / Chantilly Lace – 07-59 (reissue)
Eric 4104 Chantilly Lace / The Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor – 86

872 807-7 Chantilly Lace / Big Bopper's Wedding -  8- (Mercury Tiepieces)