The song was recorded by country music starts Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, and was from the album The Outlaws, the first country record in history to be certified platinum for selling over one million copies.
Before the success of The Outlaws, Nelson had traveled from his native Texas to Nashville, where he recorded songs including; Crazy, Night Life, Funny How Time Slips Away, and Hello Walls. But Nelson was not happy up north, and returned to Texas when his house burned down.
Jennings escaped death in 1959 when he gave up his seat on the ill fated plane that would kill Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper.
Other notable events for February 21:
-Three British Beat classics were released on Feb. 21, 1964; Little Children, by Billy J. Kramer, Just One Look, by The Hollies, and Not Fade Away, by The Rolling Stones
-Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water album entered the UK chart at number 1 on Feb. 21, 1970, it would remain there for the next 12 weeks
-Sly Stone was jailed on drug charges on Feb. 21, 1987
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