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Nov 13, 1973
Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. dies in a jeep accident near Hernando, Louisiana
Dec 24, 1973
Pam Tillis is injured in a car accident. Her face is shattered in more than 30 places, leading to multiple surgeries over the next five years. "We were partying," she tells The Music City News years later. "We partied right up a tree"
Feb 20, 1974
Phil Spector's office announces the pop producer, who wrote the country hit "To Know Him Is To Love Him," was injured in a car accident between Los Angeles and Phoenix and will require plastic surgery. No record of the crash is found
Jul 18, 1974
"Detroit City" songwriter Danny Dill is injured in an automobile accident. During his 22 days in intensive care, he decides to give up alcohol
Oct 6, 1974
Marty Robbins crashes into a wall at 160 mph to avoid hitting other drivers in the National 500 stock car race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Robbins sustains two broken ribs and a broken tailbone, and requires 37 facial stitches
Feb 16, 1975
Marty Robbins wrecks a 1974 Dodge in the Daytona 500 at the Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida. Benny Parsons eventually wins the race
May 4, 1975
In the Winston 500 at Talladega's Alabama International Speedway, Marty Robbins crashes into Ramo Scott's car, creating a ball of fire. Robbins loses consciousness; after returning to strength, he announces his retirement from racing
Aug 4, 1975
Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and his family are involved in a major car accident in Greece, with Plant suffering multiple fractures. He is destined to earn a Top 5 country album in 2007 with the Alison Krauss collaboration "Raising Sand"
May 19, 1976
"Honky Tonk Women" co-writer Keith Richards, of The Rolling Stones, crashes his car in England, and is subsequently charged with possession of an illegal substance when police find cocaine and LSD in the vehicle
Sep 5, 1976
"Sweet Home Alabama" co-writer Gary Rossington suffers multiple broken bones when the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, driving drunk, crashes into a telephone pole, a tree and a house in Jacksonville, Florida
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