# Big Bopper's name

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 5, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-boppers-name/227744 "2004-02-05T22:56:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-boppers-name/227744/1 "2004-02-05T22:56:32Z")

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Initials are all we get?

C’mon Cecil, you can do better than that!

The Big Bopper’s FULL name is [Jiles Perry Richardson](http://www.tsimon.com/bopper.htm).

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-boppers-name/227744/2 "2004-02-06T04:23:29Z")

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It helps if you provide a link to the column, **Mr Blue** … [What was the Big Bopper’s real name?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_326.html)

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**Author:** ![gam6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@gam6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gam6)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-boppers-name/227744/3 "2004-02-06T07:45:43Z")

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> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#):
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> Initials are all we get?
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> C’mon Cecil, you can do better than that!
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> The Big Bopper’s FULL name is [Jiles Perry Richardson](http://www.tsimon.com/bopper.htm).

It bears mentioning that he wrote several big hits–his own ‘Chantilly Lace’,as well as ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, a huge hit for Sam the Sham (Dominic Samudo) and ‘Running Bear (Lovely Little White Dove)’----------