<span>Waylon Jennings </span>Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight that crashed and killed<span> Holly, </span>J. P. Richardson<span>, </span>Ritchie Valens<span>, and pilot </span>Roger Peterson.
The performer that was not killed in a 1959 plane crash was Waylon Jennings. The accident is known as "The day the music died".
The plane crash took place on Tuesday, February 3, 1959, when rock and roll composers and musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper ("JP" Richardson), along with the pilot Roger Peterson, were carrying out a tour by the United States. Their Beechcraft Bonanza four-seat plane crashed into a corn field in the small rural town of Clear Lake (Cerro Gordo County) in the state of Iowa. All them passed away.
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