45 Years Ago - 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd released their fifth album Street Survivors.
Two singles were released, the first "What's Your Name" made #13 and the second was "You Got That Right" made #69.
Sadly, three days after the release of Street Survivors, and five shows into their most successful headlining tour to date, Lynyrd Skynyrd's chartered Convair CV-300 ran out of fuel near the end of their flight from Greenville, South Carolina, and crashed. Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray, were killed on impact. The other band members Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, Artimus Pyle, and Leslie Hawkins, tour manager Ron Eckerman, and road crew survived, but suffered serious injuries.