"Everybody knows we need that one big bopper to help hit behind Mike," Franco said.

He's a big bopper, a fan favorite, a good guy.

The "Big Bopper" was a fast, long group raft ride.

"Are you absolutely sure this Lizard knows the Big Bopper is dead?"

Bruckman explains how he gained his ability following the death of the Big Bopper in a plane crash.

The biggest pile of toenail clippings we've had in this house since the day the Big Bopper died.

But the big boppers have been feeble.

David Ortiz, the Red Sox' other big bopper, has just 11 homers.

He was the big bopper.

Big Bopper, disc jockey, singer, and songwriter, dies in plane crash (born 1930)