Hellooo Baby! You Know What I Like!

by The Big Bopper

Overview

The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr., "Jape" to his family and friends) died in the same Iowa plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly (Jape had actually won a seat on the plane from Holly's then-bass player Waylon Jennings in a game of craps) and Ritchie Valens on February 3, 1959. Generally remembered as a one-hit wonder for his classic recording of "Chantilly Lace," Jape was anything but a one-hit wonder, as this fine 31-track career sampler from Bear Family Records clearly shows. For one thing, Jape, a former radio DJ, was serious about being a musician, and he could play guitar, sing with versatility, and was one hell of a songwriter -- he wrote every song presented here, including enduring classics like "Chantilly Lace," "White Lightning," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Running Bear," and the lovely "Strange Kisses." He loved novelty songs, and studied them with a close eye to detail -- he also, in an odd side note, came up with the "when you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer" tag line for the then-popular Schlitz Beer ads. He wasn't a one-hit wonder, and he wasn't that big, either, standing less than six feet tall and never weighing more than 200 pounds (he wore padded suits to fit the Big Bopper image). This set will be revelatory for a lot of listeners who only know "Chantilly Lace." ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	03/11/2011
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127171092
Rank:	44438

Tracks

1. Chantilly Lace
2. Little Red Riding Hood
3. Big Bopper's Wedding
4. Pink Petticoats
5. Strange Kisses
6. Preacher and the Bear
7. It's the Truth Ruth [Version 2]
8. Walking Through My Dreams [Version 2]
9. Purple People Eaters Meets the Witch Doctor
10. White Lightning
11. The Clock
12. Old Maid
13. One More Chance
14. It's the Truth Ruth [Version 1]
15. Walking Through My Dreams [Version 1]
16. That's What I'm Talking About
17. Someone Watching Over You [Version 2]
18. Monkey Song (You Made a Monkey Out of Me)
19. A Teen-Age Moon
20. Beggar to a King
21. Crazy Blues
22. Someone Watching Over You [Version 1]
23. Bopper's Boogie Woogie
24. Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor
25. Bopper 486009
26. The Man I Met (A Tribute to the Bopper)
27. Three Stars
28. That Makes It
29. She Giggles
30. Chantilly Lace Cha Cha
31. Sweet Lips

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Big Bopper   Primary Artist
Gordon Ritter   Primary Artist,Vocals
Eddie Cochran   Primary Artist
Ray Campi   Primary Artist
Jayne Mansfield   Primary Artist
Don Terry   Primary Artist
Bill Kimbrough   Primary Artist,Drums
Donna Dameron   Primary Artist
Clyde "Sonny" Burns   Guitar
Hal Harrs   Guitar
Leon "Peaches" Stirling   Piano
Jiles Perry Richardson   Vocals
Link Davis   Saxophone
Glenn Barber   Guitar
Herb Remington   Guitar (Steel)
Sonny Burns   Guitar
Hal Harris   Guitar
Walter Buck Henson   Bass
Charles "Doc" Lewis   Piano

Technical Credits

Alan Clark   Illustrations,Photography
Johnette Duff   Liner Notes,Biographical Notes
M.T. Franklin   Composer
Randy Steele   Photography,Illustrations
Gordon Ritter   Composer
Jiles Perry Richardson   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Hans Peter Zdrenka   Illustrations,Photography
Ramona Redd   Composer
T.J. Franklin   Composer
Randy Stele   Photo Scanning
Jerry Green   Composer
Ray Campi   Composer
Jay Miller   Producer
Bill Quinn   Engineer
Richard Weize   Tape Research
Tommy Dee   Composer
Pappy Daily   Producer
Juergen Crasser   Mastering
Antoon Van Olderen   Discography,Reissue Producer
Bo Berglind   Photography,Illustrations,Photo Scanning
Claes Olofsson   Photography,Illustrations
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
Horst Zimmermann   Photography,Illustrations,Photo Scanning
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
Diethold Leu   Photography,Illustrations
George Ritter   Composer
Harold W. "Pappy" Daily   Producer