Hawkshaw Hawkins ~ Pardon Me For Loving You (1950)

Hawkshaw Hawkins

Birth: Dec. 22, 1923

Death: Mar. 5, 1963

In March 1963, Lonesome 7-7203 enter the Billboard country charts -- three days later, Hawkshaw Hawkins was dead. He went down in a deadly plane crash that also took the lives of Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Randy Hughes. Ironically, Hawk's career was on the upswing. However, he was still in the hunt for a No. 1 song that eluded him throughout his career.

On March 2, 1963, Lonesome 7-7303 charted and quickly soared to the top of the charts. Hawkshaw Hawkins finally attained his long sought after No. 1 hit. Things were clearly looking up for Hawkins. No one knows what might have transpired if the crash hadn't happened. Maybe someday he will be recognized for his pure natural talent and his impact on country music, instead of a passenger on an ill-fated plane crash that took the life of Patsy Cline.

Patsy Cline had participated in a benefit concert in Kansas City for the family of a disc jockey ("Cactus" Jack Call) who had died in a car accident. Ramsey (Randy) Hughes, Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, and Cowboy Copas, were all in Hughes Piper Comanche, when it crashed just west of Camden, TN in a hollow along a ridge line in a heavily wooded area known as Fatty Bottom, near a fire tower off Mule Barn Rd. in Sandy Point, about 5 miles west of the Tennessee River. The plane had left Kansas City about 1:30pm. The reported time of the crash varies sometime between 6:20pm and 7:00pm, March 5, 1963. Patsy's watch was reportedly stopped at 6:20pm.

Ironically, Jack Anglin was killed in an auto accident on the way to Patsy Cline's funeral. Jack Anglin, Ramsey (Randy) Hughes, and Cowboy Copas, are also buried in this same cemetery.

RJB, Country Music Historian: Nashville, Tennessee USA.

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[jerrybyrdchannel]

Jerry Byrd on steel guitar. Do you have more of the early stuff with Hawkshaw with Byrd??????

[sweetthing77203]

I became friends with Hawk in 1952-53, but met him in 1948!

[sweetthing77203]

Hawk, was born in 1921. I knew him well 58 Thanks Flashbell!!!

[FAUSTORICCARDO]

V V Good song, Grazie

Reading here and there I know the fate of many old singers. all them died because of plane accidents or car.

It's V strange, even if in the world takes place thousands of these facts, but V V strange that many artists have that kind of end.

[jimpster2007]

the great hawkshaw thanks

[jtls8]

Too bad he died when things was just it seems things were getting going for him!!!!!!

[BABSINUK]

Hi,what a lovely smooth voice,what a loss to Country music.

Thank goodness for modern technology,and dedicated posters to youtube,so that we can hear the good old Country singers,that some of us would know nothing of.

Thanks for posting.