On the anniversary of 'The Day the Music Died,' news came out that Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper are getting their own bobbleheads.
Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper have been immortalized as bobbleheads, on the anniversary of their death in one of rock's most legendary plane crashes.died when their plane crashed following a show at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.
“We’re excited to unveil the first bobbleheads celebrating music legends Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said in a statement. “Taken far too early, both musicians made lasting marks and the bobbleheads will be must-haves for music fans.”
The absence of a Buddy Holly bobblehead is quite glaring, and we can only assume his estate was less amenable to the idea than reps for Valens and the Big Bopper. The Valens camp is also prepping another biopic with the cooperation of originaldirector Luis Valdez. “Together with the rock and roll classics of Ritchie Valens, my 1987 biopic ‘La Bamba’ has graciously withstood the test of time,”.
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