I know that Richie Valen, The Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly all died in a plane crash, but who was the other person who originally was supposed to be on the plane, and didn't he later die in a plane crash?
2006-10-04 10:31:04 · 12 answers · asked by batmantis1999 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Waylon Jennings. Nope, he did not die on a later plane crash but had a very successful career in music and wrote about the indicident in his autobiography.
2006-10-04 10:32:13 · answer #1 · answered by Senor Pig 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Richie Valen
2016-10-05 08:41:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tommy Allsup tossed for the seat and Richie one the toss and was on the plane.He(Tommy) was a back up musician for either Buddy Holly or Waylon Jennings. Waylen gave his seat to Jiles P. Richardson( The Big Bopper) because he was sick.
2006-10-04 10:39:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Waylon Jennings
(made semi-famous for singing the theme to The Dukes of Hazzard tv show)
I think that the coin toss may have been dramatized in the movie LaBamba. Waylon mentions on his website that he gave up his seat the "Big Bopper" cause the Bopper had a cold.
http://www.waylon.com/about.asp
2006-10-04 10:39:24 · answer #4 · answered by ImNotTheBrightestCrayonInTheBox 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Over the years, the list of people who "gave up a seat" on this ill-fated flight has grown to rival the list of persons claiming to have been invited to Sharon Tate's "quiet evening at home" the night the Manson family struck. Although Buddy Holly initially may have asked around to find other tour members willing to share the cost of chartering a plane (as Dion DiMucci claims), the only persons who committed to fly on it with Holly were his two fellow band members, Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings. J.P. Richardson, who was coming down with the flu, managed to talk Jennings into giving up his seat so that he could arrive at the next tour stop early and have a little extra time to visit a doctor. "
From: http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/amerpie.htm
2006-10-04 10:36:06 · answer #5 · answered by dontknow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was Waylon Jennings who was a country singer.His best known song is "Good Ol' Boys" which was used as the theme to "The Dukes Of Hazzard" (the t.v. show).And you almost got it right-he didn't lose the coin toss to Ritchie Valens-he lost it to Buddy Holly.
2006-10-04 10:35:08 · answer #6 · answered by the_silver_tin_man 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Waylon Jennings
2006-10-04 10:35:52 · answer #7 · answered by Diana S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was Waylon Jennings, he played for Buddy Holly's band (He was Holly's lead guitarist). Oh, yeah, and it is Ritchie Valens, not Richie Valen.
2006-10-04 10:34:32 · answer #8 · answered by GirlsRGamers2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe you are talking about Paul Anka. Though, I don't think he lost a coin toss, I think he gave up his seat on a heated plane in order to take a BUS whose heater was on the fritz. But that could be just urban legend.
2006-10-04 10:32:30 · answer #9 · answered by CuteWriter 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was guitarist Waylon Jennings
2006-10-04 10:32:17 · answer #10 · answered by BARD 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋