# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/the-big-bopper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:58:06.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/the-big-bopper"
name: "The Big Bopper"
slug: "the-big-bopper"
description: "Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known by his stage name The Big Bopper, was an American musician and disc jockey. His best-known compositions include \"Chantilly Lace\", \"Running Bear\", and \"White Lightning\", the last of which became George Jones's first number-one hit in 1959."
tagline: "American musician (1930–1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Big_Bopper.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-10-24"
deathDate: "1959-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump