Fans from multiple generationsrecognize those now-iconic tunes from late 1958: “Chantilly Lace” by Texas radio deejay J.P. “the Big Bopper” Richardson; “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens, rock music’s first Latino star and still a teenager; and “Peggy Sue” by a twenty-two-year-old music sensation from Lubbock — Buddy Holly.
The hits were ...
