What compelled this song to be stuck in my head this morning, I have no idea, but I feel compelled to make it the song of the day.
Watching the video, I am happy to see his theatrics are as silly as they sound in the song. I was afraid he might be actually be serious, though he comes across as more of a comedian. It is unfortunate he didn't have more time to produce more songs because he died really early in his musical career. (He was one of the three in the plane "the day the music died", along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens). In memory of him, I think maybe I should start answering my phone with "yeah, this is The Big Bopper speaking". That would be awesome.
Interesting trivia… in May 1957, when he was still a radio DJ "he broke the record for continuous on-the-air broadcasting by eight minutes. From a remote set-up in the lobby of the Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont, Richardson performed for total of five days, two hours and eight minutes, playing 1,821 records and taking showers during five-minute newscasts. He lost 35 pounds (16 kilos) during his marathon. KTRM paid Richardson $746.50 for his overtime and he slept for the next 20 hours." Now that's cool.
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