On Feb. 3, 1959, a plane carrying rising rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper crashed shortly after takeoff in Iowa, killing everyone on board and shocking the music world.
That artist was Waylon Jennings, who was born on June 15, 1937, in Littlefield, Texas.
Jennings had originally been slated to fly.
The decision likely saved Jennings' life.
Holly jokingly told him, "I hope your old bus freezes up." Jennings replied, "Well, I hope your old plane crashes."
Had he boarded the plane, country music history might have looked very different.
His 1976 album Wanted! The Outlaws, recorded with Nelson, 93, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser, became the first country album certified platinum.
Jennings died in 2002 at age 64, but his legacy remains one of the most influential in country music. And it all came after a split-second decision that kept him off one of the most tragic flights in music history.
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