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Super similarity to Ritchie Valens
The Big Bopper
133,127 plays (37,947 listeners)
Jiles Perry (J.P.) Richardson, Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), called Jape by friends but commonly known as The Big Bopper, was a disc jockey who parlayed a big voice and exuberant personality into a career as an early rock and roll star. He is best known for his hit song "Chantilly Lace".
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Buddy Holly
3,886,788 plays (388,615 listeners)
Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. The change of spelling of "Holley" to "Holly" came about because of an error in a contract he was asked to sign, listing him as Buddy Holly. That spelling was then adopted for his professional career.
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Eddie Cochran
1,021,408 plays (177,200 listeners)
Eddie Cochran (October 3, 1938 - April 17, 1960) was an early American rock and roll artist often ranked as one of the most influential musicians of the late Fifties along with the likes of Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley.
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Buddy Knox
73,659 plays (26,180 listeners)
Buddy Wayne Knox (July 20, 1933 - February 14, 1999) was an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 rockabilly hit song, "Party Doll".
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Ricky Nelson
794,007 plays (175,122 listeners)
Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson (May 8, 1940 –December 31, 1985), was an American singer, musician, and Golden Globe-nominated actor. With more than 50 Hot 100 hits, Nelson was second only to Elvis Presley as the most popular rock and roll artist of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Bobby Vee
359,394 plays (86,677 listeners)
Bobby Vee (born April 30, 1943) is an American pop music singer. Born Robert Thomas Velline in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, his 1961 summer release Take Good Care Of My Baby went to No.1 on the Billboard U.S.
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Johnny Burnette
281,165 plays (62,104 listeners)
Johnny Burnette was a Rockabilly pioneer in Memphis, Tennessee and with his older brother Dorsey Burnette and a friend named Paul Burlison was one of the founder members of The Rock and Roll Trio.
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Dion & The Belmonts
402,082 plays (67,594 listeners)
Dion & the Belmonts were a leading American vocal group of the late 1950s. The group formed when Dion DiMucci joined The Belmonts - Carlo Mastrangelo, Freddie Milano, and Angelo D'Aleo - in late 1957.
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Buddy Holly & The Crickets
488,903 plays (67,689 listeners)
Buddy Holly is considered one of the most influential founding fathers of rock 'n roll. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #13 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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Bill Haley and the Comets
687,812 plays (152,779 listeners)
The band initially formed as Bill Haley and the Saddlemen c.1949-1950, and performed mostly country and western songs, though occasionally with a bluesy feel. Many Saddlemen recordings would not be released until the 1970s and 1980s. The original members of this group were Bill Haley, pianist and accordion player Johnny Grande and steel guitarist Billy Williamson.
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