article_snippet: The voice of the hit songs "Peggy Sue" and
article_snippet: In 1959, Holly, Valens and Richardson were part of the Winter Dance Party, a tour that had started in Milwaukee and traveled to small cities in Minnesota and Iowa.
article_snippet: Valens and Richardson had traveled in subfreezing temperatures in unheated buses, and people were getting sick.
article_snippet: Holly booked the four-seat aircraft to fly to Fargo, North Dakota, where Holly planned to finally do laundry and rest in advance of the group's next concert in nearby Moorhead, Minnesota.
article_snippet: Country legend Waylon Jennings, then Holly's bass player, gave up his seat to a sick Richardson.
article_snippet: Jennings, who died in 2002 at age 64, was haunted by his decision for years to come.
article_snippet: Dion and the Belmonts were also on the tour, but Dion gave up his seat on the plane after hearing the $36 per-person price tag.
article_snippet: his was the only headliner not on the plane and the only headliner who didn't die that night.