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Jul 11, 1965
One day after Roy Acuff was injured in a near-fatal car accident, fellow Grand Ole Opry member Mother Maybelle Carter is likewise in a car wreck in Ohio
Oct 11, 1965
Police in Grand Prairie, Texas, arrest three members of Jerry Lee Lewis' band and a teenage girl when more than 200 illegal pills are found in their Cadillac
Oct 23, 1965
Elvis Presley receives a speeding ticket in Memphis
Dec 11, 1965
Decca presents Brenda Lee a red Mustang convertible during a 21st birthday party at Nashville's Hermitage Hotel. In attendance: future Country Music Hall of Famers Red Foley, Owen Bradley and Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
Dec 25, 1965
Songwriter Alex Zanetis, best known for co-writing "Snap Your Fingers," is injured in a car crash on Highway 50 in Flora, Illinois. He's hospitalized at Clay County Hospital with a fractured jaw, broken arms and other minor injuries
Mar 22, 1966
Neil Young sets out from Toronto for Los Angeles, moving with five friends all loaded in a hearse. In the U.S., he becomes a significant singer/songwriter, writing the country hits "Are You Ready For The Country" and "Love Is A Rose"
Mar 27, 1966
Roy Orbison breaks his foot in a motorcycle accident in England
Apr 1, 1966
Neil Young arrives in Los Angeles in a hearse, following a 10-day trip from Toronto with five friends
May 22, 1966
Bruce Springsteen writes his first song in the back seat of a Mercury on the way to a recording session. A future Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, he will also write the Mel McDaniel country hit "Stand On It"
Jun 7, 1966
Claudette Orbison dies in a motorcycle crash near Gallatin, Tennessee, while husband Roy Orbison, who is also riding a motorbike, watches helplessly. She had inspired him to write The Everly Brothers hit "Claudette"
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