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Jiles P. Richardson was a Texas disk jockey who was known as "The Big Bopper" to his fans.  His own belief in rock and roll was that it should be fun, and he would record just such a [[song]] himself with the 1958 hit ''Chantilly Lace''.

Jiles P. Richardson was a Texas disk jockey who was known as "The Big Bopper" to his fans.  His own belief in rock and roll was that it should be fun, and he would record just such a [[song]] himself with the 1958 hit ''Chantilly Lace''.

==The crash==

==The Crash==

Angry over the tour bus' lack of a heater, Buddy Holly chartered a plane at Clear Lake airport, a Beechcraft Bonanza (#N3794N) piloted by Roger A. Peterson, with the intention that he would meet the rest of them in Fargo, North Dakota.  Running a fever was Richardson, and a coin flip determined who gave up the third seat on the aircraft.  The loser, Waylon Jennings (who would go on to his own fame in country music) would get a mild retort from Holly: "Well, I hope your old bus freezes up." Jennings replied, "Well, I hope your plane crashes."  The remark would haunt Jennings for the rest of his life.

Angry over the tour bus' lack of a heater, Buddy Holly chartered a plane at Clear Lake airport, a Beechcraft Bonanza (#N3794N) piloted by Roger A. Peterson, with the intention that he would meet the rest of them in Fargo, North Dakota.  Running a fever was Richardson, and a coin flip determined who gave up the third seat on the aircraft.  The loser, Waylon Jennings (who would go on to his own fame in country music) would get a mild retort from Holly: "Well, I hope your old bus freezes up." Jennings replied, "Well, I hope your plane crashes."  The remark would haunt Jennings for the rest of his life.