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10. Not exactly,

Sun Jul 26, 2020, 07:00 PM

Jul 2020

Actually, guitarist Tommy Alsup flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens for the last seat, and Valens won.
He commented: "That's the first time I ever won anything in my life."

Waylon Jennings voluntarily gave up his seat to the Big Bopper who had the flu.

The bus was so cold & the weather so bad that Buddy Holly's drummer, Carl Bruce, was hospitalized for Frostbite to his toes.(which may have saved his life)

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