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The Night a Number-One Song Killed Hawksaw Hawkins
The Night a Number-One Song Killed Hawksaw Hawkins
A sudden, small kindness put a rising star on a private plane that crashed 22 minutes after takeoff - killing him three days after his song entered the Billboard country charts. How did a trade of a commercial airline seat for a spot on a four-seat Piper Comanche become the moment that ended Hawkshaw Hawkins's life and stalled a number-one record?
In this episode, we tell the story of Hawkshaw Hawkins from his childhood trade of five rabbits for a guitar through war, radio shows, and a career finally reaching the charts - and the fatal…
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