Coincidentally, the first Rock n Roll song, “Rocket 88” by Ike Turner & Jackie Brenston was first recorded in the same building that Bessie Smith died in — now the Riverside Motel in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

On February 2nd, 1959, Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on an airplane to The Big Bopper, and guitarist Tommy Allsup lost a coin flip to Ritchie Valens for the two remaining seats on Buddy Holly’s chartered plane — which would crash hours later.

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