The Big Bopper

PASSINGS: Fred Milano, William Polk Carey, Mike Colalillo

2012-01-04 00:00:00

Fred Milano Doo-wop singer with Dion and the Belmonts Fred Milano, 72, a singer who made rock 'n' roll history on doo-wop hits with Dion and the Belmonts in the 1950s, died Sunday, three weeks after his lung cancer was diagnosed, said Warren Gradus, who...

PASSINGS: Zoogz Rift, Carl Bunch, David E. Davis Jr., James Pritchett, James M. Roberts, Pat Rowe

2011-03-31 00:00:00

Zoogz Rift Punk rock musician Zoogz Rift, 57, a punk rock musician whose experimental style garnered comparisons with Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa, died March 22 at Encino Hospital of complications from diabetes, said his partner, Laura Rift....

PASSINGS: Johnny Preston, Lina Ron, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Jimmy Carnes

2011-03-09 00:00:00

Johnny Preston Singer had No. 1 hit with 'Running Bear' Johnny Preston, 71, who had a No. 1 pop single in 1960 with "Running Bear," died Friday at a hospital in Beaumont, Texas, his son Scott told the Associated Press. The elder Preston had bypass...

PASSINGS: Gil Clancy, Zoogz Rift, Carl Bunch, David E. Davis Jr., James Pritchett, James M. Roberts, Pat Rowe

2011-04-01 00:00:00

Gil Clancy Boxing trainer Gil Clancy, 88, a boxing trainer who helped lead Emile Griffith to welterweight and middleweight titles, died Thursday at an assisted-living facility on Long Island, N.Y., his family said. Born in Rockaway Beach, N.Y., in...

Rock Stars Die in Plane Crash, Feb. 3, 1959

2011-02-04 16:32:55

PASSINGS: Mel McDaniel, Lou Gorman, Harley Allen

2011-04-02 00:00:00

Mel McDaniel Country music singer-songwriter Mel McDaniel, 68, a husky-voiced country music singer-songwriter who had a No. 1 hit with "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," died of lung cancer Thursday at his home in Hendersonville, Tenn., the Grand Ole...

Theater review: 'Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story' at La Mirada Theatre

2010-04-26 16:32:54

Bob Keane dies at 87; discovered Ritchie Valens

2009-11-30 19:33:00

Bob Keane, who founded the West Coast independent label Del-Fi Records in the 1950s and is best known for discovering and recording rock legend Ritchie Valens, has died. He was 87. Keane, who survived non- Hodgkins lymphoma diagnosed when he was 80, died...

The Gloved One drops the ball at the Rock Hall of Fame induction

2001-03-21 00:00:00

NEW YORK -- Michael Jackson still doesn't get it, does he? The 16th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction dinner here Monday was the ideal opportunity for the self-proclaimed King of Pop to begin humanizing himself--to start making us think of...

'Dancing with the Stars' recap, Wynonna asks for handcuffs, Jacoby Jones compares DWTS to the Super Bowl

2013-03-26 05:46:00

Amy Watts is off for a birthday dinner tonight, at a joint too classy to have a TV above the bar (two Manhattans and she gets all CAPSLOCK!, three and she loves spats). Reality sets in! Week two begins. Grand entrance: No eliminations last week, so...

The sweaty, salty Neil Hamburger

2013-03-06 00:00:00

When he answers the phone Monday afternoon from his Best Western hotel room, comedian Neil Hamburger, true to form, explains that he's just finished ticking off yet another group of people. "I was having an argument with these guys at the motel that I...

Out & About Calendar -- Jan. 24, 2013

2013-01-23 22:30:00

THURSDAY, 1.24 Fallout Art and Music Night, 7 p.m., open mike night, 7:30 p.m., Red Rooster Coffee House, 202 S. Main St. South Dakota Jazz Festival, 7:30 p.m. concert, Johnson Fine Arts Center, Northern State University. � FRIDAY, 1.25 Aberdeen...

The 22-year-old singer of "That'll Be The Day" and other hits was flying from one Midwest concert to another when the small plane carrying him, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens went down in February 1959 near Clear Lake, Iowa. More:

2012-12-10 11:49:44

The three musicians were heading from Clear Lake, Iowa, to Fargo, N.D., on the way to the next performance of their tour. The pilot also died.

2010-08-12 09:46:22

Singer Buddy Holly, 22, died in a plane crash after a show at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa on February 2, 1959. Singers Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were also aboard the plane.

2009-07-01 05:12:29