It was 1933 & Bill Basie was stranded in KC when his vaudeville touring group disbanded, so he took a job playing organ for silent movies before joining, then swiftly leading, his own big band into music history as “Count” Basie (and his Cherry Blossom Orchestra)

Lynyrd Skynyrd had decided to replace their rickety touring aircraft with a newer learjet when they landed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The plane crashed in-route to that destination.

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