Rossington broke both of his legs, arms and ankles and his pelvis.
They formed in 1964 in Jacksonville, FL with the name My Backyard.
The album hit No.
Gary Rossington onstage in 2014Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach
27 on the Billboard 200 and went double platinum.
Rossington played the signature slide-guitar licks on the song.
The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
Lynyrd Skynyrd in early 1975, from left: Ed King, Leon Wilkeson, Artimus Pyle, Billy Powell, Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington (Getty Images)
After recovering from his injuries in the crash, Rossington formed the Rossington Collins Band with Collins.
The group broke up after its 1981 follow-up disc,This Is the Way.
Rossington then formed The Rossington Band, which made one album in 1988.
But Skynyrd was the most popular Southern rock act in the 1970s.
Its 1974 sophomore set featured a surprise top 10 pop single in Sweet Home Alabama.
5 and going double platinum.
The song remains popular on classic rock radio.
While the crash would mark the end of Lynyrd Skynyrds recording heyday, it continued to sell albums.
Information about Rossingtons survivors was not immediately available.
