[DOC] [TLE] The Day the Music Died - Wikipedia [PAR] On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and 
J. P. "The Big Bopper" ... Buddy Holly terminated his association with the Crickets 
in November 1958. For the start of the "Winter ... Ritchie Valens, who had once 
had a fear of flying, asked Tommy Allsup for his seat on the plane. The two 
agreed to... [DOC] [TLE] Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper Killed in Plane Crash [PAR] Feb 3, 2016 ... On Feb. 3, 1959, three of its biggest stars  Buddy Holly, Ritchie ... Holly's bass 
player, future country legend Waylon Jennings, gave up his seat to Richardson, 
who was ill. ... Tommy Allsup, Holly's guitarist, claimed that he lost a coin flip to ... 
3, the plane carrying Holly, Richardson and Valens took off in a... [DOC] [TLE] Who Flipped a Coin With Ritchie Valens?: The Day the Music Died ... [PAR] Jan 31, 2013 ... In early 1959, Buddy Holly, J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson, Ritchie ... The 
plane took off in the early morning hours of February 3 for Fargo, North Dakota 
but ... has repeated his version of the story of the coin toss that he lost to Ritchie 
Valens. ... The headliners flipped a coin to see who was going to fly. [DOC] [TLE] Buddy's buddies fight over coin toss on fateful night | Mason City ... [PAR] Mar 25, 2011 ... Valens, Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and pilot Roger ... 
Jennings, said he lost a coin toss to Richardson for a seat on the plane. ... 
qualified to fly that evening, a fact that also angered Allsup and others. ... "I was 
still standing with Waylon when he told Buddy that he lost his seat to J.P.". [DOC] [TLE] Buddy Holly & Waylon Jennings  History By Zim [PAR] Jun 12, 2012 ... Waylon Jennings once remarked about his relationship with Buddy Holly ... Since 
the Big Bopper was sick, he asked Jennings if he could take his seat ... 5 miles 
north of Clear Lake, Iowa, February 3, 1959. ... In the early morning of February 3, 
1959, the small plane carrying Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and... [DOC] [TLE] Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and ... [PAR] February 3, 1959, will forever be known as "The Day the Music Died. ... as Buddy 
Holly, twenty-two; J. P. Richardson, "The Big Bopper," twenty-eight; and ... When 
Ritchie's career took off like a shooting star he realized that he would have to .... 
plan to fly to the next show, he asked Waylon Jennings for his seat on the plane. [DOC] [TLE] Plane crash that killed Buddy Holly set to be re-investigated after ... [PAR] Mar 3, 2015 ... Buddy Holly, 22, killed in the crash on February 3, 1959, in Clear Lake, Iowa ... in 
Clear Lake, Iowa, killing the singer and three others aboard. ... J. P. 'The Big 
Bopper' Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson ... 'The pilot was 
unqualified to fly in those conditions and he lost control of the airplane.'. [DOC] [TLE] The Night the Music Died - Texas Monthly [PAR] Fifty years ago, a plane carrying Buddy Holly crashed in a remote Iowa cornfield. 
This month, hundreds of fans will gather at the ballroom where he played his final 
... Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Jiles P. Richardson, also known as the Big 
Bopper, ... On February 3, 1959, Holly, the four-eyed country boy from Lubbock,... [DOC] [TLE] The Death of Buddy Holly - Findadeath [PAR] Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper caught colds. ... Waylon Jennings wanted to 
fly with Buddy, but exchanged his seat with J.P. Richardson ... At about 1:00 am 
in February 3, 1959, the plane carrying three of rock ... He finally took off along

Question: He "lost" his seat to the Big Bopper as Buddy Holly & the others flew off February 3, 1959
Answer: Waylon Jennings